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Elkady N, Aldesoky AI, Allam DM. Can β-catenin, Tenascin and Fascin be potential biomarkers for personalized therapy in Gastric carcinoma? J Immunoassay Immunochem 2023; 44:396-417. [PMID: 37694977 DOI: 10.1080/15321819.2023.2251564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
Abstract
Gastric carcinoma (GC) is one of the most prevalent cancers worldwide and the fourth leading cause of cancer-related death. Studying the molecular profile of GC is essential for developing targeted therapies. β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin expression are among the molecular abnormalities that are claimed to cause GC progression and chemoresistance. Therefore, they could be used as potential therapeutic targets. This study aimed to evaluate β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin expression and their possible roles as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in GC using immunohistochemistry. This retrospective study included 84 GC cases. Tissue microarrays were constructed, followed by β-catenin, Tenascin, and Fascin immunostaining. Their expression was assessed and compared with clinicopathological parameters and survival data. The study results revealed that β-catenin nucleocytoplasmic expression, positive Tenascin, and Fascin expressions were detected in 86.9%, 70%, and 59.5% of cases, respectively. Their expression was significantly associated with poor prognostic parameters, such as deeper tumor invasion, lymph node metastasis, advanced pathological stage, vascular invasion, positive omental nodules, poor response to chemotherapy, and short overall survival. Hence, nucleocytoplasmic β-catenin expression together with Tenascin and Fascin positivity can be potential prognostic and predictive markers, and they can be used as therapeutic targets for GC.
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Affiliation(s)
- Noha Elkady
- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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- Clinical oncology and nuclear medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt
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Alfonso AB, Pomerleau V, Nicolás VR, Raisch J, Jurkovic CM, Boisvert FM, Perreault N. Comprehensive Profiling of Early Neoplastic Gastric Microenvironment Modifications and Biodynamics in Impaired BMP-Signaling FoxL1 +-Telocytes. Biomedicines 2022; 11:biomedicines11010019. [PMID: 36672527 PMCID: PMC9856000 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11010019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Revised: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 12/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
FoxL1+telocytes (TCFoxL1+) are novel gastrointestinal subepithelial cells that form a communication axis between the mesenchyme and epithelium. TCFoxL1+ are strategically positioned to be key contributors to the microenvironment through production and secretion of growth factors and extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. In recent years, the alteration of the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling in TCFoxL1+ was demonstrated to trigger a toxic microenvironment with ECM remodeling that leads to the development of pre-neoplastic gastric lesions. However, a comprehensive analysis of variations in the ECM composition and its associated proteins in gastric neoplasia linked to TCFoxL1+ dysregulation has never been performed. This study provides a better understanding of how TCFoxL1+ defective BMP signaling participates in the gastric pre-neoplastic microenvironment. Using a proteomic approach, we determined the changes in the complete matrisome of BmpR1a△FoxL1+ and control mice, both in total antrum as well as in isolated mesenchyme-enriched antrum fractions. Comparative proteomic analysis revealed that the deconstruction of the gastric antrum led to a more comprehensive analysis of the ECM fraction of gastric tissues microenvironment. These results show that TCFoxL1+ are key members of the mesenchymal cell population and actively participate in the establishment of the matrisomic fraction of the microenvironment, thus influencing epithelial cell behavior.
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Dhaouadi S, Ben Abderrazek R, Loustau T, Abou-Faycal C, Ksouri A, Erne W, Murdamoothoo D, Mörgelin M, Kungl A, Jung A, Ledrappier S, Benlasfar Z, Bichet S, Chiquet-Ehrismann R, Hendaoui I, Orend G, Bouhaouala-Zahar B. Novel Human Tenascin-C Function-Blocking Camel Single Domain Nanobodies. Front Immunol 2021; 12:635166. [PMID: 33790905 PMCID: PMC8006918 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.635166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The extracellular matrix (ECM) molecule Tenascin-C (TNC) is well-known to promote tumor progression by multiple mechanisms. However, reliable TNC detection in tissues of tumor banks remains limited. Therefore, we generated dromedary single-domain nanobodies Nb3 and Nb4 highly specific for human TNC (hTNC) and characterized the interaction with TNC by several approaches including ELISA, western blot, isothermal fluorescence titration and negative electron microscopic imaging. Our results revealed binding of both nanobodies to distinct sequences within fibronectin type III repeats of hTNC. By immunofluroescence and immunohistochemical imaging we observed that both nanobodies detected TNC expression in PFA and paraffin embedded human tissue from ulcerative colitis, solid tumors and liver metastasis. As TNC impairs cell adhesion to fibronectin we determined whether the nanobodies abolished this TNC function. Indeed, Nb3 and Nb4 restored adhesion of tumor and mesangial cells on a fibronectin/TNC substratum. We recently showed that TNC orchestrates the immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment involving chemoretention, causing tethering of CD11c+ myeloid/dendritic cells in the stroma. Here, we document that immobilization of DC2.4 dendritic cells by a CCL21 adsorbed TNC substratum was blocked by both nanobodies. Altogether, our novel TNC specific nanobodies could offer valuable tools for detection of TNC in the clinical practice and may be useful to inhibit the immune-suppressive and other functions of TNC in cancer and other diseases.
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- Sayda Dhaouadi
- Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Université Strasbourg, INSERM U1109 – The Tumor Microenvironment group, Hôpital Civil, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Université Strasbourg, INSERM U1109 – The Tumor Microenvironment group, Hôpital Civil, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Université Strasbourg, INSERM U1109 – The Tumor Microenvironment group, Hôpital Civil, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Université Strasbourg, INSERM U1109 – The Tumor Microenvironment group, Hôpital Civil, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karl Franzens University Graz, Graz, Austria
- Antagonis Biotherapeutics GmbH, Graz, Austria
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- Tumor Bank Centre Paul Strauss, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
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- Université Strasbourg, INSERM U1109 – The Tumor Microenvironment group, Hôpital Civil, Institut d'Hématologie et d'Immunologie, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire des Venins et Biomolécules Thérapeutiques, Institut Pasteur de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
- Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, Université Tunis el Manar, Tunis, Tunisia
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Liot S, Aubert A, Hervieu V, Kholti NE, Schalkwijk J, Verrier B, Valcourt U, Lambert E. Loss of Tenascin-X expression during tumor progression: A new pan-cancer marker. Matrix Biol Plus 2020; 6-7:100021. [PMID: 33543019 PMCID: PMC7852205 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2020.100021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a systemic disease involving multiple components produced from both tumor cells themselves and surrounding stromal cells. The pro- or anti-tumoral role of the stroma is still under debate. Indeed, it has long been considered the main physical barrier to the diffusion of chemotherapy by its dense and fibrous nature and its poor vascularization. However, in murine models, the depletion of fibroblasts, the main ExtraCellular Matrix (ECM)-producing cells, led to more aggressive tumors even though they were more susceptible to anti-angiogenic and immuno-modulators. Tenascin-C (TNC) is a multifunctional matricellular glycoprotein (i.e. an ECM protein also able to induce signaling pathway) and is considered as a marker of tumor expansion and metastasis. However, the status of other tenascin (TN) family members and particularly Tenascin-X (TNX) has been far less studied during this pathological process and is still controversial. Herein, through (1) in silico analyses of the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases and (2) immunohistochemistry staining of Tissue MicroArrays (TMA), we performed a large and extensive study of TNX expression at both mRNA and protein levels (1) in the 6 cancers with the highest incidence and mortality in the world (i.e. lung, breast, colorectal, prostate, stomach and liver) and (2) in the cancers for which sparse data regarding TNX expression already exist in the literature. We thus demonstrated that, in most cancers, TNX expression is significantly downregulated during cancer progression and we also highlighted, when data were available, that high TNXB mRNA expression in cancer is correlated with a good survival prognosis.
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Key Words
- CAF, Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
- Cancers
- D.E.G., Differentially Expressed Genes
- ECM, Extracellular Matrix
- EDS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- FBG, fibrinogen
- FNIII, fibronectin type III
- GEO, Gene Expression Omnibus
- GSE, GEO Series
- HDAC1, histone deacetylase-1
- MMP, Matrix Metalloproteinase
- MPNST, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Meta-analysis
- Prognosis marker
- TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas
- TMA, Tissue MicroArray
- TME, Tumor MicroEnvironment
- TN, Tenascin
- TNC, Tenascin-C
- TNR, Tenascin-R
- TNW, Tenascin-W
- TNX, Tenascin-X
- TSS, Transcription Start Site
- Tenascin-X
- Tissue MicroArray
- lncRNA, long non-coding RNA
- mRNA and protein levels
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- Sophie Liot
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Service d'Anatomopathologie, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 370 Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 26 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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Moncho-Amor V, Pintado-Berninches L, Ibañez de Cáceres I, Martín-Villar E, Quintanilla M, Chakravarty P, Cortes-Sempere M, Fernández-Varas B, Rodriguez-Antolín C, de Castro J, Sastre L, Perona R. Role of Dusp6 Phosphatase as a Tumor Suppressor in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20082036. [PMID: 31027181 PMCID: PMC6514584 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20082036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
DUSP6/MKP3 is a dual-specific phosphatase that regulates extracellular regulated kinase ERK1/2 and ERK5 activity, with an increasingly recognized role as tumor suppressor. In silico studies from Gene expression Omnibus (GEO) and Cancer Genome atlas (TCGA) databases reveal poor prognosis in those Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with low expression levels of DUSP6. In agreement with these data, here we show that DUSP6 plays a major role in the regulation of cell migration, motility and tumor growth. We have found upregulation in the expression of several genes involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) in NSCLC-DUSP6 depleted cells. Data obtained in RNA-seq studies carried out in DUSP6 depleted cells identified EGFR, TGF-β and WNT signaling pathways and several genes such as VAV3, RUNXR2, LEF1, FGFR2 whose expression is upregulated in these cells and therefore affecting cellular functions such as integrin mediated cell adhesion, focal adhesion and motility. Furthermore, EGF signaling pathway is activated via ERK5 and not ERK1/2 and TGF-β via SMAD2/3 in DUSP6 depleted cells. In summary DUSP6 is a tumor suppressor in NSCLC and re-establishment of its expression may be a potential strategy to revert poor outcome in NSCLC patients.
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- Verónica Moncho-Amor
- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
- The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1ST, UK.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, INGEMM, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
- Biomarkers and Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biotecnología-Instituto de Investigaciones Biosanitarias, Facultad de Ciencias Experimentales, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, 28223 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Bioinformatics, Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Cancer Epigenetics Laboratory, INGEMM, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
- Biomarkers and Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
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- Biomarkers and Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
- Department of Oncology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
- Biomarkers and Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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- Department of Experimental Models of Human Diseases, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas C.S.I.C./U.A.M, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
- Biomarkers and Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer, IdiPAZ, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
- CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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