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Targeting the perivascular niche sensitizes disseminated tumour cells to chemotherapy

ABSTRACT: The presence of disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) in bone marrow predicts poorer metastasis-free survival of breast cancer patients with localized disease, and their eradication improves long-term prognosis. DTCs persist in distant tissues despite administration of adjuvant chemotherapy, ostensibly because the majority of DTCs are quiescent. Here, we provide evidence that the microenvironment of DTCs protects them from chemotherapy independent of cell cycle status. We show that chemoresistant DTCs associate with the perivascular niche (PVN) of distant tissues, and that they are protected from therapies by vascular endothelium. Inhibiting key integrin-mediated interactions between DTCs and the PVN, driven partly by endothelial-derived von Willebrand Factor, sensitizes DTCs to chemotherapy and prevents bone metastasis. Importantly, chemosensitization is achieved without inducing DTC proliferation, or exacerbating chemotherapy-induced toxicities. These results suggest that prefacing adjuvant therapy with integrin inhibitors is a viable clinical strategy to eradicate DTCs and prevent metastasis.

OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: PXD012002

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE119153 | GEO | 2019/04/23

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:The aim of this study was to establish a single-cell array comparative genomic hybridization (SCaCGH) method providing in-depth genomic analysis of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and disseminated tumor cells (DTCs). The robustness and resolution limits of the method were estimated with different cell amounts of the breast cancer cell line SKBR3 using 44k and 244k arrays. Subsequent adjustments of the method were conducted analyzing the copy number profiles of 28 CTCs in combination with four hematopoietic cell (HC) controls from eight metastatic patients and of 24 DTCs, three probable HCs, and five HC controls from seven breast cancer patients and one healthy donor. The frequency of the major genomic gains and losses of the analyzed DTC revealed similarities to primary breast tumor samples with some evident differences. Three of the patients had available profiles for DTC and the corresponding primary tumor. In 2/3 of the examined DTCs, equivalent genomic changes and common aberration breakpoints were disclosed, both to each other and to the corresponding primary tumors. Interestingly, similar copy number changes were found in DTCs taken at time of diagnosis or in DTCs collected at 3-years relapse-free follow up. Residual immunomorphological characterized tumor cells showed balanced profiles with only minor aberrations. Three cells with unclear morphological identification showed either balanced profiles (n=2) or aberrations comparable to the primary tumor and DTC (n=1). SCaCGH may be a powerful tool for molecular characterisation of immunostained and morphological identified CTCs and DTCs to explore the malignant potential, therapeutic targets and tumor heterogeneity of single tumor cells. 24 DTCs, 3 probable HCs, and 5 HCs from 7 early-stage breast cancer patients, 28 CTCs and 4 HCs from 8 metastatic breast cancer patients, and 1 healthy donor were analysed. Comparison with the primary tumor was done in 3 patients. The reference for the patients was DNA from multiple anonymous female donors. This submission does not include the SKBR3 data obtained from the 44k array.

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Targeting the perivascular niche sensitizes disseminated tumour cells to chemotherapy

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