Project description:To identify endothelial-derived factors that may instructively drive cancer metastasis, we generated a new mouse model that allows endothelial-specific ribosomal tagging. We crossed the RiboTag (Rpl22fl/flHA) mice with the endothelial inducible Cre line Cdh5(PAC)-CreERT2 mice. Endothelial derived ribosome-associated mRNA-sequencing was performed from highly metastatic B16F10 and poorly metastatic B16F0 tumours.
Project description:To identify endothelial-derived factors that may instructively drive cancer metastasis, we generated a new mouse model that allows endothelial-specific ribosomal tagging. We crossed the RiboTag (Rpl22fl/flHA) mice with the endothelial inducible Cre line Cdh5(PAC)-CreERT2 mice. Endothelial derived ribosome-associated mRNA-sequencing was performed from highly metastatic B16F10 and poorly metastatic B16F0 tumours.
Project description:To identify endothelial-derived factors that may instructively drive cancer metastasis, we generated a new mouse model that allows endothelial-specific ribosomal tagging. We crossed the RiboTag (Rpl22fl/flHA) mice with the endothelial inducible Cre line Cdh5(PAC)-CreERT2 mice. Endothelial derived ribosome-associated mRNA-sequencing was performed from highly metastatic B16F10 and poorly metastatic B16F0 tumours.
Project description:Myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) suppress antitumor immune activities and facilitate cancer progression. Although the concept of immunosuppressive MDSCs is well established, the mechanism that MDSCs regulate non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) progression through the paracrine signals is still lacking. Here, we reported that the infiltration of MDSCs within NSCLC tissues were associated with the progression of cancer status, and were positively correlated with the Patient-derived xenograft (PDX) model establishment, and poor patient prognosis. Intratumoral MDSCs directly promoted NSCLC metastasis and highly expressed chemokines that promote NSCLC cells invasion, including CCL11. CCL11 was capable of activating the AKT and ERK signaling pathways to promote NSCLC metastasis through the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process. Moreover, high expression of CCL11 was associated with a poor prognosis in lung cancer as well as other types of cancer. Our findings underscore that MDSCs produce CCL11 to promote NSCLC metastasis via activation of ERK and AKT signaling and induction of EMT, suggesting that the MDSCs-CCL11-ERK/AKT-EMT axis contains potential targets for NSCLC metastasis treatment.
Project description:Secreted extracellular vesicles are known to influence the tumor microenvironment and promote metastasis. In this work, we have analyzed the involvement of extracellular vesicles in establishing the lymph node pre-metastatic niche by melanoma cells. We found that small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) derived from highly metastatic melanoma cell lines spread broadly through the lymphatic system and are taken up by lymphatic endothelial cells reinforcing lymph node metastasis. Melanoma-derived sEVs induce lymphangiogenesis, a hallmark of pre-metastatic niche formation, in vitro and in lymphoreporter mice in vivo. Analysis of involved factors demonstrated that the neural growth factor receptor (NGFR) is secreted in melanoma-derived small extracellular vesicles and shuttled to lymphatic endothelial cells inducing lymphangiogenesis and tumor cell adhesion through the activation of ERK and NF-B pathways and ICAM1 expression. Importantly, ablation or inhibition of NGFR in sEVs reversed the lymphangiogenic phenotype, decreased melanoma lymph node metastasis and extended mice survival. Importantly, analysis of NGFR expression in lymph node metastases and matched primary tumors shows that levels of MITF+NGFR+ lymph node metastatic cells are correlated with disease outcome. Our data support that NGFR is secreted in sEVs favoring lymph node pre-metastatic niche formation and lymph node metastasis in melanoma.