Sensory nerves enhance triple-negative breast cancer invasion and metastasis via the axon guidance molecule PlexinB3
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Le, Thanh T
Payne, Samantha L
Buckwald, Maia N
Hayes, Lily A
Parker, Savannah R
Burge, Christopher B
Oudin, Madeleine J
Date Issued
November 4, 2022
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npj Breast Cancer
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Le, Thanh T, Payne, Samantha L, Buckwald, Maia N, Hayes, Lily A, Parker, Savannah R et al. 2022. "Sensory nerves enhance triple-negative breast cancer invasion and metastasis via the axon guidance molecule PlexinB3." npj Breast Cancer, 8 (1).
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AbstractIn breast cancer, nerve presence has been correlated with more invasive disease and worse prognosis, yet the mechanisms by which different types of peripheral nerves drive tumor progression remain poorly understood. In this study, we identified sensory nerves as more abundant in human triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) tumors. Co-injection of sensory neurons isolated from the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of adult female mice with human TNBC cells in immunocompromised mice increased the number of lung metastases. Direct in vitro co-culture of human TNBC cells with the dorsal root ganglia (DRG) of adult female mice revealed that TNBC cells adhere to sensory neuron fibers leading to an increase in migration speed. Species-specific RNA sequencing revealed that co-culture of TNBC cells with sensory nerves upregulates the expression of genes associated with cell migration and adhesion in cancer cells. We demonstrated that lack of the semaphorin receptor PlexinB3 in cancer cells attenuate their adhesion to and migration on sensory nerves. Together, our results identify a mechanism by which nerves contribute to breast cancer migration and metastasis by inducing a shift in TNBC cell gene expression and support the rationale for disrupting neuron-cancer cell interactions to target metastasis.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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