Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes-Reprogrammed Macrophages Facilitate Breast Cancer Metastasis via NBR2/TBX1 Axis

In recent years, carbon nanotubes have emerged as a widely used nanomaterial, but their human exposure has become a significant concern. In our former study, we reported that pulmonary exposure of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) promoted tumor metastasis of breast cancer; macrophages were key effectors of MWCNTs and contributed to the metastasis-promoting procedure in breast cancer, but the underlying molecular mechanisms remain to be explored. As a follow-up study, we herein demonstrated that MWCNT exposure in breast cancer cells and macrophage coculture systems promoted metastasis of breast cancer cells both in vitro and in vivo; macrophages were skewed into M2 polarization by MWCNT exposure. LncRNA NBR2 was screened out to be significantly decreased in MWCNTs-stimulated macrophages through RNA-seq; depletion of NBR2 led to the acquisition of M2 phenotypes in macrophages by activating multiple M2-related pathways. Specifically, NBR2 was found to positively regulate the downstream gene TBX1 through H3k27ac activation. TBX1 silence rescued NBR2-induced impairment of M2 polarization in IL-4 & IL-13-stimulated macrophages. Moreover, NBR2 overexpression mitigated the enhancing effects of MWCNT-exposed macrophages on breast cancer metastasis. This study uncovered the molecular mechanisms underlying breast cancer metastasis induced by MWCNT exposure.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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ACS nano - (2024) vom: 16. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ding, Keshuo [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yaling [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Lang [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Linyan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Tian-Tian [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Rumeng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiushuang [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Bin [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Lin [VerfasserIn]
Shang, Limeng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Panpan [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Tao [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Chunying [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Yong [VerfasserIn]

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H3k27ac
Journal Article
Macrophage M2 polarization
Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs)
NBR2
TBX1

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Date Revised 16.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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doi:

10.1021/acsnano.3c11651

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NLM371129273