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DNA Damage-Mediated Induction of a Chemoresistant Niche

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Gilbert, Luke A., Hemann, Michael T.·2010·Cell

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While numerous cell-intrinsic processes are known to play decisive roles in chemotherapeutic response, relatively little is known about the impact of the tumor microenvironment on therapeutic outcome. Here, we use a well-established mouse model of Burkitt's lymphoma to show that paracrine factors in the tumor microenvironment modulate lymphoma cell survival following the administration of genotoxic chemotherapy. Specifically, IL-6 and Timp-1 are released in the thymus in response to DNA damage, creating a "chemo-resistant niche" that promotes the survival of a minimal residual tumor burden and serves as a reservoir for eventual tumor relapse. Notably, IL-6 is released acutely from thymic endothelial cells in a p38-dependent manner following genotoxic stress, and this acute secretory response precedes the gradual induction of senescence in tumor-associated stromal cells. Thus, conventional chemotherapies can induce tumor regression while simultaneously eliciting stress responses that protect subsets of tumor cells in select anatomical locations from drug action.

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  • These chemoprotective SASP factors include WNT16B, IL-6, and TIMP-1.

    “These chemoprotective SASP factors include WNT16B, IL-6, and TIMP-1 (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1).”

    From Aging, Cellular Senescence, and Cancer (2013) · cites this paper as [134]

    The Introduction and Results identify IL-6 and TIMP-1 as factors that protect lymphoma cells from chemotherapy, but our copy does not identify WNT16B as one of them. The Discussion also distinguishes the acute chemoprotective response from the later senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP), stating that SASP occurs too late to alter the initial treatment response. No page numbers are available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Senescent cells, particularly those that senesce in response to DNA-damaging radiation or chemotherapeutic agents, secrete factors that can protect neighboring tumor cells from being killed by those same chemotherapeutic agents.

    “Even more ironic is the finding that senescent cells, particularly those that senesce in response to DNA-damaging radiation or chemotherapeutic agents, secrete factors that can protect neighboring tumor cells from being killed by those same chemotherapeutic agents (133, 134).”

    From Aging, Cellular Senescence, and Cancer (2013) · cites this paper as [134]

    The Results and Discussion (page not provided) show that endothelial cells exposed to doxorubicin release factors that protect nearby lymphoma cells from chemotherapy. But the protective release occurs before senescence; the Discussion says the later senescence-associated secretory response cannot effectively alter the initial treatment response. The paper therefore does not establish that already-senescent cells provide the protection described. (LLM, conf=0.89)

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  • Antibody against IL-6, gp130 siRNA, or dominant-negative STAT3 enhance chemo-induced death in lymphoma and colon cancer.

    “Antibody against IL-6, gp130 siRNA, or dominant-negative STAT3 enhanced chemo-induced death in lymphoma (Gilbert and Hemann, 2010), as well as colon cancer (Yun et al., 2012)”

    From Targeting Janus Kinases and Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 To Treat Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Cancer: Rationale, Progress, and Caution (2020) · cites this paper as Gilbert and Hemann, 2010

    The Results section on Jak2 signaling (page unavailable) reports that Jak2/Jak3 inhibition removed protection against doxorubicin in lymphoma cells and improved outcomes in lymphoma-bearing mice. The cited paper does not report testing an anti-IL-6 antibody, gp130 siRNA, or dominant-negative STAT3 for this effect. The colon-cancer portion is attached to a different citation and is not attributed to Gilbert and Hemann. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • IL-6 and pY-STAT3 induced by chemotherapy promote premature senescence in lymphoma cells in a paracrine manner, maintaining a minimal residual number of chemoresistant cells that could lead to relapse.

    “IL-6 and pY-STAT3 induced by chemotherapy promoted premature senescence in lymphoma cells in a paracrine manner, which maintained a minimal residual number of chemoresistant cells that could lead to relapse.”

    From Targeting Janus Kinases and Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 To Treat Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Cancer: Rationale, Progress, and Caution (2020) · cites this paper as Gilbert and Hemann, 2010

    The Abstract and Results support chemotherapy-induced, paracrine IL-6 protection of residual lymphoma cells that can fuel relapse. They do not support the claim that IL-6 and pY-STAT3 induce premature senescence in lymphoma cells: the Abstract and the Results section on senescence place senescence in thymic stromal cells, while the Discussion says acute IL-6 release precedes it. The Results discuss Jak/Stat3 signaling but do not establish the claimed pY-STAT3–senescence mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Recent evidence points to tumor microenvironment components as potential participants in the generation of chemoresistance.

    “Recent evidence points to tumor microenvironment components as potential participants in the generation of chemoresistance (Denardo et al., 2011; Gilbert and Hemann, 2010; Roodhart et al., 2011; Shaked et al., 2008; Shree et al., 2011).”

    From A CXCL1 Paracrine Network Links Cancer Chemoresistance and Metastasis (2012) · cites this paper as Gilbert and Hemann, 2010

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Authors
Gilbert, L. A., & Hemann, M. T.
Affiliations
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MIT (US)
Corresponding author
Hemann, Michael T.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-10
Volume
143
Issue
3
Pages
355-366
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2124472585
Cited by
428
References
42
Citations by year
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FWCI
22.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Elsevier eBooks
Funders
  • Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ca128803-05)
  • Ludwig Center for Molecular Oncology
  • National Cancer Institute (R01-CA128803)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
Keywords
chemoresistance, tumor microenvironment, DNA damage, Burkitt lymphoma, interleukin-6, TIMP-1, thymus, p38 MAPK, genotoxic stress response, senescence, tumor stromal cells, minimal residual disease, tumor recurrence, paracrine signaling
MeSH terms
Animals, Burkitt Lymphoma, Cell Survival, DNA Damage, Doxorubicin, Humans, Liver Neoplasms, Thymus Gland, Interleukin-6, Cytokines, Cellular Senescence, Culture Media, Conditioned, Neoplasm, Residual, Cell Culture Techniques, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1, Paracrine Communication, Endothelial Cells, p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Mice, Janus Kinase 2

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