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TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most abundant cells in the tumor microenvironment. Crosstalk between tumor cells and CAFs contributes to tumor survival in most epithelial cancers. Recently, utilizing gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) as a model for sarcomas, we identified paracrine...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33568624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41389-021-00302-5 |
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author | Yoon, Hyunho Tang, Chih-Min Banerjee, Sudeep Delgado, Antonio L. Yebra, Mayra Davis, Jacob Sicklick, Jason K. |
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description | Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most abundant cells in the tumor microenvironment. Crosstalk between tumor cells and CAFs contributes to tumor survival in most epithelial cancers. Recently, utilizing gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) as a model for sarcomas, we identified paracrine networks by which CAFs promote tumor progression and metastasis. However, the mechanisms by which CAFs arise in sarcomas remain unclear. Here, RNA sequencing analysis revealed that transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is highly expressed in both tumor cells and CAFs. To determine the functional role of TGF-β1, we treated normal gastric fibroblasts (GFs) with recombinant TGF-β1, which caused the GFs to adopt a more stellate morphology, as well as increased the mRNA expression of CAF-mediated genes (CCL2, RAB3B, and TNC) and genes encoding fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). Moreover, while either GIST or CAF conditioned media enhanced the transition from GFs to CAFs, a TGF-β1-blocking antibody attenuated this effect. Transwell migration assays revealed that the TGF-β1-mediated transition from GFs to CAFs enhanced tumor cell migration. This migratory effect was abrogated by an anti-TGF-β1 antibody, suggesting that TGF-β1 secreted from GIST cells or CAFs is associated with GIST migration via GF-to-CAF transition. In addition, the murine spleen-to-liver metastasis model showed that GF pre-treated with TGF-β1 promoted GIST metastasis. Collectively, these findings reveal unappreciated crosstalk among tumor cells, CAFs, and normal resident fibroblasts in the stroma of sarcomas, which enhances a GF-to-CAF transition associated with tumor migration and metastasis. |
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spelling | pubmed-78761072021-02-18 TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor Yoon, Hyunho Tang, Chih-Min Banerjee, Sudeep Delgado, Antonio L. Yebra, Mayra Davis, Jacob Sicklick, Jason K. Oncogenesis Article Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are the most abundant cells in the tumor microenvironment. Crosstalk between tumor cells and CAFs contributes to tumor survival in most epithelial cancers. Recently, utilizing gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) as a model for sarcomas, we identified paracrine networks by which CAFs promote tumor progression and metastasis. However, the mechanisms by which CAFs arise in sarcomas remain unclear. Here, RNA sequencing analysis revealed that transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) is highly expressed in both tumor cells and CAFs. To determine the functional role of TGF-β1, we treated normal gastric fibroblasts (GFs) with recombinant TGF-β1, which caused the GFs to adopt a more stellate morphology, as well as increased the mRNA expression of CAF-mediated genes (CCL2, RAB3B, and TNC) and genes encoding fibroblast growth factors (FGFs). Moreover, while either GIST or CAF conditioned media enhanced the transition from GFs to CAFs, a TGF-β1-blocking antibody attenuated this effect. Transwell migration assays revealed that the TGF-β1-mediated transition from GFs to CAFs enhanced tumor cell migration. This migratory effect was abrogated by an anti-TGF-β1 antibody, suggesting that TGF-β1 secreted from GIST cells or CAFs is associated with GIST migration via GF-to-CAF transition. In addition, the murine spleen-to-liver metastasis model showed that GF pre-treated with TGF-β1 promoted GIST metastasis. Collectively, these findings reveal unappreciated crosstalk among tumor cells, CAFs, and normal resident fibroblasts in the stroma of sarcomas, which enhances a GF-to-CAF transition associated with tumor migration and metastasis. Nature Publishing Group UK 2021-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7876107/ /pubmed/33568624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41389-021-00302-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Yoon, Hyunho Tang, Chih-Min Banerjee, Sudeep Delgado, Antonio L. Yebra, Mayra Davis, Jacob Sicklick, Jason K. TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title | TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title_full | TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title_fullStr | TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title_full_unstemmed | TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title_short | TGF-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
title_sort | tgf-β1-mediated transition of resident fibroblasts to cancer-associated fibroblasts promotes cancer metastasis in gastrointestinal stromal tumor |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7876107/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33568624 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41389-021-00302-5 |
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