Tumor-Stroma IL1β-IRAK4 Feedforward Circuitry Drives Tumor Fibrosis, Chemoresistance, and Poor Prognosis in Pancreatic Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Targeting the desmoplastic stroma of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) holds promise to augment the effect of chemotherapy, but success in the clinic has thus far been limited. Preclinical mouse models suggest that near-depletion of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) carries a risk of accelerating PDAC progression, underscoring the need to concurrently target key signaling mechanisms that drive the malignant attributes of both CAF and PDAC cells. We previously reported that inhibition of IL1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) suppresses NFκB activity and promotes response to chemotherapy in PDAC cells. In this study, we report that CAF in PDAC tumors robustly express activated IRAK4 and NFκB. IRAK4 expression in CAF promoted NFκB activity, drove tumor fibrosis, and supported PDAC

SUBMITTER: Zhang D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5890818 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature