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Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment

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He, Xue-Yan, Gao, Yuan, Ng, David, Michalopoulou, Evdokia, George, Shanu, Adrover, Jose M., Sun, Lijuan, Albrengues, Jean, Daßler-Plenker, Juliane, Han, Xiao, Wan, Ledong, Wu, Xiaoli Sky, Shui, Longling S., Huang, Yu-Han, Liu, Bodu, Su, Chang, Spector, David L., Vakoc, Christopher R., Van Aelst, Linda, Egeblad, Mikala·2024·Cancer Cell

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SUMMARY Chronic stress is associated with increased risk of metastasis and poor survival in cancer patients, yet the reasons are unclear. We show that chronic stress increases lung metastasis from disseminated cancer cells 2- to 4-fold in mice. Chronic stress significantly alters the lung microenvironment, with fibronectin accumulation, reduced T cell infiltration, and increased neutrophil infiltration. Depleting neutrophils abolishes stress-induced metastasis. Chronic stress shifts normal circadian rhythm of neutrophils and causes increased neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation via glucocorticoid release. In mice with neutrophil-specific glucocorticoid receptor deletion, chronic stress fails to increase NETs and metastasis. Furthermore, digesting NETs with deoxyribonuclease (DNase) I prevents chronic stress-induced metastasis. Together, our data show that glucocorticoids released during chronic stress cause NET formation and establish a metastasis-promoting microenvironment. Therefore, NETs could be targets for preventing metastatic recurrence in cancer patients, many of whom will experience chronic stress due to their disease.

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He, X.-Y., Gao, Y., Ng, D., Michalopoulou, E., George, S., Adrover, J. M., Sun, L., Albrengues, J., Daßler-Plenker, J., Han, X., Wan, L., Wu, X. S., Shui, L. S., Huang, Y.-H., Liu, B., Su, C., Spector, D. L., Vakoc, C. R., Van Aelst, L., & Egeblad, M.
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Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024-03
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
474-486.e12
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
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W4392039528
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291
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84
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journal article
Language
en
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He, X.-Y., Gao, Y., Ng, D., Michalopoulou, E., George, S., Adrover, J. M., Sun, L., Albrengues, J., Daßler-Plenker, J., Han, X., Wan, L., Wu, X. S., Shui, L. S., Huang, Y.-H., Liu, B., Su, C., Spector, D. L., Vakoc, C. R., Van Aelst, L., & Egeblad, M. (2024). Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment. Cancer Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2024.01.013

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