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Matrix stiffness induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition and promotes chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer cells

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Rice, A J, Cortes, E, Lachowski, D, Cheung, B C H, Karim, S A, Morton, J P, del Río Hernández, A·2017·Oncogenesis

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Increased matrix rigidity associated with the fibrotic reaction is documented to stimulate intracellular signalling pathways that promote cancer cell survival and tumour growth. Pancreatic cancer is one of the stiffest of all human solid carcinomas and is characterised by a remarkable desmoplastic reaction. Here we use mouse models, genetically engineered to recapitulate human pancreatic cancer, and several pancreatic cancer cell lines as a model to investigate the effect of matrix stiffness in epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and resistance to chemotherapeutics. We found that recapitulation of the fibrotic rigidities found in pancreatic cancer tissues promote elements of EMT, including increases in vimentin expression, decreases in E-cadherin expression, nuclear localisation of β-catenin, YAP and TAZ and changes in cell shape towards a mesenchymal phenotype. We also report that stiffness induces chemoresistance to paclitaxel, but not to gemcitabine, both commonly used therapeutics, suggesting that environmental rigidity underlies an aspect of chemoresistance.

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Authors
Rice, A. J., Cortes, E., Lachowski, D., Cheung, B. C. H., Karim, S. A., Morton, J. P., & del Río Hernández, A.
Venue
Oncogenesis
Published
2017-07-03
Volume
6
Issue
7
Pages
e352-e352
ISSN
2157-9024 (ISSN-L)
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W2730718150
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523
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61
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16.99
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journal article
Language
en
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Rice, A. J., Cortes, E., Lachowski, D., Cheung, B. C. H., Karim, S. A., Morton, J. P., & del Río Hernández, A. (2017). Matrix stiffness induces epithelial–mesenchymal transition and promotes chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer cells. Oncogenesis. https://doi.org/10.1038/oncsis.2017.54

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