A positive feedback loop between mesenchymal-like cancer cells and macrophages is essential to breast cancer metastasis

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The close vicinity of cancer cells undergoing epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) at the invasive front of tumors suggests that these two cell type may mutually interact. We show that mesenchymal-like breast cancer cells activate macrophages to a TAM-like phenotype by GM-CSF. Reciprocally, CCL18 from TAMs induces cancer cell EMT, forming a positive feedback loop, in coculture systems and humanized mice. Inhibition of GM-CSF or CCL18 breaks this loop and reduces cancer metastasis. High GM-CSF expression in breast cancer samples is associated with more CCL18(+) macrophages, cancer cell EMT, enhanced metastasis, and reduced patient survival. These findings suggest that a positive feedback loop between GM-CSF and CCL18 is important in breast cancer metastasis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

Cancer cell - 25(2014), 5 vom: 12. Mai, Seite 605-20

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Su, Shicheng [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Qiang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jingqi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jianing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Fei [VerfasserIn]
He, Chonghua [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Di [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Ling [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jin [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Xiuying [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Fang [VerfasserIn]
Li, Haiyan [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Herui [VerfasserIn]
Su, Fengxi [VerfasserIn]
Song, Erwei [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

83869-56-1
CCL18 protein, human
Chemokines, CC
Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 15.07.2014

Date Revised 08.04.2022

published: Print

GEO: GSE51938

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ccr.2014.03.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM238208168