VEGF-A and Tenascin-C produced by S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells are important for metastatic colonization
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Kalluri, Raghu
O’Connell, Joyce T.
Sugimoto, Hikaru
Cooke, Vesselina G.
MacDonald, Brian A.
Mehta, Ankit I.
LeBleu, Valerie Sandra
Dewar, Rajan
Rocha, Rafael M.
Brentani, Ricardo R.
Date Issued
September 2011
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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O’Connell, J. T. et al. “VEGF-A and Tenascin-C Produced by S100A4+ Stromal Cells Are Important for Metastatic Colonization.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108.38 (2011): 16002–16007.
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Abstract
Increased numbers of S100A4[superscript +] cells are associated with poor prognosis in patients who have cancer. Although the metastatic capabilities of S100A4[superscript +] cancer cells have been examined, the functional role of S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells in metastasis is largely unknown. To study the contribution of S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells in metastasis, we used transgenic mice that express viral thymidine kinase under control of the S100A4 promoter to specifically ablate S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells. Depletion of S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells significantly reduced metastatic colonization without affecting primary tumor growth. Multiple bone marrow transplantation studies demonstrated that these effects of S100A4[superscript +] stromal cells are attributable to local non–bone marrow-derived S100A4+ cells, which are likely fibroblasts in this setting. Reduction in metastasis due to the loss of S100A4[superscript +] fibroblasts correlated with a concomitant decrease in the expression of several ECM molecules and growth factors, particularly Tenascin-C and VEGF-A. The functional importance of stromal Tenascin-C and S100A4[superscript +] fibroblast-derived VEGF-A in metastasis was established by examining Tenascin-C null mice and transgenic mice expressing Cre recombinase under control of the S100A4 promoter crossed with mice carrying VEGF-A alleles flanked by loxP sites, which exhibited a significant decrease in metastatic colonization without effects on primary tumor growth. In particular, S100A4[superscript +] fibroblast-derived VEGF-A plays an important role in the establishment of an angiogenic microenvironment at the metastatic site to facilitate colonization, whereas stromal Tenascin-C may provide protection from apoptosis. Our study demonstrates a crucial role for local S100A4[superscript +] fibroblasts in providing the permissive “soil” for metastatic colonization, a challenging step in the metastatic cascade.
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Harvard University--MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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