癌相关成纤维细胞调节内皮黏附蛋白 LPP 促进卵巢癌化疗耐药性。

Cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate endothelial adhesion protein LPP to promote ovarian cancer chemoresistance.

机构信息

Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.

出版信息

J Clin Invest. 2018 Feb 1;128(2):589-606. doi: 10.1172/JCI95200. Epub 2017 Dec 18.

Abstract

The molecular mechanism by which cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) confer chemoresistance in ovarian cancer is poorly understood. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the roles of CAFs in modulating tumor vasculature, chemoresistance, and disease progression. Here, we found that CAFs upregulated the lipoma-preferred partner (LPP) gene in microvascular endothelial cells (MECs) and that LPP expression levels in intratumoral MECs correlated with survival and chemoresistance in patients with ovarian cancer. Mechanistically, LPP increased focal adhesion and stress fiber formation to promote endothelial cell motility and permeability. siRNA-mediated LPP silencing in ovarian tumor-bearing mice improved paclitaxel delivery to cancer cells by decreasing intratumoral microvessel leakiness. Further studies showed that CAFs regulate endothelial LPP via a calcium-dependent signaling pathway involving microfibrillar-associated protein 5 (MFAP5), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), ERK, and LPP. Thus, our findings suggest that targeting endothelial LPP enhances the efficacy of chemotherapy in ovarian cancer. Our data highlight the importance of CAF-endothelial cell crosstalk signaling in cancer chemoresistance and demonstrate the improved efficacy of using LPP-targeting siRNA in combination with cytotoxic drugs.

摘要

癌症相关成纤维细胞(CAFs)在卵巢癌中赋予化疗耐药性的分子机制尚不清楚。本研究旨在评估 CAFs 在调节肿瘤血管生成、化疗耐药性和疾病进展中的作用。在这里,我们发现 CAFs 在上皮细胞中上调了脂肪优先伙伴(LPP)基因,肿瘤内微血管内皮细胞(MECs)中的 LPP 表达水平与卵巢癌患者的生存和化疗耐药性相关。从机制上讲,LPP 增加了粘着斑和应力纤维的形成,促进了内皮细胞的运动和通透性。卵巢荷瘤小鼠中 LPP 的 siRNA 沉默通过降低肿瘤内微血管渗漏来改善紫杉醇向癌细胞的递送。进一步的研究表明,CAFs 通过涉及微丝相关蛋白 5(MFAP5)、粘着斑激酶(FAK)、ERK 和 LPP 的钙依赖性信号通路调节内皮细胞 LPP。因此,我们的研究结果表明,靶向内皮 LPP 可增强卵巢癌化疗的疗效。我们的数据强调了 CAF-内皮细胞串扰信号在癌症化疗耐药性中的重要性,并证明了使用 LPP 靶向 siRNA 与细胞毒性药物联合使用的疗效提高。

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