Cited by 1,085Chemokine receptors and signalingCancer Cells and MetastasisImmune cells in cancer

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A CXCL1 Paracrine Network Links Cancer Chemoresistance and Metastasis

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Abstract

Metastasis and chemoresistance in cancer are linked phenomena but the molecular basis for this link is unknown. We uncovered a network of paracrine signals between carcinoma, myeloid and endothelial cells that drives both processes in breast cancer. Cancer cells that overexpress CXCL1 and 2 by transcriptional hyperactivation or 4q21 amplification are primed for survival in metastatic sites. CXCL1/2 attract CD11b+Gr1+ myeloid cells into the tumor, which produce chemokines including S100A8/9 that enhance cancer cell survival. While chemotherapeutic agents kill cancer cells, these treatments trigger a parallel stromal reaction leading to TNF-α production by endothelial and other stromal cells. TNF-α heightens the expression of CXCL1/2 in cancer cells, thus amplifying the CXCL1/2-S100A8/9 loop and causing chemoresistance. CXCR2 blockers break this cycle, augmenting the efficacy of chemotherapy against breast tumors and particularly against metastasis. This network of endothelial-carcinoma-myeloid signaling interactions provides a mechanism linking chemoresistance and metastasis, with opportunities for intervention.

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Crossref · 10.1016/j.cell.2012.04.042

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    An integrated understanding of acquired drug resistance in the context of inputs from tumor and its microenvironment is lacking.

    “However, an integrated understanding of acquired drug resistance in the context of inputs from tumor and its microenvironment is lacking.”
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    A very small fraction of cells exposed to genotoxic stress can survive and outgrow under repeated cycles of chemotherapy.

    “Similarly, a very small fraction of cells exposed to genotoxic stress can survive and outgrow under repeated cycles of chemotherapy.”
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    CXCR2 is the primary receptor for CXCL1/2.

    “we utilized antagonists of CXCR2, the primary receptor for CXCL1/2”
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    Stroma has lower selective pressure for mutations and epigenetic changes than cancer cell genomes.

    “targeting the immune microenvironment would be an attractive option because of the potentially low selective pressure for mutations and epigenetic changes on the stroma compared to the cancer cell genomes.”
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Authors
Acharyya, S., Oskarsson, T., Vanharanta, S., Malladi, S., Kim, J., Morris, P. G., Manova-Todorova, K., Leversha, M., Hogg, N., Seshan, V. E., Norton, L., Brogi, E., & Massagué, J.
Affiliations
  • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (US)
  • Cancer Research UK (GB)
Corresponding author
Massagué, Joan
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2012-07
Volume
150
Issue
1
Pages
165-178
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2151832198
Cited by
1,085
References
51
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FWCI
37.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Defense
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R37CA034610, P01CA094060, U54CA163167, CA94060, P30CA008748)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Chemokine receptors and signaling
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune cells in cancer
Keywords
CXCL1, CXCL2, chemoresistance, metastasis, breast cancer, paracrine signaling, myeloid cells, endothelial cells, S100A8/S100A9, TNF-α, NF-kB, CXCR2, tumor microenvironment, chemotherapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Lymph Nodes, Lymphatic Metastasis, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Transplantation, Transplantation, Heterologous, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Paracrine Communication, Myeloid Cells, Calgranulin A, Calgranulin B, Endothelial Cells, Mice, Chemokine CXCL1, Gene Knockdown Techniques

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