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Calvani M, Bruno G, Dabraio A, Subbiani A, Bianchini F, Fontani F, Casazza G, Vignoli M, De Logu F, Frenos S, Filippi L, Favre C. β3-Adrenoreceptor Blockade Induces Stem Cells Differentiation in Melanoma Microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21041420. [PMID: 32093135 PMCID: PMC7073111 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 02/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Although there is an increasing evidence that cancer stem cell (CSC) niches in the tumor microenvironment (TME) plays a crucial role in sustaining solid tumors progression, several molecular players involved in this regulation still remain unknown. The role of β-adrenergic signaling in enhancing tumor growth through β2-adrenoreceptors (β2-ARs) has been confirmed in different cancer models, but the role played by the β3-adrenergic receptor (β3-AR) has recently emerged. Previous studies showed that β3-AR promotes cancer growth through the activation of different stromal cells in the TME, and leads to melanoma malignancy progression through inflammation, angiogenesis, and immunotolerance. Here we show that in B16 melanoma-bearing mice, the pharmacological β3-AR blockade is able to reduce the expression of CSC markers, and to induce a differentiated phenotype of hematopoietic subpopulations in TME. In particular, cytofluorimetric analysis (FACS) of the tumor mass shows that β3-AR antagonist SR59230A promotes hematopoietic differentiation as indicated by increased ratios of lymphoid/hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and of myeloid progenitor cells/HSCs, and increases the number of Ter119 and natural killer (NK) precursor cells, and of granulocyte precursors, indicating active hematopoiesis within the tumor tissue. Moreover, pharmacological antagonism of β3-AR induces mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) differentiation into adipocytes subtracting a potential renewal of the stem compartment by these cells. Here we demonstrate that β3-AR blockade in the TME by inducing the differentiation of different stromal cells at the expense of stemness traits could possibly have a favorable effect on the control of melanoma progression.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maura Calvani
- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-055-7944573
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Paediatric Hematology Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, S. Chiara University Hospital of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy;
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- Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology, Meyer University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy; (G.B.); (A.D.); (A.S.); (F.F.); (M.V.)
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Hematology-Oncology Department, “Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital”, 50139 Florence, Italy; (S.F.); (C.F.)
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Medical Surgical Fetal-Neonatal Department, Meyer “University Children’s Hospital, 50139 Florence, Italy;
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- Hematology-Oncology Department, “Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital”, 50139 Florence, Italy; (S.F.); (C.F.)
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Lin S, Xu Y, Gan Z, Han K, Hu H, Yao Y, Huang M, Min D. Monitoring cancer stem cells: insights into clinical oncology. Onco Targets Ther 2016; 9:731-40. [PMID: 26929644 PMCID: PMC4755432 DOI: 10.2147/ott.s96645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a small, characteristically distinctive subset of tumor cells responsible for tumor initiation and progression. Several treatment modalities, such as surgery, glycolytic inhibition, driving CSC proliferation, immunotherapy, and hypofractionated radiotherapy, may have the potential to eradicate CSCs. We propose that monitoring CSCs is important in clinical oncology as CSC populations may reflect true treatment response and assist with managing treatment strategies, such as defining optimal chemotherapy cycles, permitting pretreatment cancer surveillance, conducting a comprehensive treatment plan, modifying radiation treatment, and deploying rechallenge chemotherapy. Then, we describe methods for monitoring CSCs.
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- ShuChen Lin
- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, The Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Cancer Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital East Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, People's Republic of China
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