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Sarazin BA, Liu B, Goldman E, Whitefield AN, Lynch ME. Bone-homing metastatic breast cancer cells impair osteocytes' mechanoresponse in a 3D loading model. Heliyon 2023; 9:e20248. [PMID: 37767467 PMCID: PMC10520780 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer predominantly metastasizes to the skeleton. Mechanical loading is reliably anabolic in bone, and also inhibits bone metastatic tumor formation and bone loss in vivo. To study the underlying mechanisms, we developed a 3D culture model for osteocytes, the primary bone mechanosensor. We verified that MLO-Y4s responded to perfusion by reducing their rankl and rankl:opg gene expression. We next cultured MLO-Y4s with tumor-conditioned media (TCM) collected from human breast cancer cells (MDA-MB-231s) and a corresponding bone-homing subclone to test the impacts on osteocytes' mechanosensation. We found that TCM from the bone-homing subclone was more detrimental to MLO-Y4 growth and viability, and it abrogated loading-induced changes to rankl:opg. Our studies demonstrate that MLO-Y4s, including their mechanoresponse to perfusion, were more negatively impacted by soluble factors from bone-homing breast cancer cells compared to those from parental cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- Blayne A. Sarazin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
- BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW In this review, we provide an overview of what is currently known about the impacts of mechanical stimuli on metastatic tumor-induced bone disease (TIBD). Further, we focus on the role of the osteocyte, the skeleton's primary mechanosensory cell, which is central to the skeleton's mechanoresponse, sensing and integrating local mechanical stimuli, and then controlling the downstream remodeling balance as appropriate. RECENT FINDINGS Exercise and controlled mechanical loading have anabolic effects on bone tissue in models of bone metastasis. They also have anti-tumorigenic properties, in part due to offsetting the vicious cycle of osteolytic bone loss as well as regulating inflammatory signals. The impacts of metastatic cancer on the mechanosensory function of osteocytes remains unclear. Increased mechanical stimuli are a potential method for mitigating TIBD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Blayne A Sarazin
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 427 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Department of Veterans Affairs, Research Service, Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, 427 UCB, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
- Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309, USA.
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Coulombe JC, Sarazin BA, Mullen Z, Ortega AM, Livingston EW, Bateman TA, Stodieck LS, Lynch ME, Ferguson VL. Microgravity-induced alterations of mouse bones are compartment- and site-specific and vary with age. Bone 2021; 151:116021. [PMID: 34087386 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2021.116021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The age at which astronauts experience microgravity is a critical consideration for skeletal health and similarly has clinical relevance for musculoskeletal disuse on Earth. While astronauts are extensively studied for bone and other physiological changes, rodent studies enable direct evaluation of skeletal changes with microgravity. Yet, mouse spaceflight studies have predominately evaluated tissues from young, growing mice. We evaluated bone microarchitecture in tibiae and femurs from Young (9-week-old) and Mature (32-weeks-old) female, C57BL/6N mice flown in microgravity for ~2 and ~3 weeks, respectively. Microgravity-induced changes were both compartment- and site-specific. Changes were greater in trabecular versus cortical bone in Mature mice exposed to microgravity (-40.0% Tb. BV/TV vs -4.4% Ct. BV/TV), and bone loss was greater in the proximal tibia as compared to the distal femur. Trabecular thickness in Young mice increased by +25.0% on Earth and no significant difference following microgravity. In Mature mice exposed to microgravity, trabecular thickness rapidly decreased (-24.5%) while no change was detected in age-matched mice that were maintained on Earth. Mature mice exposed to microgravity experienced greater bone loss than Young mice with net skeletal growth. Moreover, machine learning classification models confirmed that microgravity exposure-driven decrements in trabecular microarchitecture and cortical structure occurred disproportionately in Mature than in Young mice. Our results suggest that age of disuse onset may have clinical implications in osteoporotic or other at-risk populations on Earth and may contribute to understanding bone loss patterns in astronauts.
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- Jennifer C Coulombe
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America; BioFrontiers Institute, UCB 596, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis, UCB 526, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America
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- Aerospace Engineering Sciences/BioServe Space Technologies, UCB 429, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America; BioFrontiers Institute, UCB 596, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, UCB 427, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America; BioFrontiers Institute, UCB 596, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America; Aerospace Engineering Sciences/BioServe Space Technologies, UCB 429, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States of America.
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Wang W, Sarazin BA, Kornilowicz G, Lynch ME. Mechanically-Loaded Breast Cancer Cells Modify Osteocyte Mechanosensitivity by Secreting Factors That Increase Osteocyte Dendrite Formation and Downstream Resorption. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:352. [PMID: 30034365 PMCID: PMC6043807 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Advanced breast cancer predominantly metastasizes to the skeleton, at which point patient prognosis significantly declines concomitant with bone loss, pain, and heightened fracture risk. Given the skeleton's sensitivity to mechanical signals, increased mechanical loading is well-documented to increase bone mass, and it also inhibited bone metastatic tumor formation and progression in vivo, though the underlying mechanisms remain under investigation. Here, we focus on the role of the osteocyte because it is the primary skeletal mechanosensor and in turn directs the remodeling balance between formation and resoprtion. In particular, osteocytic dendrites are important for mechanosensing, but how this function is altered during bone metastatic breast cancer is unknown. To examine how breast cancer cells modulate dendrite formation and function, we exposed osteocytes (MLO-Y4) to medium conditioned by breast cancer cells (MDA-MB231) and to applied fluid flow (2 h per day for 3 days, shear stress 1.1 Pa). When loading was applied to MLOs, dendrite formation increased despite the presence of tumor-derived factors while overall MLO cell number was reduced. We then exposed MLOs to fluid flow as well as media conditioned by MDAs that had been similarly loaded. When nonloaded MLOs were treated with conditioned media from loaded MDAs, their dendrite formation increased in a manner similar to that observed due to loading alone. When MLOs simultaneously underwent loading and treatment with loaded conditioned media, dendrite formation was greatest. To understand potential molecular mechanisms, we then investigated expression of genes related to osteocyte maturation and dendrite formation (E11) and remodeling (RANKL, OPG) as well as osteocyte apoptosis. E11 expression increased with loading, consistent with increased dendrite formation. Though loaded conditioned media decreased MLO cell number, apoptosis was not detected via TUNEL staining, suggesting an inhibition of growth instead. OPG expression was inhibited while RANKL expression was unaffected, leading to an overall increase in the RANKL/OPG ratio with conditioned media from loaded breast cancer cells. Taken together, our results suggest that skeletal mechanical loading stimulates breast cancer cells to alter osteocyte mechanosensing by increasing dendrite formation and downstream resorption.
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- Wenbo Wang
- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, United States
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
- *Correspondence: Maureen E. Lynch
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