Regulation of Collective Metastasis by Nanolumenal Signaling

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Collective metastasis is defined as the cohesive migration and metastasis of multicellular tumor cell clusters. Disrupting various cell adhesion genes markedly reduces cluster formation and colonization efficiency, yet the downstream signals transmitted by clustering remain largely unknown. Here, we use mouse and human breast cancer models to identify a collective signal generated by tumor cell clusters supporting metastatic colonization. We show that tumor cell clusters produce the growth factor epigen and concentrate it within nanolumina-intercellular compartments sealed by cell-cell junctions and lined with microvilli-like protrusions. Epigen knockdown profoundly reduces metastatic outgrowth and switches clusters from a proliferative to a collective migratory state. Tumor cell clusters from basal-like 2, but not mesenchymal-like, triple-negative breast cancer cell lines have increased epigen expression, sealed nanolumina, and impaired outgrowth upon nanolumenal junction disruption. We propose that nanolumenal signaling could offer a therapeutic target for aggressive metastatic breast cancers.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:183

Enthalten in:

Cell - 183(2020), 2 vom: 15. Okt., Seite 395-410.e19

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wrenn, Emma D [VerfasserIn]
Yamamoto, Ami [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Breanna M [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yin [VerfasserIn]
McBirney, Margaux [VerfasserIn]
Thomas, Aaron J [VerfasserIn]
Greenwood, Erin [VerfasserIn]
Rabena, Yuri F [VerfasserIn]
Rahbar, Habib [VerfasserIn]
Partridge, Savannah C [VerfasserIn]
Cheung, Kevin J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Basal-like 2 breast cancer
CTC clusters
Collective invasion
Collective metastasis
Collective signaling
Epigen
Journal Article
Nanolumenal signaling
Nanolumina
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Triple-negative breast cancer
Tumor cell clusters

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Date Completed 13.05.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.045

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315776390