Cited by 160TGF-β signaling in diseasesColorectal Cancer Treatments and StudiesGenetic factors in colorectal cancer

TGFβ signaling directs serrated adenomas to the mesenchymal colorectal cancer subtype

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Fessler, Evelyn, Drost, Jarno, van Hooff, Sander R, Linnekamp, Janneke F, Wang, Xin, Jansen, Marnix, De Sousa E Melo, Felipe, Prasetyanti, Pramudita R +8 more·2016·EMBO Molecular Medicine

Abstract

The heterogeneous nature of colorectal cancer (CRC) complicates prognosis and is suggested to be a determining factor in the efficacy of adjuvant therapy for individual patients. Based on gene expression profiling, CRC is currently classified into four consensus molecular subtypes (CMSs), characterized by specific biological programs, thus suggesting the existence of unifying developmental drivers for each CMS. Using human organoid cultures, we investigated the role of such developmental drivers at the premalignant stage of distinct CRC subtypes and found that TGFβ plays an important role in the development of the mesenchymal CMS4, which is of special interest due to its association with dismal prognosis. We show that in tubular adenomas (TAs), which progress to classical CRCs, the dominating response to TGFβ is death by apoptosis. By contrast, induction of a mesenchymal phenotype upon TGFβ treatment prevails in a genetically engineered organoid culture carrying a BRAFV600E mutation, constituting a model system for sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs). Our data indicate that TGFβ signaling is already active in SSA precursor lesions and that TGFβ is a critical cue for directing SSAs to the mesenchymal, poor‐prognosis CMS4 of CRC. Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs)—precursor lesions of the serrated neoplasia pathway to colorectal cancer (CRC)—are predicted to give rise to either the good‐ or the poor‐prognosis CRC consensus molecular subtype (CMS1 and CMS4, respectively). Sessile serrated adenomas (SSAs)—precursor lesions of the serrated neoplasia pathway to colorectal cancer (CRC)—are predicted to give rise to either the good‐ or the poor‐prognosis CRC consensus molecular subtype (CMS1 and CMS4, respectively).

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Fessler, E., Drost, J., van Hooff, S. R., Linnekamp, J. F., Wang, X., Jansen, M., De Sousa E Melo, F., Prasetyanti, P. R., IJspeert, J. E., Franitza, M., Nürnberg, P., van Noesel, C. J., Dekker, E., Vermeulen, L., Clevers, H., & Medema, J. P.
Affiliations
  • Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam (NL)
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NL)
  • City University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
Corresponding author
Medema, Jan Paul
Venue
EMBO Molecular Medicine
Published
2016-05-24
Volume
8
Issue
7
Pages
745-760
ISSN
  • 1757-4676 (ISSN-L)
  • 1757-4684
OpenAlex
W2404590196
Cited by
159
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
8.14
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • CityU Scholars (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • AMC Graduate School PhD Scholarship
  • NWO‐ZonMw VENI (91614138)
  • Dutch Cancer Society (UvA2013‐6331, UvA2014‐7245, UvA2015‐7587)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › TGF-β signaling in diseases
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
Keywords
TGF-beta signaling, colorectal cancer, consensus molecular subtypes, CMS4, mesenchymal subtype, sessile serrated adenoma, serrated neoplasia, tubular adenoma, BRAF V600E mutation, colorectal organoids, apoptosis, tumor progression, precursor lesions
MeSH terms
Adenoma, Humans, Organoids, Colorectal Neoplasms, Signal Transduction, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Carcinogenesis

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