scholarly journals Collagen Production and Niche Engineering: A Novel Strategy for Cancer Cells to Survive Acidosis and Evolve

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Damaghi ◽  
Samantha Byrne ◽  
Liping Xu ◽  
Narges Tafreshi ◽  
Bin Fang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Niche Construction ◽  
Ductal Carcinoma ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Basal Membrane ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Acid Adaptation ◽  
Collagen Production ◽  
Ecm Remodeling

SummaryDuctal Carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is an avascular disease characterized by profound acidosis. Pre-malignant cells within this niche must adapt to acidosis to survive and thrive. A component of this acid-adaptation involves extracellular matrix remodeling leading to niche construction and remodeling. Using discovery proteomics, we identified that collagen producing enzyme PLODs are upregulated in acid-adapted breast cancer cells. Second harmonic generation microscopy showed significant collagen deposition within DCIS lesions of patients. In vitro analyses identified that acid-adaptation involves production of rare collagens that can be regulated by Ras and SMAD pathway. Secretome analysis showed upregulation ECM remodeling enzymes such as TGM2 and LOXL2. Comparison of acid induced collagens in vitro and in patient data showed correlation between rare collagens production and survival of patients. We conclude acidosis induces collagen production by cancer cells and promote growth independent of basal membrane attachment. The independently produced collagen can be used for niche construction and engineering as an adaptation strategy of cancer cells to survive and evolve.

scholarly journals Activation of transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase DDR1-STAT3 cascade by extracellular matrix remodeling promotes liver metastatic colonization in uveal melanoma

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Dai ◽  
Shenglan Liu ◽  
Shubo Wang ◽  
Li Zhao ◽  
Xiao Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Uveal Melanoma ◽  
Specific Inhibitor ◽  
Type I ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Metastatic Colonization ◽  
Tgf Β1

AbstractColonization is believed a rate-limiting step of metastasis cascade. However, its underlying mechanism is not well understood. Uveal melanoma (UM), which is featured with single organ liver metastasis, may provide a simplified model for realizing the complicated colonization process. Because DDR1 was identified to be overexpressed in UM cell lines and specimens, and abundant pathological deposition of extracellular matrix collagen, a type of DDR1 ligand, was noted in the microenvironment of liver in metastatic patients with UM, we postulated the hypothesis that DDR1 and its ligand might ignite the interaction between UM cells and their surrounding niche of liver thereby conferring strengthened survival, proliferation, stemness and eventually promoting metastatic colonization in liver. We tested this hypothesis and found that DDR1 promoted these malignant cellular phenotypes and facilitated metastatic colonization of UM in liver. Mechanistically, UM cells secreted TGF-β1 which induced quiescent hepatic stellate cells (qHSCs) into activated HSCs (aHSCs) which secreted collagen type I. Such a remodeling of extracellular matrix, in turn, activated DDR1, strengthening survival through upregulating STAT3-dependent Mcl-1 expression, enhancing stemness via upregulating STAT3-dependent SOX2, and promoting clonogenicity in cancer cells. Targeting DDR1 by using 7rh, a specific inhibitor, repressed proliferation and survival in vitro and in vivo outgrowth. More importantly, targeting cancer cells by pharmacological inactivation of DDR1 or targeting microenvironmental TGF-β1-collagen I loop exhibited a prominent anti-metastasis effect in mice. In conclusion, targeting DDR1 signaling and TGF-β signaling may be a novel approach to diminish hepatic metastasis in UM.

scholarly journals Engineering cardiac microphysiological systems to model pathological extracellular matrix remodeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 315 (4) ◽  
pp. H771-H789 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nethika R. Ariyasinghe ◽  
Davi M. Lyra-Leite ◽  
Megan L. McCain
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Myocardial Function ◽  
Myocardial Cell ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Model Systems ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Ecm Remodeling ◽  
Microphysiological Systems

Many cardiovascular diseases are associated with pathological remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the myocardium. ECM remodeling is a complex, multifactorial process that often contributes to declines in myocardial function and progression toward heart failure. However, the direct effects of the many forms of ECM remodeling on myocardial cell and tissue function remain elusive, in part because conventional model systems used to investigate these relationships lack robust experimental control over the ECM. To address these shortcomings, microphysiological systems are now being developed and implemented to establish direct relationships between distinct features in the ECM and myocardial function with unprecedented control and resolution in vitro. In this review, we will first highlight the most prominent characteristics of ECM remodeling in cardiovascular disease and describe how these features can be mimicked with synthetic and natural biomaterials that offer independent control over multiple ECM-related parameters, such as rigidity and composition. We will then detail innovative microfabrication techniques that enable precise regulation of cellular architecture in two and three dimensions. We will also describe new approaches for quantifying multiple aspects of myocardial function in vitro, such as contractility, action potential propagation, and metabolism. Together, these collective technologies implemented as cardiac microphysiological systems will continue to uncover important relationships between pathological ECM remodeling and myocardial cell and tissue function, leading to new fundamental insights into cardiovascular disease, improved human disease models, and novel therapeutic approaches.

scholarly journals Molecular and functional extracellular vesicle analysis using nanopatterned microchips monitors tumor progression and metastasis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (547) ◽  
pp. eaaz2878 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Xiaoqing Wu ◽  
Gulhumay Gardashova ◽  
Yang Yang ◽  
Yaohua Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Progression ◽  
Ductal Carcinoma ◽  
Metastatic Breast ◽  
Cancer Diagnostics ◽  
Matrix Metalloproteases ◽  
Tumor Evolution ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Clinical Implementation

Longitudinal cancer monitoring is crucial to clinical implementation of precision medicine. There is growing evidence indicating important functions of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in tumor progression and metastasis, including matrix remodeling via transporting matrix metalloproteases (MMPs). However, the clinical relevance of EVs remains largely undetermined, partially owing to challenges in EV analysis. Distinct from existing technologies mostly focused on characterizing molecular constituents of EVs, here we report a nanoengineered lab-on-a-chip system that enables integrative functional and molecular phenotyping of tumor-associated EVs. A generalized, high-resolution colloidal inkjet printing method was developed to allow robust and scalable manufacturing of three-dimensional (3D) nanopatterned devices. With this nanochip platform, we demonstrated integrative analysis of the expression and proteolytic activity of MMP14 on EVs to detect in vitro cell invasiveness and monitor in vivo tumor metastasis, using cancer cell lines and mouse models. Analysis of clinical plasma specimen showed that our technology could be used for cancer detection including accurate classification of age-matched controls and patients with ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive ductal carcinoma, or locally metastatic breast cancer in a training cohort (n = 30, 96.7% accuracy) and an independent validation cohort (n = 70, 92.9% accuracy). With clinical validation, our technology could provide a useful liquid biopsy tool to improve cancer diagnostics and real-time surveillance of tumor evolution in patients to inform personalized therapy.

scholarly journals Cell Matrix Remodeling Ability Shown by Image Spatial Correlation

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi-Li Chiu ◽  
Michelle A. Digman ◽  
Enrico Gratton
Keyword(s):  
Cell Line ◽  
Spatial Correlation ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Second Harmonic ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Fibroblast Cell ◽  
Breast Cancer Cell Lines ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Ecm Remodeling ◽  
Collagen Remodeling

Extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling is a critical step of many biological and pathological processes. However, most of the studies to date lack a quantitative method to measure ECM remodeling at a scale comparable to cell size. Here, we applied image spatial correlation to collagen second harmonic generation (SHG) images to quantitatively evaluate the degree of collagen remodeling by cells. We propose a simple statistical method based on spatial correlation functions to determine the size of high collagen density area around cells. We applied our method to measure collagen remodeling by two breast cancer cell lines (MDA-MB-231 and MCF-7), which display different degrees of invasiveness, and a fibroblast cell line (NIH/3T3). We found distinct collagen compaction levels of these three cell lines by applying the spatial correlation method, indicating different collagen remodeling ability. Furthermore, we quantitatively measured the effect of Latrunculin B and Marimastat on MDA-MB-231 cell line collagen remodeling ability and showed that significant collagen compaction level decreases with these treatments.

scholarly journals Novel mechanism for OSM-promoted extracellular matrix remodeling in breast cancer: LOXL2 upregulation and subsequent ECM alignment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simion C. Dinca ◽  
Daniel Greiner ◽  
Keren Weidenfeld ◽  
Laura Bond ◽  
Dalit Barkan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Ductal Carcinoma ◽  
Collagen Fibers ◽  
Oncostatin M ◽  
Collagen I ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Ecm Remodeling ◽  
Tumor Cell Motility ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is a serious problem for patients as it metastasizes, decreasing 5-year patient survival from >95% to ~27%. The breast tumor microenvironment (TME) is often saturated with proinflammatory cytokines, such as oncostatin M (OSM), which promote epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions (EMT) in IDC and increased metastasis. The extracellular matrix (ECM) also plays an important role in promoting invasive and metastatic potential of IDC. Specifically, the reorganization and alignment of collagen fibers in stromal ECM leads to directed tumor cell motility, which promotes metastasis. Lysyl oxidase like-2 (LOXL2) catalyzes ECM remodeling by crosslinking of collagen I in the ECM. We propose a novel mechanism whereby OSM induces LOXL2 expression, mediating stromal ECM remodeling of the breast TME.Methods: Bioinformatics was utilized to determine survival and gene correlation in patients. IDC cell lines were treated with OSM (also IL-6, LIF, and IL-1β) and analyzed for LOXL2 expression by qRT-PCR and immunolabelling techniques. Collagen I contraction assays and confocal microscopy were performed with and without LOXL2 inhibition to determine the impact of OSM-induced LOXL2 on the ECM. Alignment was analyzed using CurveAlign4.0.Results: Our studies demonstrate that IDC patients with high LOXL2 and OSM co-expression had worse rates of metastasis-free survival than those with high levels of either, individually, and LOXL2 expression is positively correlated to OSM/ OSM receptor (OSMR) expression in IDC patients. Furthermore, human IDC cells treated with OSM resulted in a significant increase in LOXL2 mRNA, which led to upregulated protein expression of secreted, glycosylated, and enzymatically active LOXL2. The expression of LOXL2 in IDC cells did not affect OSM-promoted EMT, and LOXL2 was localized to the cytoplasm and/or secreted. OSM-induced LOXL2 promoted an increase in ECM collagen I fiber crosslinking, which led to significant fiber alignment between cells. Conclusions: Aligned collagen fibers in the ECM provide pathways for tumor cells to migrate more easily through the stroma to nearby vasculature and tissue. Taken together, these results provide a new paradigm through which proinflammatory cytokine OSM promotes tumor progression. Understanding the nuances in IDC metastasis will lead to better potential therapeutics to combat against the possibility.

scholarly journals Reverse right ventricular structural and extracellular matrix remodeling by estrogen in severe pulmonary hypertension

2012 ◽  
Vol 113 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rangarajan D. Nadadur ◽  
Soban Umar ◽  
Gabriel Wong ◽  
Mansour Eghbali ◽  
Andrea Iorga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Estrogen Receptor ◽  
Right Ventricular ◽  
Ventricular Remodeling ◽  
Estrogen Receptor Β ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Ecm Remodeling ◽  
Akt Phosphorylation

Chronic pulmonary hypertension (PH) leads to right-ventricular failure (RVF) characterized by RV remodeling. Ventricular remodeling is emerging as an important process during heart failure and recovery. Remodeling in RVF induced by PH is not fully understood. Recently we discovered that estrogen (E2) therapy can rescue severe preexisting PH. Here, we focused on whether E2 (42.5 μg·kg−1·day−1, 10 days) can reverse adverse RV structural and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling induced by PH using monocrotaline (MCT, 60 mg/kg). RV fibrosis was evident in RVF males. Intact females developed less severe RV remodeling compared with males and ovariectomized (OVX) females. Novel ECM-degrading disintegrin-metalloproteinases ADAM15 and ADAM17 transcripts were elevated ∼2-fold in all RVF animals. E2 therapy reversed RV remodeling in all groups. In vitro, E2 directly inhibited ANG II-induced expression of fibrosis markers as well as the metalloproteinases in cultured cardiac fibroblasts. Estrogen receptor-β agonist diarylpropionitrile (DPN) but not estrogen receptor-α agonist 4,4′,4″-(4-propyl-[1 H]-pyrazole-1,3,5-triyl) trisphenol (PPT) was as effective as E2 in inhibiting expression of these genes. Expression of ECM-interacting cardiac fetal-gene osteopontin (OPN) also increased ∼9-fold in RVF males. Intact females were partially protected from OPN upregulation (∼2-fold) but OVX females were not. E2 reversed OPN upregulation in all groups. Upregulation of OPN was also reversed in vitro by E2. Plasma OPN was elevated in RVF (∼1.5-fold) and decreased to control levels in the E2 group. RVF resulted in elevated Akt phosphorylation, but not ERK, in the RV, and E2 therapy restored Akt phosphorylation. In conclusion, E2 therapy reverses adverse RV remodeling associated with PH by reversing fibrosis and upregulation of novel ECM enzymes ADAM15, ADAM17, and OPN. These effects are likely mediated through estrogen receptor-β.

scholarly journals Mechanism of Mechanical Trauma-Induced Extracellular Matrix Remodeling of Fibroblasts in Association with Nrf2/ARE Signaling Suppression Mediating TGF-β1/Smad3 Signaling Inhibition

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianming Tang ◽  
Bingshu Li ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Yang Li ◽  
Qiannan Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Oxidative Damage ◽  
Nuclear Translocation ◽  
Mechanical Strain ◽  
Mechanical Injury ◽  
Mechanical Trauma ◽  
Matrix Remodeling ◽  
Ecm Remodeling

Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) is a common hygienic problem affecting the quality of women’s life worldwide. In this research, we revealed the involvement and regulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, oxidative damage, and TGF-β1 signaling in the pathological mechanisms of mechanical trauma-induced SUI. We found that excessive mechanical strain significantly increased apoptosis rate, decreased cell viability and ECM production, and broke the balance of MMPs/TIMPs compared with the nonstrain control (NC) group. The expression levels of TGFβ1, p-Smad3, Nrf2, GPx1, and CAT were downregulated, the production of ROS, 8-OHdG, 4-HNE, and MDA was increased, and the nuclear translocation of Smad2/3 was suppressed after 5333 μstrain’s treatment. Both mTGF-β1 pretreatment and Nrf2 overexpression could reverse mechanical injury-induced TGFβ1/Smad3 signaling inhibition and ECM remodeling, whereas mTGF-β1 had no effect on Nrf2 expression. Nrf2 overexpression significantly alleviated mechanical injury-induced ROS accumulation and oxidative damage; in contrast, Nrf2 silencing exhibited opposite effects. Besides, vaginal distention- (VD-) induced in vivo SUI model was used to confirm the in vitro results; Nrf2 knockout aggravates mechanical trauma-induced LPP reduction, ECM remodeling, oxidative damage, and TGF-β1/Smad3 suppression in mice. Therefore, we deduce that mechanical injury-induced ECM remodeling might be associated with Nrf2/ARE signaling suppression mediating TGF-β1/Smad3 signaling inhibition. This might reflect a new molecular target for SUI researches.

scholarly journals Anti-tumor agent celecoxib activity towards SP-C1 tongue cancer cells invasion (in vitro)

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Harun Achmad ◽  
Mieke Hemiawati Satari ◽  
Roosje Rosita Oewen ◽  
S. Supriatno
Keyword(s):  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Cancer Cell ◽  
Tongue Cancer ◽  
Experimental Testing ◽  
Basal Membrane ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Anova Test ◽  
Range Test

Invasion is a characteristic of the occurrence of cancer and indicates the cancer cells' capability to destroy and degrade the border between the epithet and basal membrane to further spread into the surrounding extra-cellular matrix. The purpose of this research was to find the existence of impediment at the SP-C1 tongue cancer cell using celecoxib chemopreventive medication. The SP-C1 tongue cancer cells were treated in vitro using celecoxib medication as a research subject at the following concentrations 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125%; and 0 as control group (only DMEM growth medium treatment). Pure experimental testing was carried out for 24 and 48 hours, with observation and calculation of an average number of SP-C1 tongue cancer cells. The data collected were analyzed using the ANOVA test with Newman Keuls paired range test or t-test. Research results indicated that the average number of SP-C1 tongue cancer cells invasion after administration of celecoxib medication based on administration concentration and time statistically yielded significant results. The ANOVA test results were statistically significant, that is, average occurrence of the number of SP-C1 tongue cancer cells due to the use of celecoxib at certain concentrations compared to that without celecoxib was different. At celecoxib of zero (control) concentration was 24.4 with celecoxib concentration starting at 5 up to 125% experienced a decline from its average 11 to become 2.3. The conclusion of the research was that the greater the celecoxib concentration administered, the greater the effect on the impediment of SP-C1 tongue cancer cell invasion.

scholarly journals The Harsh Microenvironment in Early Breast Cancer Selects for a Warburg Phenotype

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Damaghi ◽  
Jeffrey West ◽  
Mark Robertson-Tessi ◽  
Liping Xu ◽  
Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Ductal Carcinoma ◽  
Selection Pressures ◽  
Transcriptional Reprogramming ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Metabolic Conditions ◽  
Malignant Breast

AbstractThe harsh microenvironment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) exerts strong evolutionary selection pressures on cancer cells. We hypothesize that the poor metabolic conditions near the ductal center foment the emergence of a Warburg Effect (WE) phenotype, wherein cells rapidly ferment glucose to lactic acid, even in normoxia. To test this hypothesis, we subjected pre-malignant breast cancer cells to different microenvironmental selection pressures using combinations of hypoxia, acidosis, low glucose, and starvation for many months, and isolated single clones for metabolic and transcriptomic profiling. The two harshest conditions selected for constitutively expressed WE phenotypes. RNA-seq analysis of WE clones identified the transcription factors NFкB and KLF4 as potential inducers of the WE phenotype. NFкB was highly phosphorylated in the glycolytic clones. In stained DCIS samples, KLF4 expression was enriched in the area with the harshest microenvironmental conditions. We simulated in vivo DCIS phenotypic evolution using a mathematical model calibrated from the in vitro results. The WE phenotype emerged in the poor metabolic conditions near the necrotic core. We propose that harsh microenvironments within DCIS select for a Warburg phenotype through constitutive transcriptional reprogramming, thus conferring a survival advantage and facilitating further growth and invasion.

scholarly journals The harsh microenvironment in early breast cancer selects for a Warburg phenotype

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. e2011342118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Damaghi ◽  
Jeffrey West ◽  
Mark Robertson-Tessi ◽  
Liping Xu ◽  
Meghan C. Ferrall-Fairbanks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Cells ◽  
Ductal Carcinoma ◽  
Sequencing Analysis ◽  
Selection Pressures ◽  
Transcriptional Reprogramming ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Metabolic Conditions

The harsh microenvironment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) exerts strong evolutionary selection pressures on cancer cells. We hypothesize that the poor metabolic conditions near the ductal center foment the emergence of a Warburg Effect (WE) phenotype, wherein cells rapidly ferment glucose to lactic acid, even in normoxia. To test this hypothesis, we subjected low-glycolytic breast cancer cells to different microenvironmental selection pressures using combinations of hypoxia, acidosis, low glucose, and starvation for many months and isolated single clones for metabolic and transcriptomic profiling. The two harshest conditions selected for constitutively expressed WE phenotypes. RNA sequencing analysis of WE clones identified the transcription factor KLF4 as potential inducer of the WE phenotype. In stained DCIS samples, KLF4 expression was enriched in the area with the harshest microenvironmental conditions. We simulated in vivo DCIS phenotypic evolution using a mathematical model calibrated from the in vitro results. The WE phenotype emerged in the poor metabolic conditions near the necrotic core. We propose that harsh microenvironments within DCIS select for a WE phenotype through constitutive transcriptional reprogramming, thus conferring a survival advantage and facilitating further growth and invasion.

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