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Intravital microscopy to illuminate cell state plasticity during metastasis. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2021; 72:28-35. [PMID: 34020117 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2021.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Microenvironmental cues in tumors induce in a wide variety of cellular states that subsequently lead to cancer cells with distinct cellular identity, behavior, and fate. Recent literature suggests that the ability to change cellular states, a process defined as cell state plasticity, enable cells to rapidly adapt to their changing environment during tumor progression and metastasis. In this review, we will discuss how recent high-resolution intravital microscopy studies have been instrumental to reveal the real-time dynamics of tumor cell state plasticity during the different steps of the metastatic cascade. In addition, we will highlight the role of tumor plasticity during anticancer treatment response, and how plasticity can be used as a potential druggable target.
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Oliveira-Barros EGD, Branco LC, Da Costa NM, Nicolau-Neto P, Palmero C, Pontes B, Ferreira do Amaral R, Alves-Leon SV, Marcondes de Souza J, Romão L, Fernandes PV, Martins I, Takiya CM, Ribeiro Pinto LF, Palumbo A, Nasciutti LE. GLIPR1 and SPARC expression profile reveals a signature associated with prostate Cancer Brain metastasis. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 528:111230. [PMID: 33675864 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Despite advances in treatment of lethal prostate cancer, the incidence of prostate cancer brain metastases is increasing. In this sense, we analyzed the molecular profile, as well as the functional consequences involved in the reciprocal interactions between prostate tumor cells and human astrocytes. We observed that the DU145 cells, but not the LNCaP cells or the RWPE-1 cells, exhibited more pronounced, malignant and invasive phenotypes along their interactions with astrocytes. Moreover, global gene expression analysis revealed several genes that were differently expressed in our co-culture models with the overexpression of GLIPR1 and SPARC potentially representing a molecular signature associated with the invasion of central nervous system by prostate malignant cells. Further, these results were corroborated by immunohistochemistry and in silico analysis. Thus, we conjecture that the data here presented may increase the knowledge about the molecular mechanisms associated with the invasion of CNS by prostate malignant cells.
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- Eliane Gouvêa de Oliveira-Barros
- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil; Laboratório de Biologia Celular, Departamento de Biologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Rua José Lourenço Kelmer-Campus, São Pedro, Juiz de Fora, CEP: 36036-900, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Programa de Carcinogênese Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti, 37-Centro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20231-050, Brazil.
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- Programa de Carcinogênese Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti, 37-Centro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20231-050, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil; UFRJ/Polo Macaé, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil; Centro Nacional de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (CENABIO), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Hospital Universitário Clementino Fraga Filho (HUCFF), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Divisão de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua Cordeiro da Graça, 156 - Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 20220 -040, Brazil.
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- Divisão de Patologia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua Cordeiro da Graça, 156 - Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, CEP: 20220 -040, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Programa de Carcinogênese Molecular, Centro de Pesquisas, Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA), Rua André Cavalcanti, 37-Centro, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 20231-050, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pesquisa Em Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Cidade Universitária-Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, CEP 21941-902, Brazil.
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Schroeder M, Viezens L, Sündermann J, Hettenhausen S, Hauenherm G, Wellbrock J, Mussawy H, Kossow K, Schaefer C. Preclinical Quantification of Prostate Cancer-Associated Vascular Alterations in the Bone Microenvironment in vivo. Eur Surg Res 2021; 61:188-200. [PMID: 33626542 DOI: 10.1159/000514224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer has a special predilection to form bone metastases. Despite the known impact of the microvascular network on tumour growth and its dependence on the organ-specific microenvironment, the characteristics of the tumour vasculature in bone remain unknown. METHODS The cell lines LNCaP, DU145, and PC3 were implanted into the femurs of NSG mice to examine the microvascular properties of prostate cancer in bone. Tumour growth and the functional and morphological alterations of the microvasculature were analysed for 21 days in vivo using a transparent bone chamber and fluorescence microscopy. RESULTS Vascular density was significantly lower in tumour-bearing bone than in non-tumour-bearing bone, with a marked loss of small vessels. Accelerated blood flow velocity led to increased volumetric blood flow per vessel, but overall perfusion was not affected. All of the prostate cancer cell lines had similar vascular patterns, with more pronounced alterations in rapidly growing tumours. Despite minor differences between the prostate cancer cell lines associated with individual growth behaviours, the same overall pattern was observed and showed strong similarity to that of tumours growing in soft tissue. DISCUSSION The increase in blood flow velocity could be a specific characteristic of prostate cancer or the bone microenvironment.
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- Malte Schroeder
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, .,Department of Spine Surgery, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Germany,
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Trauma, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation with Section Pneumology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre of Psychosocial Medicine, Institute and Policlinics of Medical Psychology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Department of Spine Surgery, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
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