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Kalkan HE, Akman L, Serin G, Terek MC, Zekioglu O, Ozsaran AA. The usefulness of p16 and COX-2 expression on the prediction of progression to endometrial cancer. Histol Histopathol 2024; 39:565-571. [PMID: 37503793 DOI: 10.14670/hh-18-650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Endometrial cancer (EC) is the most commonly diagnosed gynecological cancer. Endometrial hyperplasia (EH) is a more common diagnosis than EC. Endometrial hyperplasia is found in approximately 1.5% of all women presenting with abnormal bleeding. Endometrial hyperplasia progresses to EC, and especially, cancer risk increases in cases with atypical hyperplasia. p16, one of the tumor suppressor proteins involved in the cell cycle, and COX-2, one of the key enzymes of prostaglandin synthesis, are important markers for the diagnosis of both EH and EC. There is lack of consensus in the classification, diagnosis and treatment of EH. The subject of changes in the cell cycle in the progression of endometrial pathologies may help to identify and prevent these affected pathways in the treatment stage. The aim of this study is to investigate the expression of p16 and COX-2 during the development of EC from EH. MATERIAL AND METHODS We investigated COX-2 and P16 expressions in patients with proliferative endometrium, complex/simple endometrial hyperplasia and endometrioid adenocarcinoma. RESULTS p16 expression increased in EH and EC (p<0.001). COX-2 expression was increased in endometrial cancer compared to other groups, but this increase was not found to be statistically significant. Although p16 and COX-2 expression were increased in patients with advanced grade/stage, lymphovascular invasion, and >50% of myometrial invasion, this increase was not statistically significant. CONCLUSIONS More detailed studies are needed to investigate the prognostic significance of the COX-2 molecule. COX-2 might be a potential biomarker for the prognosis of endometrial cancer and a potential therapeutic target for EC treatment. Also, it might be used to prevent the progression of precursor lesions to invasive EC.
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- Hande Ece Kalkan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Private Nefes Hospital, Kastamonu, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology Division, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology Division, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology Division, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey
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Sukmana BI, Saleh RO, Najim MA, AL-Ghamdi HS, Achmad H, Al-Hamdani MM, Taher AAY, Alsalamy A, Khaledi M, Javadi K. Oral microbiota and oral squamous cell carcinoma: a review of their relation and carcinogenic mechanisms. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1319777. [PMID: 38375155 PMCID: PMC10876296 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1319777] [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: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 02/21/2024] Open
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Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma (OSCC) is the most common type of head and neck cancer worldwide. Emerging research suggests a strong association between OSCC and the oral microbiota, a diverse community of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and archaea. Pathogenic bacteria, in particular Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum, have been closely linked to OSCC. Moreover, certain oral fungi, such as Candida albicans, and viruses, like the human papillomavirus, have also been implicated in OSCC. Despite these findings, the precise mechanisms through which the oral microbiota influences OSCC development remain unclear and necessitate further research. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the oral microbiota and its relationship with OSCC and discusses potential carcinogenic pathways that the oral microbiota may activate or modulate are also discussed.
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Techniques, Al-Maarif University College, Al-Anbar, Iraq
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- Internal Medicine Department, Division of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Hasanuddin University, Indonesia (Lecture of Pediatric Dentistry), Makassar, Indonesia
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- College of Technical Engineering, Imam Ja’afar Al‐Sadiq University, Al‐Muthanna, Iraq
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
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Arebro J, Lee CM, Bennewith KL, Garnis C. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Malignancy with Focus on Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1300. [PMID: 38279300 PMCID: PMC10816981 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25021300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024] Open
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Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) remains an understudied and significant global cancer killer and dismal survival rates have not changed in decades. A better understanding of the molecular basis of OSCC progression and metastasis is needed to develop new approaches for treating this disease. The supportive network surrounding cancer tumor cells known as the tumor microenvironment (TME) has gained increasing interest lately since it performs essential protumorigenic functions. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are one of the main cell types in the TME and are known to play a key role in influencing the biological behavior of tumors. CAFs present a heterogeneity both in phenotype as well as functions, leading to the suggestion of different CAF subtypes in several cancer forms. The task to subtype CAFs in OSCC has, however, just begun, and there is today no united way of subtyping CAFs in this disease. This review aims to define the features of CAFs and to summarize CAF subtype research in malignancy with focus on OSCC including aspects as disease prognosis and therapeutic opportunities.
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- Julia Arebro
- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; (C.-M.L.); (K.L.B.); (C.G.)
- Division of ENT Diseases, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of ENT Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, 14186 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; (C.-M.L.); (K.L.B.); (C.G.)
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; (C.-M.L.); (K.L.B.); (C.G.)
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z7, Canada
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada; (C.-M.L.); (K.L.B.); (C.G.)
- Interdisciplinary Oncology Program, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
- Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1M9, Canada
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Remley VA, Linden J, Bauer TW, Dimastromatteo J. Unlocking antitumor immunity with adenosine receptor blockers. CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE (ALHAMBRA, CALIF.) 2023; 6:748-767. [PMID: 38263981 PMCID: PMC10804392 DOI: 10.20517/cdr.2023.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Revised: 10/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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Tumors survive by creating a tumor microenvironment (TME) that suppresses antitumor immunity. The TME suppresses the immune system by limiting antigen presentation, inhibiting lymphocyte and natural killer (NK) cell activation, and facilitating T cell exhaustion. Checkpoint inhibitors like anti-PD-1 and anti-CTLA4 are immunostimulatory antibodies, and their blockade extends the survival of some but not all cancer patients. Extracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is abundant in inflamed tumors, and its metabolite, adenosine (ADO), is a driver of immunosuppression mediated by adenosine A2A receptors (A2AR) and adenosine A2B receptors (A2BR) found on tumor-associated lymphoid and myeloid cells. This review will focus on adenosine as a key checkpoint inhibitor-like immunosuppressive player in the TME and how reducing adenosine production or blocking A2AR and A2BR enhances antitumor immunity.
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- Victoria A. Remley
- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
- University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
- University of Virginia Comprehensive Cancer Center, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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Owen JS, Clayton A, Pearson HB. Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Heterogeneity, Activation and Function: Implications for Prostate Cancer. Biomolecules 2022; 13:67. [PMID: 36671452 PMCID: PMC9856041 DOI: 10.3390/biom13010067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/27/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The continuous remodeling of the tumor microenvironment (TME) during prostate tumorigenesis is emerging as a critical event that facilitates cancer growth, progression and drug-resistance. Recent advances have identified extensive communication networks that enable tumor-stroma cross-talk, and emphasized the functional importance of diverse, heterogeneous stromal fibroblast populations during malignant growth. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a vital component of the TME, which mediate key oncogenic events including angiogenesis, immunosuppression, metastatic progression and therapeutic resistance, thus presenting an attractive therapeutic target. Nevertheless, how fibroblast heterogeneity, recruitment, cell-of-origin and differential functions contribute to prostate cancer remains to be fully delineated. Developing our molecular understanding of these processes is fundamental to developing new therapies and biomarkers that can ultimately improve clinical outcomes. In this review, we explore the current challenges surrounding fibroblast identification, discuss new mechanistic insights into fibroblast functions during normal prostate tissue homeostasis and tumorigenesis, and illustrate the diverse nature of fibroblast recruitment and CAF generation. We also highlight the promise of CAF-targeted therapies for the treatment of prostate cancer.
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- Jasmine S. Owen
- The European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK
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- Tissue Microenvironment Group, Division of Cancer & Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- The European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF24 4HQ, UK
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Toledo B, Picon-Ruiz M, Marchal JA, Perán M. Dual Role of Fibroblasts Educated by Tumour in Cancer Behavior and Therapeutic Perspectives. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:15576. [PMID: 36555218 PMCID: PMC9778751 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tumours are complex systems with dynamic interactions between tumour cells, non-tumour cells, and extracellular components that comprise the tumour microenvironment (TME). The majority of TME's cells are cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are crucial in extracellular matrix (ECM) construction, tumour metabolism, immunology, adaptive chemoresistance, and tumour cell motility. CAF subtypes have been identified based on the expression of protein markers. CAFs may act as promoters or suppressors in tumour cells depending on a variety of factors, including cancer stage. Indeed, CAFs have been shown to promote tumour growth, survival and spread, and secretome changes, but they can also slow tumourigenesis at an early stage through mechanisms that are still poorly understood. Stromal-cancer interactions are governed by a variety of soluble factors that determine the outcome of the tumourigenic process. Cancer cells release factors that enhance the ability of fibroblasts to secrete multiple tumour-promoting chemokines, acting on malignant cells to promote proliferation, migration, and invasion. This crosstalk between CAFs and tumour cells has given new prominence to the stromal cells, from being considered as mere physical support to becoming key players in the tumour process. Here, we focus on the concept of cancer as a non-healing wound and the relevance of chronic inflammation to tumour initiation. In addition, we review CAFs heterogeneous origins and markers together with the potential therapeutic implications of CAFs "re-education" and/or targeting tumour progression inhibition.
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- Belén Toledo
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, E-23071 Jaén, Spain
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- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), Centre for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, E-18100 Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada-Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
- Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18016 Granada, Spain
- Excellence Research Unit “Modeling Nature” (MNat), University of Granada, E-18016 Granada, Spain
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- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), Centre for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, E-18100 Granada, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria ibs. GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada-Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
- Department of Human Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, E-18016 Granada, Spain
- Excellence Research Unit “Modeling Nature” (MNat), University of Granada, E-18016 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, E-23071 Jaén, Spain
- Biopathology and Regenerative Medicine Institute (IBIMER), Centre for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, E-18100 Granada, Spain
- Excellence Research Unit “Modeling Nature” (MNat), University of Granada, E-18016 Granada, Spain
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Brunelli DT, Boldrini VO, Bonfante ILP, Duft RG, Mateus K, Costa L, Chacon-Mikahil MPT, Teixeira AM, Farias AS, Cavaglieri CR. Obesity Increases Gene Expression of Markers Associated With Immunosenescence in Obese Middle-Aged Individuals. Front Immunol 2022; 12:806400. [PMID: 35069589 PMCID: PMC8766659 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.806400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Recently, it has been argued that obesity leads to a chronic pro-inflammatory state that can accelerate immunosenescence, predisposing to the early acquisition of an immune risk profile and health problems related to immunity in adulthood. In this sense, the present study aimed to verify, in circulating leukocytes, the gene expression of markers related to early immunosenescence associated with obesity and its possible relationships with the physical fitness in obese adults with type 2 diabetes or without associated comorbidities. The sample consisted of middle-aged obese individuals (body mass index (BMI) between 30-35 kg/m²) with type 2 diabetes mellitus (OBD; n = 17) or without associated comorbidity (OB; n = 18), and a control group of eutrophic healthy individuals (BMI: 20 - 25 kg/m²) of same ages (E; n = 18). All groups (OBD, OB and E) performed the functional analyses [muscle strength (1RM) and cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max)], anthropometry, body composition (Air Displacement Plethysmograph), blood collections for biochemical (anti-CMV) and molecular (gene expression of leptin, IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α, PD-1, P16ink4a, CCR7, CD28 and CD27) analyses of markers related to immunosenescence. Increased gene expression of leptin, IL-2, IL-4, IL-10, TNF-α, PD-1, P16ink4a, CCR7 and CD27 was found for the OBD and OB groups compared to the E group. Moreover, VO2max for the OBD and OB groups was significantly lower compared to E. In conclusion, obesity, regardless of associated disease, induces increased gene expression of markers associated with inflammation and immunosenescence in circulating leukocytes in obese middle-aged individuals compared to a eutrophic group of the same age. Additionally, increased adipose tissue and markers of chronic inflammation and immunosenescence were associated to impairments in the cardiorespiratory capacity of obese middle-aged individuals.
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- Diego T Brunelli
- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Autoimmune Research Lab, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Research Center for Sports Sciences and Physical Activity, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Autoimmune Research Lab, Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Exercise Physiology Lab (FISEX) - Faculty of Physical Education, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Jones JO, Moody WM, Shields JD. Microenvironmental modulation of the developing tumour: an immune-stromal dialogue. Mol Oncol 2021; 15:2600-2633. [PMID: 32741067 PMCID: PMC8486574 DOI: 10.1002/1878-0261.12773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Revised: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Successful establishment of a tumour relies on a cascade of interactions between cancer cells and stromal cells within an evolving microenvironment. Both immune and nonimmune cellular components are key factors in this process, and the individual players may change their role from tumour elimination to tumour promotion as the microenvironment develops. While the tumour-stroma crosstalk present in an established tumour is well-studied, aspects in the early tumour or premalignant microenvironment have received less attention. This is in part due to the challenges in studying this process in the clinic or in mouse models. Here, we review the key anti- and pro-tumour factors in the early microenvironment and discuss how understanding this process may be exploited in the clinic.
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- James O. Jones
- MRC Cancer UnitHutchison/MRC Research CentreUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
- Department of OncologyCambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustCambridgeUK
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- MRC Cancer UnitHutchison/MRC Research CentreUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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TGF-β/activin signaling promotes CDK7 inhibitor resistance in triple-negative breast cancer cells through upregulation of multidrug transporters. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101162. [PMID: 34481843 PMCID: PMC8498470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cyclin-dependent kinase 7 (CDK7) is a master regulatory kinase that drives cell cycle progression and stimulates expression of oncogenes in a myriad of cancers. Inhibitors of CDK7 (CDK7i) are currently in clinical trials; however, as with many cancer therapies, patients will most likely experience recurrent disease due to acquired resistance. Identifying targets underlying CDK7i resistance will facilitate prospective development of new therapies that can circumvent such resistance. Here we utilized triple-negative breast cancer as a model to discern mechanisms of resistance as it has been previously shown to be highly responsive to CDK7 inhibitors. After generating cell lines with acquired resistance, high-throughput RNA sequencing revealed significant upregulation of genes associated with efflux pumps and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β) signaling pathways. Genetic silencing or pharmacological inhibition of ABCG2, an efflux pump associated with multidrug resistance, resensitized resistant cells to CDK7i, indicating a reliance on these transporters. Expression of activin A (INHBA), a member of the TGF-β family of ligands, was also induced, whereas its intrinsic inhibitor, follistatin (FST), was repressed. In resistant cells, increased phosphorylation of SMAD3, a downstream mediator, confirmed an increase in activin signaling, and phosphorylated SMAD3 directly bound the ABCG2 promoter regulatory region. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of TGF-β/activin receptors or genetic silencing of SMAD4, a transcriptional partner of SMAD3, reversed the upregulation of ABCG2 in resistant cells and phenocopied ABCG2 inhibition. This study reveals that inhibiting the TGF-β/Activin-ABCG2 pathway is a potential avenue for preventing or overcoming resistance to CDK7 inhibitors.
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Recent advances in tumor microenvironment-targeted nanomedicine delivery approaches to overcome limitations of immune checkpoint blockade-based immunotherapy. J Control Release 2021; 332:109-126. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 01/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Guo Y, Gabola M, Lattanzio R, Paul C, Pinet V, Tang R, Turali H, Bremond J, Longobardi C, Maurizy C, Da Costa Q, Finetti P, Boissière-Michot F, Rivière B, Lemmers C, Garnier S, Bertucci F, Zlobec I, Chebli K, Tazi J, Azar R, Blanchard JM, Sicinski P, Mamessier E, Lemmers B, Hahne M. Cyclin A2 maintains colon homeostasis and is a prognostic factor in colorectal cancer. J Clin Invest 2021; 131:131517. [PMID: 33332285 DOI: 10.1172/jci131517] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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To clarify the function of cyclin A2 in colon homeostasis and colorectal cancer (CRC), we generated mice deficient for cyclin A2 in colonic epithelial cells (CECs). Colons of these mice displayed architectural changes in the mucosa and signs of inflammation, as well as increased proliferation of CECs associated with the appearance of low- and high-grade dysplasias. The main initial events triggering those alterations in cyclin A2-deficient CECs appeared to be abnormal mitoses and DNA damage. Cyclin A2 deletion in CECs promoted the development of dysplasia and adenocarcinomas in a murine colitis-associated cancer model. We next explored the status of cyclin A2 expression in clinical CRC samples at the mRNA and protein levels and found higher expression in tumors of patients with stage 1 or 2 CRC compared with those of patients with stage 3 or 4 CRC. A meta-analysis of 11 transcriptome data sets comprising 2239 primary CRC tumors revealed different expression levels of CCNA2 (the mRNA coding for cyclin A2) among the CRC tumor subtypes, with the highest expression detected in consensus molecular subtype 1 (CMS1) and the lowest in CMS4 tumors. Moreover, we found high expression of CCNA2 to be a new, independent prognosis factor for CRC tumors.
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- Yuchen Guo
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy.,Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), "G. d'Annunzio" University, Chieti, Italy
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), INSERM, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), INSERM, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Translationnal Research Unit, Montpellier Cancer Institute, Montpellier, France - Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- PVM, Biocampus, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), INSERM, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), INSERM, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,Department of Medical Oncology, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Marseille, France
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- Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Lebanese University, Hadath, Lebanon
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Predictive Oncology Laboratory, Cancer Research Center of Marseille (CRCM), INSERM, U1068, CNRS, UMR7258, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Montpellier, France
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Meng Q, Luo X, Chen J, Wang D, Chen E, Zhang W, Zhang G, Zhou W, Xu J, Song Z. Unmasking carcinoma-associated fibroblasts: Key transformation player within the tumor microenvironment. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2020; 1874:188443. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2020.188443] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Revised: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 09/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Cheng Q, Parvin B. Organoid model of mammographic density displays a higher frequency of aberrant colony formations with radiation exposure. Bioinformatics 2020; 36:1989-1993. [PMID: 31778145 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2019] [Revised: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
MOTIVATION Aberrant three-dimensional (3D) colony organization of premalignant human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) is one of the indices of dysplasia. An experiment has been designed where the stiffness of the microenvironment, in 3D culture, has been set at either low or high level of mammographic density (MD) and the organoid models are exposed to 50 cGy X-ray radiation. This study utilizes published bioinformatics tools to quantify the frequency of aberrant colony formations by the combined stressors of stiffness and X-ray exposure. One of the goals is to develop a quantitative assay for evaluating the risk factors associated with women with high MD exposed to X-ray radiation. RESULTS Analysis of 3D colony formations indicate that high stiffness, within the range of high MD, and X-ray radiation have an approximately additive effect on increasing the frequency of aberrant colony formations. Since both stiffness and X-ray radiation are DNA-damaging stressors, the additive effect of these stressors is also independently validated by profiling activin A-secreted protein. Secretion of activin A is known to be higher in tissues with a high MD as well as tumor cells. In addition, we show that increased stiffness of the microenvironment also induces phosphorylation of γH2AX-positive foci. The study uses two HMECs derived from a diseased tissue (e.g. MCF10A) and reduction mammoplasty of normal breast tissue (e.g. 184A1) to further demonstrate similar traits in the frequency of aberrant colony organization. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Qingsu Cheng
- Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0260, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89557-0260, USA
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Tanase C, Gheorghisan-Galateanu AA, Popescu ID, Mihai S, Codrici E, Albulescu R, Hinescu ME. CD36 and CD97 in Pancreatic Cancer versus Other Malignancies. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E5656. [PMID: 32781778 PMCID: PMC7460590 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21165656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Starting from the recent identification of CD36 and CD97 as a novel marker combination of fibroblast quiescence in lung during fibrosis, we aimed to survey the literature in search for facts about the separate (or concomitant) expression of clusters of differentiation CD36 and CD97 in either tumor- or pancreatic-cancer-associated cells. Here, we provide an account of the current knowledge on the diversity of the cellular functions of CD36 and CD97 and explore their potential (common) contributions to key cellular events in oncogenesis or metastasis development. Emphasis is placed on quiescence as an underexplored mechanism and/or potential target in therapy. Furthermore, we discuss intricate signaling mechanisms and networks involving CD36 and CD97 that may regulate different subpopulations of tumor-associated cells, such as cancer-associated fibroblasts, adipocyte-associated fibroblasts, tumor-associated macrophages, or neutrophils, during aggressive pancreatic cancer. The coexistence of quiescence and activated states in cancer-associated cell subtypes during pancreatic cancer should be better documented, in different histological forms. Remodeling of the local microenvironment may also change the balance between growth and dormant state. Taking advantage of the reported data in different other tissue types, we explore the possibility to induce quiescence (similar to that observed in normal cells), as a therapeutic option to delay the currently observed clinical outcome.
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- Cristiana Tanase
- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
- Faculty of Medicine, Titu Maiorescu University, 001863 Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Str., 050474 Bucharest, Romania;
- ‘C.I. Parhon’ National Institute of Endocrinology, 001863 Bucharest, Romania
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- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
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- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
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- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
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- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
- National Institute for Chemical Pharmaceutical R&D, 001863 Bucharest, Romania
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- Victor Babeș National Institute of Pathology, 99-101 Splaiul Independentei, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.D.P.); (S.M.); (E.C.); (R.A.); (M.E.H.)
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 8 Eroilor Sanitari Str., 050474 Bucharest, Romania;
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Sahai E, Astsaturov I, Cukierman E, DeNardo DG, Egeblad M, Evans RM, Fearon D, Greten FR, Hingorani SR, Hunter T, Hynes RO, Jain RK, Janowitz T, Jorgensen C, Kimmelman AC, Kolonin MG, Maki RG, Powers RS, Puré E, Ramirez DC, Scherz-Shouval R, Sherman MH, Stewart S, Tlsty TD, Tuveson DA, Watt FM, Weaver V, Weeraratna AT, Werb Z. A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts. Nat Rev Cancer 2020; 20:174-186. [PMID: 31980749 PMCID: PMC7046529 DOI: 10.1038/s41568-019-0238-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1961] [Impact Index Per Article: 490.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are a key component of the tumour microenvironment with diverse functions, including matrix deposition and remodelling, extensive reciprocal signalling interactions with cancer cells and crosstalk with infiltrating leukocytes. As such, they are a potential target for optimizing therapeutic strategies against cancer. However, many challenges are present in ongoing attempts to modulate CAFs for therapeutic benefit. These include limitations in our understanding of the origin of CAFs and heterogeneity in CAF function, with it being desirable to retain some antitumorigenic functions. On the basis of a meeting of experts in the field of CAF biology, we summarize in this Consensus Statement our current knowledge and present a framework for advancing our understanding of this critical cell type within the tumour microenvironment.
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- Erik Sahai
- The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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- Marvin and Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Cancer Biology Program, Marvin & Concetta Greenberg Pancreatic Cancer Institute, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Washington University Medical School, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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- Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Georg-Speyer-Haus, Frankfurt, Germany
- Frankfurt Cancer Institute, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Edwin L Steele Laboratories, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, University of Manchester, Nether Alderley, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
- Northwell Health Cancer Institute, New York, NY, USA
- Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health System, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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- Department of Cell, Developmental & Cancer Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Department of Medicine, ICCE Institute, Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Pathology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, King's College London, Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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- Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Anatomy, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Roudebush C, Catala-Valentin A, Andl T, Le Bras GF, Andl CD. Activin A-mediated epithelial de-differentiation contributes to injury repair in an in vitro gastrointestinal reflux model. Cytokine 2019; 123:154782. [PMID: 31369967 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2019.154782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Reflux esophagitis is a result of esophageal exposure to acid and bile during episodes of gastroesophageal reflux. Aside from chemical injury to the esophageal epithelium, it has been shown that acid and bile induce cytokine-mediated injury by stimulating the release of pro-inflammatory cytokines. During the repair and healing process following reflux injury, the squamous esophageal cells are replaced with a columnar epithelium causing Barrett's metaplasia, which predisposes patients to esophageal adenocarcinoma. We identified a novel player in gastroesophageal reflux injury, the TGFβ family member Activin A (ActA), which is a known regulator of inflammation and tissue repair. In this study, we show that in response to bile salt and acidified media (pH 4) exposure, emulating the milieu to which the distal esophagus is exposed during gastroesophageal reflux, long-term treated, tolerant esophageal keratinocytes exhibit increased ActA secretion and a pro-inflammatory cytokine signature. Furthermore, we noted increased motility and expression of the stem cell markers SOX9, LGR5 and DCLK1 supporting the notion that repair mechanisms were activated in the bile salt/acid-tolerant keratinocytes. Additionally, these experiments demonstrated that de-differentiation as characterized by the induction of YAP1, FOXO3 and KRT17 was altered by ActA/TGFβ signaling. Collectively, our results suggest a pivotal role for ActA in the inflammatory GERD environment by modulating esophageal tissue repair and de-differentiation.
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- Cedric Roudebush
- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., BMS, Building 20, rm 223, Orlando, FL 32816, United States
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., BMS, Building 20, rm 223, Orlando, FL 32816, United States
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., BMS, Building 20, rm 223, Orlando, FL 32816, United States
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., BMS, Building 20, rm 223, Orlando, FL 32816, United States
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, 4110 Libra Dr., BMS, Building 20, rm 223, Orlando, FL 32816, United States.
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Seachrist DD, Keri RA. The Activin Social Network: Activin, Inhibin, and Follistatin in Breast Development and Cancer. Endocrinology 2019; 160:1097-1110. [PMID: 30874767 PMCID: PMC6475112 DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Activins and inhibins are closely related protein heterodimers with a similar tissue distribution; however, these two complexes have opposing functions in development and disease. Both are secreted cytokine hormones, with activin the primary inducer of downstream signaling cascades and inhibin acting as a rheostat that exquisitely governs activin function. Adding to the complexity of activin signaling, follistatin, a highly glycosylated monomeric protein, binds activin with high affinity and restrains downstream pathway activation but through a mechanism distinct from that of inhibin. These three proteins were first identified as key ovarian hormones in the pituitary-gonadal axis that direct the synthesis and secretion of FSH from the pituitary, hence controlling folliculogenesis. Research during the past 30 years has expanded the roles of these proteins, first by discovering the ubiquitous expression of the trio and then by implicating them in a wide array of biological functions. In concert, these three hormones govern tissue development, homeostasis, and disease in multiple organ systems through diverse autocrine and paracrine mechanisms. In the present study, we have reviewed the actions of activin and its biological inhibitors, inhibin, and follistatin, in mammary gland morphogenesis and cancer.
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- Darcie D Seachrist
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
- Division of General Medical Sciences–Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Systemic Activation of Activin A Signaling Causes Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral Bone Disorder. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19092490. [PMID: 30142896 PMCID: PMC6163495 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19092490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The high cardiovascular mortality associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) is caused in part by the CKD-mineral bone disorder (CKD-MBD) syndrome. The CKD-MBD consists of skeletal, vascular and cardiac pathology caused by metabolic derangements produced by kidney disease. The prevalence of osteopenia/osteoporosis resulting from the skeletal component of the CKD-MBD, renal osteodystrophy (ROD), in patients with CKD exceeds that of the general population and is a major public health concern. That CKD is associated with compromised bone health is widely accepted, yet the mechanisms underlying impaired bone metabolism in CKD are not fully understood. Therefore, clarification of the molecular mechanisms by which CKD produces ROD is of crucial significance. We have shown that activin A, a member of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β super family, is an important positive regulator of receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand (RANKL)-induced osteoclastogenesis with Smad-mediated signaling being crucial for inducing osteoclast development and function. Recently, we have demonstrated systemic activation of activin receptors and activin A levels in CKD mouse models, such as diabetic CKD and Alport (AL) syndrome. In these CKD mouse models, bone remodeling caused by increased osteoclast numbers and activated osteoclastic bone resorption was observed and treatment with an activin receptor ligand trap repaired CKD-induced-osteoclastic bone resorption and stimulated individual osteoblastic bone formation, irrespective of parathyroid hormone (PTH) elevation. These findings have opened a new field for exploring mechanisms of activin A-enhanced osteoclast formation and function in CKD. Activin A appears to be a strong candidate for CKD-induced high-turnover ROD. Therefore, the treatment with the decoy receptor for activin A might be a good candidate for treatment for CKD-induced osteopenia or osteoporosis, indicating that the new findings from in these studies will lead to the identification of novel therapeutic targets for CKD-related and osteopenia and osteoporosis in general. In this review, we describe the impact of CKD-induced Smad signaling in osteoclasts, osteoblasts and vascular cells in CKD.
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Charkhat Gorgich EA, Heidari Z, Mahmoudzadeh- Sagheb H. P16ink4a Subcellular Expression Patterns in Colorectal Adenocarcinoma, Adenoma and Non-Neoplastic Tissue Samples. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2017; 18:3049-3054. [PMID: 29172278 PMCID: PMC5773790 DOI: 10.22034/apjcp.2017.18.11.3049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common neoplasms with high mortality at advanced
stages worldwide. Thus diagnosis of CRC at an early stage with sensitive molecular methods is a high priority. The
aim of this study was to evaluate P16ink4a subcellular expression patterns in colorectal adenocarcinoma, adenoma and
non-neoplastic tissue samples. Methods: A total of 137 colorectal formalin fixed paraffin-embedded tissue blocks
from the pathology archives of Ali-Ebne-Abitaleb central hospital, Zahedan, Iran, were examined in three groups:
adenocarcinoma (n= 63), adenoma (n= 38) and non-neoplastic (n= 36). The subcellular expression pattern was
determined by immunocytochemistry. Data analysis was performed using Kruskal-Wallis and Fisher exact tests with
the significance level set as p˂0.05. Results: P16ink4a subcellular localization was observed in three different patterns,
nuclear+cytoplasmic (73.33%), cytoplasmic (13.33%) and nuclear (13.33%). In most samples, nuclear+cytoplasmic
was the predominant subcellular pattern. However, a significant difference in P16ink4a subcellular expression patterns
was observed along the non-neoplastic, adenoma, adenocarcinoma sequence (p˂0.001). An association with the
histological tumor type was also noted (p=0.021). Conclusion: Considering variation in localization of P16ink4a under
different pathological conditions, P16ink4a night be sensitive prognostic biomarker for benign colon lesions. Its use may
improve strategies for screening, prognostic assessment and management of patients with CRC. Further studies are
recommended in this field.
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- Enam Alhagh Charkhat Gorgich
- Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences,
Zahedan, Iran.,Department of Histology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
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Gascard P, Tlsty TD. Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts: orchestrating the composition of malignancy. Genes Dev 2017; 30:1002-19. [PMID: 27151975 PMCID: PMC4863733 DOI: 10.1101/gad.279737.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 521] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
The tumor stroma is no longer seen solely as physical support for mutated epithelial cells but as an important modulator and even a driver of tumorigenicity. Within the tumor stromal milieu, heterogeneous populations of fibroblast-like cells, collectively termed carcinoma-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), are key players in the multicellular, stromal-dependent alterations that contribute to malignant initiation and progression. This review focuses on novel insights into the contributions of CAFs to disease progression, emergent events leading to the generation of CAFs, identification of CAF-specific biomarkers predictive of disease outcome, and recent therapeutic approaches aimed at blunting or reverting detrimental protumorigenic phenotypes associated with CAFs.
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- Philippe Gascard
- Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA; Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Elevated levels of TRF2 induce telomeric ultrafine anaphase bridges and rapid telomere deletions. Nat Commun 2015; 6:10132. [PMID: 26640040 PMCID: PMC4686832 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The shelterin protein TRF2 is essential for chromosome-end protection. Depletion of TRF2 causes chromosome end-to-end fusions, initiating genomic instability that can be cancer promoting. Paradoxically, significant increased levels of TRF2 are observed in a subset of human cancers. Experimental overexpression of TRF2 has also been shown to induce telomere shortening, through an unknown mechanism. Here we report that TRF2 overexpression results in replication stalling in duplex telomeric repeat tracts and the subsequent formation of telomeric ultrafine anaphase bridges (UFBs), ultimately leading to stochastic loss of telomeric sequences. These TRF2 overexpression-induced telomere deletions generate chromosome fusions resembling those detected in human cancers and in mammalian cells containing critically shortened telomeres. Therefore, our findings have uncovered a second pathway by which altered TRF2 protein levels can induce end-to-end fusions. The observations also provide mechanistic insight into the molecular basis of genomic instability in tumour cells containing significantly increased TRF2 levels.
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DeFilippis RA, Fordyce C, Patten K, Chang H, Zhao J, Fontenay GV, Kerlikowske K, Parvin B, Tlsty TD. Stress signaling from human mammary epithelial cells contributes to phenotypes of mammographic density. Cancer Res 2014; 74:5032-5044. [PMID: 25172842 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-3390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Telomere malfunction and other types of DNA damage induce an activin A-dependent stress response in mortal nontumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells that subsequently induces desmoplastic-like phenotypes in neighboring fibroblasts. Some characteristics of this fibroblast/stromal response, such as reduced adipocytes and increased extracellular matrix content, are observed not only in tumor tissues but also in disease-free breast tissues at high risk for developing cancer, especially high mammographic density tissues. We found that these phenotypes are induced by repression of the fatty acid translocase CD36, which is seen in desmoplastic and disease-free high mammographic density tissues. In this study, we show that epithelial cells from high mammographic density tissues have more DNA damage signaling, shorter telomeres, increased activin A secretion and an altered DNA damage response compared with epithelial cells from low mammographic density tissues. Strikingly, both telomere malfunction and activin A expression in epithelial cells can repress CD36 expression in adjacent fibroblasts. These results provide new insights into how high mammographic density arises and why it is associated with breast cancer risk, with implications for the definition of novel invention targets (e.g., activin A and CD36) to prevent breast cancer.
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- Rosa Anna DeFilippis
- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.,Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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COX2 expression in high-grade breast cancer: evidence for prognostic significance in the subset of triple-negative breast cancer patients. Med Oncol 2014; 31:989. [PMID: 24816739 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0989-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
COX2 expression correlates with high-grade breast cancer, but the clinical significance and possible prognostic influence in these patients have not been studied in depth. Our goal was to evaluate the significance of COX2 expression in a group of patients with high-grade breast cancer. Three hundred and three patients (median age 55; age range 25-95 years) with high-grade breast cancer entered this retrospective study. Mean follow-up was 65.2 months (4-179 months). COX2 expression was studied by immunohistochemistry. The distribution of patients with high-grade tumors according to staining for COX2 was as follows: score 0-28/303 (9.3 %); score 1-101/303 (33.3 %); score 2-114/303 (37.6 %); score 3-60/303 (19.8 %). Patients with score 2 and 3 were classified as COX2 positive (174 of 303 patients (57.4 %). There was no correlation between any clinicopathological pattern, ER, PR, Her2 status and COX2 expression. In the group of patients with triple-negative breast cancer, the 5-year disease-free survival rate was 58.3 % for patients with COX2 expression compared with 83.9 % for patients without COX2 expression (P = 0.042). COX2 expression did not provide any prognostic significance for the other biological subtypes of breast cancer with high-grade histological features.
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Porter RL, Georger MA, Bromberg O, McGrath KE, Frisch BJ, Becker MW, Calvi LM. Prostaglandin E2 increases hematopoietic stem cell survival and accelerates hematopoietic recovery after radiation injury. Stem Cells 2013; 31:372-83. [PMID: 23169593 DOI: 10.1002/stem.1286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/28/2012] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), which continuously maintain all mature blood cells, are regulated within the marrow microenvironment. We previously reported that pharmacologic treatment of naïve mice with prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) expands HSPCs. However, the cellular mechanisms mediating this expansion remain unknown. Here, we demonstrate that PGE2 treatment in naïve mice inhibits apoptosis of HSPCs without changing their proliferation rate. In a murine model of sublethal total body irradiation (TBI), in which HSPCs are rapidly lost, treatment with a long-acting PGE2 analog (dmPGE2) reversed the apoptotic program initiated by TBI. dmPGE2 treatment in vivo decreased the loss of functional HSPCs following radiation injury, as demonstrated both phenotypically and by their increased reconstitution capacity. The antiapoptotic effect of dmPGE2 on HSPCs did not impair their ability to differentiate in vivo, resulting instead in improved hematopoietic recovery after TBI. dmPGE2 also increased microenvironmental cyclooxygenase-2 expression and expanded the α-smooth muscle actin-expressing subset of marrow macrophages, thus enhancing the bone marrow microenvironmental response to TBI. Therefore, in vivo treatment with PGE2 analogs may be particularly beneficial to HSPCs in the setting of injury by targeting them both directly and also through their niche. The current data provide rationale for in vivo manipulation of the HSPC pool as a strategy to improve recovery after myelosuppression.
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- Rebecca L Porter
- Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Ursini-Siegel J, Park M. It takes two to tango in the microenvironment! Breast Cancer Res 2013; 15:102. [PMID: 23510134 PMCID: PMC3672805 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Using mortal non-tumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells and fibroblasts, Fordyce and colleagues show that an epithelial stress response promotes pro-tumorigenic changes in mammary fibroblasts. Fibroblast reprogramming was dependent on activin A or prostaglandin E2 produced by epithelial cells and, in turn, promoted enhanced migration of epithelial cells. These events in epithelial cells in vitro, including telomere loss, heightened DNA damage response, and activin A expression, are observed in breast ductal carcinoma in situ lesions surrounded by stroma bearing hallmarks of activated fibroblasts and immune and endothelial cell infiltration. Thus, reciprocal epithelial-stromal interactions facilitate progression to malignancy and occur even at the earliest stages of mammary tumorigenesis.
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Fordyce CA, Patten KT, Fessenden TB, DeFilippis R, Hwang ES, Zhao J, Tlsty TD. Cell-extrinsic consequences of epithelial stress: activation of protumorigenic tissue phenotypes. Breast Cancer Res 2012; 14:R155. [PMID: 23216814 PMCID: PMC3786321 DOI: 10.1186/bcr3368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Introduction Tumors are characterized by alterations in the epithelial and stromal compartments, which both contribute to tumor promotion. However, where, when, and how the tumor stroma develops is still poorly understood. We previously demonstrated that DNA damage or telomere malfunction induces an activin A-dependent epithelial stress response that activates cell-intrinsic and cell-extrinsic consequences in mortal, nontumorigenic human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs and vHMECs). Here we show that this epithelial stress response also induces protumorigenic phenotypes in neighboring primary fibroblasts, recapitulating many of the characteristics associated with formation of the tumor stroma (for example, desmoplasia). Methods The contribution of extrinsic and intrinsic DNA damage to acquisition of desmoplastic phenotypes was investigated in primary human mammary fibroblasts (HMFs) co-cultured with vHMECs with telomere malfunction (TRF2-vHMEC) or in HMFs directly treated with DNA-damaging agents, respectively. Fibroblast reprogramming was assessed by monitoring increases in levels of selected protumorigenic molecules with quantitative polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and immunocytochemistry. Dependence of the induced phenotypes on activin A was evaluated by addition of exogenous activin A or activin A silencing. In vitro findings were validated in vivo, in preinvasive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions by using immunohistochemistry and telomere-specific fluorescent in situ hybridization. Results HMFs either cocultured with TRF2-vHMEC or directly exposed to exogenous activin A or PGE2 show increased expression of cytokines and growth factors, deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, and a shift toward aerobic glycolysis. In turn, these "activated" fibroblasts secrete factors that promote epithelial cell motility. Interestingly, cell-intrinsic DNA damage in HMFs induces some, but not all, of the molecules induced as a consequence of cell-extrinsic DNA damage. The response to cell-extrinsic DNA damage characterized in vitro is recapitulated in vivo in DCIS lesions, which exhibit telomere loss, heightened DNA damage response, and increased activin A and cyclooxygenase-2 expression. These lesions are surrounded by a stroma characterized by increased expression of α smooth muscle actin and endothelial and immune cell infiltration. Conclusions Thus, synergy between stromal and epithelial interactions, even at the initiating stages of carcinogenesis, appears necessary for the acquisition of malignancy and provides novel insights into where, when, and how the tumor stroma develops, allowing new therapeutic strategies.
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Liao D, Estévez-Salmerón L, Tlsty TD. Generalized principles of stochasticity can be used to control dynamic heterogeneity. Phys Biol 2012; 9:065006. [PMID: 23197162 PMCID: PMC3618713 DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/6/065006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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It is increasingly appreciated that phenotypic stochasticity plays fundamental roles in biological systems at the cellular level and that a variety of mechanisms generates phenotypic interconversion over a broad range of time scales. The ensuing dynamic heterogeneity can be used to understand biological and clinical processes involving diverse phenotypes in different cell populations. The same principles can be applied, not only to populations composed of cells, but also to populations composed of molecules, tissues, and multicellular organisms. Stochastic units generating dynamic heterogeneity can be integrated across various length scales. We propose that a graphical tool we have developed, called a metronomogram, will allow us to identify factors that suitably influence the restoration of homeostatic heterogeneity so as to modulate the consequences of dynamic heterogeneity for desired outcomes.
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- David Liao
- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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Dunphy KA, Schneyer AL, Hagen MJ, Jerry DJ. The role of activin in mammary gland development and oncogenesis. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 2011; 16:117-26. [PMID: 21475961 DOI: 10.1007/s10911-011-9214-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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TGFβ contributes to mammary gland development and has paradoxical roles in breast cancer because it has both tumor suppressor and tumor promoter activity. Another member of the TGFβ superfamily, activin, also has roles in the developing mammary gland, but these functions, and the role of activin in breast cancer, are not well characterized. TGFβ and activin share the same intracellular signaling pathways, but divergence in their signaling pathways are suggested. The purpose of this review is to compare the spatial and temporal expression of TGFβ and activin during mammary gland development, with consideration given to their functions during each developmental period. We also review the contributions of TGFβ and activin to breast cancer resistance and susceptibility. Finally, we consider the systemic contributions of activin in regulating obesity and diabetes; and the impact this regulation has on breast cancer. Elevated levels of activin in serum during pregnancy and its influence on pregnancy associated breast cancer are also considered. We conclude that evidence demonstrates that activin has tumor suppressing potential, without definitive indication of tumor promoting activity in the mammary gland, making it a good target for development of therapeutics.
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- Karen A Dunphy
- Department of Veterinary and Animal Science, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
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Lambert G, Estévez-Salmeron L, Oh S, Liao D, Emerson BM, Tlsty TD, Austin RH. An analogy between the evolution of drug resistance in bacterial communities and malignant tissues. Nat Rev Cancer 2011; 11:375-82. [PMID: 21508974 PMCID: PMC3488437 DOI: 10.1038/nrc3039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cancer cells rapidly evolve drug resistance through somatic evolution and, in order to continue growth in the metastatic phase, violate the organism-wide consensus of regulated growth and beneficial communal interactions. We suggest that there is a fundamental mechanistic connection between the rapid evolution of resistance to chemotherapy in cellular communities within malignant tissues and the rapid evolution of antibiotic resistance in bacterial communities. We propose that this evolution is the result of a programmed and collective stress response performed by interacting cells, and that, given this fundamental connection, studying bacterial communities can provide deeper insights into the dynamics of adaptation and the evolution of cells within tumours.
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- Guillaume Lambert
- Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
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Romagosa C, Simonetti S, López-Vicente L, Mazo A, Lleonart ME, Castellvi J, Ramon y Cajal S. p16(Ink4a) overexpression in cancer: a tumor suppressor gene associated with senescence and high-grade tumors. Oncogene 2011; 30:2087-97. [PMID: 21297668 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 327] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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p16(Ink4a) is a protein involved in regulation of the cell cycle. Currently, p16(Ink4a) is considered a tumor suppressor protein because of its physiological role and downregulated expression in a large number of tumors. Intriguingly, overexpression of p16(Ink4a) has also been described in several tumors. This review attempts to elucidate when and why p16(Ink4a) overexpression occurs, and to suggest possible implications of p16(Ink4a) in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of cancer.
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- C Romagosa
- Pathology Department, Fundació Institut de Recerca, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Invasive, genetically abnormal carcinoma progenitor cells have been propagated from human and mouse breast ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions, providing new insights into breast cancer progression. The survival of DCIS cells in the hypoxic, nutrient-deprived intraductal niche could promote genetic instability and the derepression of the invasive phenotype. Understanding potential survival mechanisms, such as autophagy, that might be functioning in DCIS lesions provides strategies for arresting invasion at the pre-malignant stage. A new, open trial of neoadjuvant therapy for patients with DCIS constitutes a model for testing investigational agents that target malignant progenitor cells in the intraductal niche.
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- Virginia Espina
- George Mason University, Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA
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Rizzo MT. Cyclooxygenase-2 in oncogenesis. Clin Chim Acta 2010; 412:671-87. [PMID: 21187081 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2010] [Revised: 12/20/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Compelling experimental and clinical evidence supports the notion that cyclooxygenase-2, the inducible isoform of cyclooxygenase, plays a crucial role in oncogenesis. Clinical and epidemiological data indicate that aberrant regulation of cyclooxygenase-2 in certain solid tumors and hematological malignancies is associated with adverse clinical outcome. Moreover, findings extrapolated from experimental studies in cultured tumor cells and animal tumor models indicate that cyclooxygenase-2 critically influences all stages of tumor development from tumor initiation to tumor progression. Cyclooxygenase-2 elicits cell-autonomous effects on tumor cells resulting in stimulation of growth, increased cell survival, enhanced tumor cell invasiveness, stimulation of neovascularization, and tumor evasion from the host immune system. Additionally, the oncogenic effects of cyclooxygenase-2 stem from its unique ability to impact tumor cell surroundings and create a proinflammatory environment conducive for tumor development, growth and progression. The initial enthusiasm generated by the availability of cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitors for cancer prevention and therapy has been lessened by the severe cardiovascular adverse side effects associated with their long-term use, as well as by the mixed results of recent clinical trials evaluating the efficacy of cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors in adjuvant chemotherapy. Therefore, our ability to efficiently target the oncogenic effects of cyclooxygenase-2 for therapeutic and preventive purposes strictly depends on a better understanding of the spatial and temporal aspects of its activation in tumor cells along with a clearer elucidation of the signaling networks whereby cyclooxygenase-2 affects tumor cells and their interactions with the tumor microenvironment. This knowledge has the potential of leading to the identification of novel cyclooxygenase-2-dependent molecular and signaling networks that can be exploited to improve cancer prevention and therapy.
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- Maria Teresa Rizzo
- Signal Transduction Laboratory, Methodist Research Institute, Clarian Health and Department of Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
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Singh B, Irving LR, Tai K, Lucci A. Overexpression of COX-2 in celecoxib-resistant breast cancer cell lines. J Surg Res 2010; 163:235-43. [PMID: 20691996 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Revised: 03/29/2010] [Accepted: 04/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) plays a key role in breast cancer progression and metastasis. Effective therapeutic targeting of COX-2 would require the knowledge of whether a tumor is addicted to COX-2, and if we can counter the potential resistance to anti-COX-2 therapy. Herein we tested the hypothesis that celecoxib-resistance involves selection of cancer cells that overexpress COX-2. MATERIALS AND METHODS We selected celecoxib-resistant (CER) variants from two metastatic cell lines, SUM149 inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) cell line and MDA-MB-231-BSC60 cell line, by culturing them in the presence of celecoxib. We measured the relative levels of COX-2 protein and its network components Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Bax in the parental cell lines and their CER variants by Western blotting. To determine whether celecoxib resistance would increase tumorigenicity, we performed an in vitro clonogenicity assay. We determined the statistical significance of differences between the groups using the two-sample t-test. RESULTS Both the celecoxib-resistant cell lines SUM149-CER and BSC60-CER produced significantly higher levels of COX-2 protein than their parental counterparts (P < 0.05). The CER variants produced a reduced level of pro-apoptosis protein Bax (both cell lines) and increased levels of anti-apoptosis proteins Bcl-2 (BSC60) or Bcl-xL (SUM149). Importantly, the CER variants had significantly higher clonogenicity than their parental cell lines (P < 0.05). The siRNA-mediated COX-2 knockdown in SUM149-CER cell line resulted in a significant decrease in clonogenicity and in Bcl-xL and Bcl-2 protein levels, thus supporting our hypothesis. CONCLUSION Celecoxib-resistant variant cells present in breast cancer cell lines overexpress COX-2, which is robustly linked with survival pathways and clonogenicity. Since COX-2 is important in the variant cancer cells of aggressive nature, it represents a good therapeutic target.
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- Balraj Singh
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Blackburn EH, Tlsty TD, Lippman SM. Unprecedented opportunities and promise for cancer prevention research. Cancer Prev Res (Phila) 2010; 3:394-402. [PMID: 20354163 DOI: 10.1158/1940-6207.capr-10-0051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cancer prevention encompasses a wide range of highly developed science and clinical impact. Enunciating these two aspects in the same breath highlights the crucial link between them. The breadth and excitement of current opportunities in the science of cancer prevention have never been greater. Major avenues of such research include the extent and effect of premalignancy, the molecular underpinnings of carcinogenesis and related prevention targets, in vitro model systems of the progression of normal human epithelial cells to tumorigenesis, molecular risk stratification and pharmacogenomic approaches, and many more. We describe the clinical impacts of cancer prevention (with examples in the areas of molecular targeting, vaccines, epidemiology, and behavioral science) and the stage-setting science that facilitated them. In addition, discussed are new prevention opportunities such as interactions between stromal and microenvironmental factors, the control of premalignant stem cell phenotypes through epigenetic reprogramming, and neoplastic cells and various stress responses including those involving telomere biology. The promise of this science, particularly integrative, interdisciplinary research, is to hasten the ability of clinical prevention to reduce the burden of cancer.
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