Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment

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Chronic stress is associated with increased risk of metastasis and poor survival in cancer patients, yet the reasons are unclear. We show that chronic stress increases lung metastasis from disseminated cancer cells 2- to 4-fold in mice. Chronic stress significantly alters the lung microenvironment, with fibronectin accumulation, reduced T cell infiltration, and increased neutrophil infiltration. Depleting neutrophils abolishes stress-induced metastasis. Chronic stress shifts normal circadian rhythm of neutrophils and causes increased neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) formation via glucocorticoid release. In mice with neutrophil-specific glucocorticoid receptor deletion, chronic stress fails to increase NETs and metastasis. Furthermore, digesting NETs with DNase I prevents chronic stress-induced metastasis. Together, our data show that glucocorticoids released during chronic stress cause NET formation and establish a metastasis-promoting microenvironment. Therefore, NETs could be targets for preventing metastatic recurrence in cancer patients, many of whom will experience chronic stress due to their disease.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:42

Enthalten in:

Cancer cell - 42(2024), 3 vom: 11. März, Seite 474-486.e12

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

He, Xue-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Ng, David [VerfasserIn]
Michalopoulou, Evdokia [VerfasserIn]
George, Shanu [VerfasserIn]
Adrover, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Lijuan [VerfasserIn]
Albrengues, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Daßler-Plenker, Juliane [VerfasserIn]
Han, Xiao [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Ledong [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xiaoli Sky [VerfasserIn]
Shui, Longling S [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu-Han [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bodu [VerfasserIn]
Su, Chang [VerfasserIn]
Spector, David L [VerfasserIn]
Vakoc, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]
Van Aelst, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Egeblad, Mikala [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Breast cancer
Chronic stress
Glucocorticoids
Journal Article
Metastasis
Metastatic niche
Neutrophil extracellular traps
Tumor microenvironment
Tumor-host interactions

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Date Completed 14.03.2024

Date Revised 23.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ccell.2024.01.013

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368925862