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Treatment-induced damage to the tumor microenvironment promotes prostate cancer therapy resistance through WNT16B

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Sun, Yu, Campisi, Judith, Higano, Celestia, Beer, Tomasz M, Porter, Peggy, Coleman, Ilsa, True, Lawrence, Nelson, Peter S·2012·Nature Medicine

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Acquired resistance to anticancer treatments is a substantial barrier to reducing the morbidity and mortality that is attributable to malignant tumors. Components of tissue microenvironments are recognized to profoundly influence cellular phenotypes, including susceptibilities to toxic insults. Using a genome-wide analysis of transcriptional responses to genotoxic stress induced by cancer therapeutics, we identified a spectrum of secreted proteins derived from the tumor microenvironment that includes the Wnt family member wingless-type MMTV integration site family member 16B (WNT16B). We determined that WNT16B expression is regulated by nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells 1 (NF-κB) after DNA damage and subsequently signals in a paracrine manner to activate the canonical Wnt program in tumor cells. The expression of WNT16B in the prostate tumor microenvironment attenuated the effects of cytotoxic chemotherapy in vivo, promoting tumor cell survival and disease progression. These results delineate a mechanism by which genotoxic therapies given in a cyclical manner can enhance subsequent treatment resistance through cell nonautonomous effects that are contributed by the tumor microenvironment.

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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 [133]

    The Results section ('Paracrine WNT16B attenuates the effect of cytotoxic therapy'; page unavailable) shows that WNT16B-containing conditioned medium reduced chemotherapy-induced cytotoxicity. The Discussion (page unavailable) links the damage-response secretory program to SASP and mentions IL-6, but describes IL-6 as reinforcing senescence and immune responses, not as chemoprotective. The copy does not establish TIMP-1 as a chemoprotective SASP factor (searched: TIMP-1, TIMP1, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases). (LLM, conf=0.87)

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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 [133]

    The Results section (‘Therapy induces damage responses in tumor microenvironments’; page unavailable) reports that chemotherapy or radiation increased extracellular WNT16B from prostate fibroblasts. ‘Paracrine WNT16B attenuates the effect of cytotoxic therapy’ reports improved tumor-cell survival and reduced apoptosis during mitoxantrone treatment. The Discussion links the damage-response secretome to a senescence phenotype, but the cited experiments do not establish that the protective fibroblasts had themselves become senescent. (LLM, conf=0.83)

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  • These changes can aid development of therapy resistance and contribute to undesirable side effects.

    “These changes can aid the development of therapy resistance78–80 and contribute to undesirable side effects80.”

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Authors
Sun, Y., Campisi, J., Higano, C., Beer, T. M., Porter, P., Coleman, I., True, L., & Nelson, P. S.
Affiliations
  • Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
  • Buck Institute for Research on Aging (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
Corresponding author
Nelson, Peter S
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2012-08-05
Volume
18
Issue
9
Pages
1359-1368
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W1985549756
Cited by
793
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
23.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5p50ca083636-15)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (U54126540)
  • Fonds pour la Formation à la Recherche dans l’Industrie et dans l’Agriculture
  • National Cancer Institute (P50-CA083636, P50 CA83636, P50CA138293, U54CA126540, U01CA164188, R01CA119125, P50CA097186)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Keywords
prostate cancer, tumor microenvironment, chemoresistance, NF-κB signaling, genotoxic stress, paracrine signaling, Wnt/β-catenin signaling, tumor cell survival
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, B-Lymphocytes, Cell Line, DNA Damage, Humans, Immunohistochemistry, Male, Prostatic Neoplasms, NF-kappa B, Mice, SCID, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, Gene Expression Profiling, Wnt Proteins, Mice, Tumor Microenvironment, Wnt Signaling Pathway

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