Periostin-TGF-β feedforward loop contributes to tumour-stroma crosstalk in liver metastatic outgrowth of colorectal cancer

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BACKGROUND: This study aimed to investigate the underlying mechanisms of matricellular protein periostin (POSTN) on tumour-stroma crosstalk in the liver metastatic microenvironment of colorectal cancer (CRC).

METHODS: Postn-knockout mice and hepatic Postn-overexpressing mice were used to investigate the functions of POSTN on the formation of fibrotic microenvironment and the tumour-stroma crosstalk in the liver metastatic microenvironment of CRC. Clinical samples and database were analyzed to show the correlation between POSTN expression and fibrotic features and TGF-β signalling in metastatic livers of CRC.

RESULTS: POSTN deficiency reduced hepatic stellate cell (HSC) activation and liver metastasis, whereas POSTN overexpression in the liver significantly augmented the formation of a fibrotic microenvironment to support the liver metastatic growth of CRC cells in mice. Moreover, HSC-derived POSTN promoted TGF-β1 expression in CRC cells through the integrin/FAK/ERK/STAT3 pathway; conversely, tumour cell-derived TGF-β1 induced POSTN expression in HSCs via the Smad pathway. POSTN levels correlated with fibrotic features and TGF-β signalling in metastatic liver tissues of CRC patients.

CONCLUSIONS: POSTN and TGF-β1 cooperatively contribute to the tumour-stroma crosstalk by forming a supporting fibrotic microenvironment to promote liver metastasis of CRC cells via the POSTN/integrin/FAK/ERK/STAT3/TGF-β axis in tumour cells and TGF-β/Smad/POSTN signalling in activated HSCs.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:130

Enthalten in:

British journal of cancer - 130(2024), 3 vom: 14. Feb., Seite 358-368

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liu, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Tiantian [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Biyu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Xingxing [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yingfu [VerfasserIn]
Song, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Chuannan [VerfasserIn]
Ouyang, Gaoliang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Integrins
Journal Article
Periostin
Postn protein, mouse
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tgfb1 protein, mouse
Transforming Growth Factor beta
Transforming Growth Factor beta1

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Date Completed 13.02.2024

Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41416-023-02516-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365884308