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Angappulige DH, Barashi NS, Pickersgill N, Weimholt C, Luo J, Shadmani G, Tarcha Z, Rayamajhi S, Mahajan NP, Andriole GL, Siegel BA, Kim EH, Mahajan K. Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-Targeted Imaging and Its Correlation with HOXB13 Expression. J Nucl Med 2024; 65:1210-1216. [PMID: 38936974 DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.123.267301] [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] [Received: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024] Open
Abstract
Homeobox 13 (HOXB13) is an oncogenic transcription factor that directly regulates expression of folate hydrolase 1, which encodes prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA). HOXB13 is expressed in primary and metastatic prostate cancers (PCs) and promotes androgen-independent PC growth. Since HOXB13 promotes resistance to androgen receptor (AR)-targeted therapies and regulates the expression of folate hydrolase 1, we investigated whether SUVs on PSMA PET would correlate with HOXB13 expression. Methods: We analyzed 2 independent PC patient cohorts who underwent PSMA PET/CT for initial staging or for biochemical recurrence. In the discovery cohort, we examined the relationship between HOXB13, PSMA, and AR messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in prostate biopsy specimens from 179 patients who underwent PSMA PET/CT with 18F-piflufolastat. In the validation cohort, we confirmed the relationship between HOXB13, PSMA, and AR by comparing protein expression in prostatectomy and lymph node (LN) sections from 19 patients enrolled in 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET clinical trials. Correlation and association analyses were also used to confirm the relationship between the markers, LN positivity, and PSMA PET SUVs. Results: We observed a significant correlation between PSMA and HOXB13 mRNA (P < 0.01). The association between HOXB13 and 18F-piflufolastat SUVs was also significant (SUVmax, P = 0.0005; SUVpeak, P = 0.0006). Likewise, the PSMA SUVmax was significantly associated with the expression of HOXB13 protein in the 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET cohort (P = 0.008). Treatment-naïve patients with LN metastases demonstrated elevated HOXB13 and PSMA levels in their tumors as well as higher PSMA tracer uptake and low AR expression. Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that HOXB13 correlates with PSMA expression and PSMA PET SUVs at the mRNA and protein levels. Our study suggests that the PSMA PET findings may reflect oncogenic HOXB13 transcriptional activity in PC, thus potentially serving as an imaging biomarker for more aggressive disease.
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- Duminduni Hewa Angappulige
- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Public Health, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
- Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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- Division of Urologic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri;
- Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri; and
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Samoilenko T, Shishkina V, Antakova L, Goryushkina Y, Kostin A, Buchwalow I, Tiemann M, Atiakshin D. Smooth Muscle Actin as a Criterion for Gravisensitivity of Stomach and Jejunum in Laboratory Rodents. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:16539. [PMID: 38003728 PMCID: PMC10671600 DOI: 10.3390/ijms242216539] [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] [Received: 09/07/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Smooth muscle tissue (SMT) is one of the main structural components of visceral organs, acting as a key factor in the development of adaptive and pathological conditions. Despite the crucial part of SMT in the gastrointestinal tract activity, the mechanisms of its gravisensitivity are still insufficiently studied. The study evaluated the content of smooth muscle actin (α-SMA) in the membranes of the gastric fundus and jejunum in C57BL/6N mice (30-day space flight), in Mongolian gerbils Meriones unguiculatus (12-day orbital flight) and after anti-orthostatic suspension according to E.R. Morey-Holton. A morphometric analysis of α-SMA in the muscularis externa of the stomach and jejunum of mice and Mongolian gerbils from space flight groups revealed a decreased area of the immunopositive regions, a fact indicating a weakening of the SMT functional activity. Gravisensitivity of the contractile structures of the digestive system may be due to changes in the myofilament structural components of the smooth myocytes or myofibroblast actin. A simulated antiorthostatic suspension revealed no significant changes in the content of the α-SMA expression level, a fact supporting an alteration in the functional properties of the muscularis externa of the digestive hollow organs under weightless environment. The data obtained contribute to the novel mechanisms of the SMT contractile apparatus remodeling during orbital flights and can be used to improve preventive measures in space biomedicine.
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- Tatyana Samoilenko
- Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Moskovsky Prospekt 189a, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Moskovsky Prospekt 189a, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Moskovsky Prospekt 189a, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Moskovsky Prospekt 189a, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
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- Research and Educational Resource Center for Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis Innovative Technologies, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, 117198 Moscow, Russia
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- Research and Educational Resource Center for Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis Innovative Technologies, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, 117198 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for Hematopathology, 22547 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Institute of Experimental Biology and Medicine, Burdenko Voronezh State Medical University, Moskovsky Prospekt 189a, 394036 Voronezh, Russia
- Research and Educational Resource Center for Immunophenotyping, Digital Spatial Profiling and Ultrastructural Analysis Innovative Technologies, RUDN University, 6 Miklukho-Maklaya St, 117198 Moscow, Russia
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The Role of Pericytes in Regulation of Innate and Adaptive Immunity. Biomedicines 2023; 11:biomedicines11020600. [PMID: 36831136 PMCID: PMC9953719 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11020600] [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: 01/07/2023] [Revised: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Pericytes are perivascular multipotent cells wrapping microvascular capillaries, where they support vasculature functioning, participate in tissue regeneration, and regulate blood flow. However, recent evidence suggests that in addition to traditionally credited structural function, pericytes also manifest immune properties. In this review, we summarise recent data regarding pericytes' response to different pro-inflammatory stimuli and their involvement in innate immune responses through expression of pattern-recognition receptors. Moreover, pericytes express various adhesion molecules, thus regulating trafficking of immune cells across vessel walls. Additionally, the role of pericytes in modulation of adaptive immunity is discussed. Finally, recent reports have suggested that the interaction with cancer cells evokes immunosuppression function in pericytes, thus facilitating immune evasion and facilitating cancer proliferation and metastasis. However, such complex and multi-faceted cross-talks of pericytes with immune cells also suggest a number of potential pericyte-based therapeutic methods and techniques for cancer immunotherapy and treatment of autoimmune and auto-inflammatory disorders.
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals the Interaction of Injected ADSCs with Lung-Originated Cells in Mouse Pulmonary Fibrosis. Stem Cells Int 2022; 2022:9483166. [PMID: 35450342 PMCID: PMC9017459 DOI: 10.1155/2022/9483166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a severe chronic lung disease with little effective treatment options other than lung transplantation. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) have been shown to exert therapeutic effects on PF, but the underlying mechanisms remain to be further elucidated. Here, we show the interaction of ADSCs and lung-originated cells at the single-cell level, using bleomycin- (BLM-) induced mice PF model and green fluorescent protein– (GFP–) labeled mouse ADSCs. The intratracheally injected ADSCs were successfully recollected with flow cytometry and, together with lung-originated cells, were subjected to single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq). The ADSC treatment drastically changed the transcriptomic profile and composition of lung cells, especially macrophages. We explored the signal pathway interactions between ADSCs and lung-originated cells, showing potentially regulative pathways including NGR, ANNEXIN, HGF, and PERIOSTIN. Our data indicate that the injected ADSCs increased the number of Trem2+ antiinflammatory lung macrophages and lowered further inflammation and fibrosis in the lung. Our work realized the direct analysis of injected ADSCs to explore its in vivo interaction with the lung environment under PF and may provide critical information for future engineering of ADSCs to achieve better therapeutic effects in PF.
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