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Histone deacetylase 11 inhibition promotes breast cancer metastasis from lymph nodes

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Leslie, Patrick L., Chao, Yvonne L., Tsai, Yi-Hsuan, Ghosh, Subrata K., Porrello, Alessandro, Van Swearingen, Amanda E. D., Harrison, Emily B., Cooley, Brian C. +3 more·2019·Nature Communications

Abstract

Lymph node (LN) metastases correspond with a worse prognosis in nearly all cancers, yet the occurrence of cancer spreading from LNs remains controversial. Additionally, the mechanisms explaining how cancers survive and exit LNs are largely unknown. Here, we show that breast cancer patients frequently have LN metastases that closely resemble distant metastases. In addition, using a microsurgical model, we show how LN metastasis development and dissemination is regulated by the expression of a chromatin modifier, histone deacetylase 11 (HDAC11). Genetic and pharmacologic blockade of HDAC11 decreases LN tumor growth, yet substantially increases migration and distant metastasis formation. Collectively, we reveal a mechanism explaining how HDAC11 plasticity promotes breast cancer growth as well as dissemination from LNs and suggest caution with the use of HDAC inhibitors.

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  • HDAC11 is important for tumorigenesis and growth in lymph nodes.

    “HDAC11 is important for tumorigenesis and growth in lymph nodes, but its downregulation in the lymph nodes leads to increased migration and colonization of distal sites, resulting in distal metastasis.”

    From HDACs and the epigenetic plasticity of cancer cells: target the complexity (2022) · cites this paper as Leslie et al., 2019

  • HDACs exhibit ambivalent behavior in cancer.

    “This study is another example of the ambivalent behavior of HDACs in cancer and another indication of adverse effects of their selective targeting in a therapeutic perspective.”

    From HDACs and the epigenetic plasticity of cancer cells: target the complexity (2022) · cites this paper as Leslie et al., 2019

  • The effect of HDAC11 on cell proliferation depends on the repression of cell cycle inhibitors E2F7 and E2F8.

    “The effect of HDAC11 on cell proliferation depends on the repression of cell cycle inhibitors E2F7 and E2F8 (Leslie et al., 2019).”

    From HDACs and the epigenetic plasticity of cancer cells: target the complexity (2022) · cites this paper as Leslie et al., 2019

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Leslie, P. L., Chao, Y. L., Tsai, Y.-H., Ghosh, S. K., Porrello, A., Van Swearingen, A. E. D., Harrison, E. B., Cooley, B. C., Parker, J. S., Carey, L. A., & Pecot, C. V.
Affiliations
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
Corresponding author
Pecot, Chad V.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2019-09-13
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
4192-4192
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2972598242
Cited by
80
References
50
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 12
FWCI
3.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • American Cancer Society (MRSG-14-222-01-RMC)
  • North Carolina Biotechnology Center (2012-IDG-1006)
  • Lung Cancer Research Foundation
  • George Washington University
  • Free To Breathe
  • National Institutes of Health (2012-IDG-1006, CA016086, CA58223)
  • National Cancer Institute (T32CA196589, CA-58223, CA016086, 2012-IDG-1006, R01CA215075, P50 CA 58223, P50CA058223, P30CA016086)
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (P30ES010126)
  • Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (CA016086)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Mechanisms of cancer metastasis
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Keywords
HDAC11, breast cancer, lymph node metastasis, distant metastasis, chromatin modification, tumor cell migration, histone deacetylase inhibitors, metastasis
MeSH terms
Animals, Breast Neoplasms, Cell Movement, Flow Cytometry, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Lymph Nodes, Lymphatic Metastasis, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Blotting, Western, DNA Methylation, Cell Line, Tumor, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Mice, HEK293 Cells, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction

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