Adipocyte-conditioned medium induces resistance of breast cancer cells to lapatinib

BACKGROUND: The existence of a cross-talk between peritumoral adipocytes and cancer cells has been increasingly investigated. Several studies have shown that these adipocytes protect tumor cells from the effect of anticancer agents.

METHODS: To investigate a potential protective effect of adipocyte-conditioned medium on HER2 positive breast cancer cells exposed to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) such as lapatinib, we analyzed the sensitivity of HER2 positive breast cancer models in vitro and in vivo on SCID mice in the presence or absence of adipocytes or adipocyte-conditioned medium.

RESULTS: Conditioned medium from differentiated adipocytes reduced the in vitro sensitivity of the HER2+ cell lines BT474 and SKBR3 to TKI. Particularly, conditioned medium abrogated P27 induction in tumor cells by lapatinib but this was observed only when conditioned medium was present during exposure to lapatinib. In addition, resistance was induced with adipocytes derived from murine NIH3T3 or human hMAD cells but not with fibroblasts or preadipocytes. In vivo studies demonstrated that the contact of the tumors with adipose tissue reduced sensitivity to lapatinib. Soluble factors involved in this resistance were found to be thermolabile. Pharmacological modulation of lipolysis in adipocytes during preparation of conditioned media showed that various lipolysis inhibitors abolished the protective effect of conditioned media on tumor cells, suggesting a role for adipocyte lipolysis in the induction of resistance of tumor cells to TKI.

CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our results suggest that contact of tumor cells with proximal adipose tissue induces resistance to anti HER2 small molecule inhibitors through the production of soluble thermolabile factors, and that this effect can be abrogated using lipolysis inhibitors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

BMC pharmacology & toxicology - 21(2020), 1 vom: 14. Aug., Seite 61

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Geneste, A [VerfasserIn]
Duong, M N [VerfasserIn]
Molina, L [VerfasserIn]
Conilh, L [VerfasserIn]
Beaumel, S [VerfasserIn]
Cleret, A [VerfasserIn]
Chettab, K [VerfasserIn]
Lachat, M [VerfasserIn]
Jordheim, L P [VerfasserIn]
Matera, E L [VerfasserIn]
Dumontet, C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0VUA21238F
Adipocytes
Antineoplastic Agents
Breast cancer
Culture Media, Conditioned
HER2
Journal Article
Lapatinib
Protein Kinase Inhibitors
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Resistance

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Date Completed 02.07.2021

Date Revised 02.07.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s40360-020-00436-z

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM313700427