人类骨肉瘤中调节血管生成拟态的分子途径及其在犬类肿瘤学中的作用的最新进展
An Update on Molecular Pathways Regulating Vasculogenic Mimicry in Human Osteosarcoma and Their Role in Canine Oncology.
作者信息
Massimini Marcella, Romanucci Mariarita, De Maria Raffaella, Della Salda Leonardo
机构信息
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
出版信息
Front Vet Sci. 2021 Sep 23;8:722432. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2021.722432. eCollection 2021.
Canine tumors are valuable comparative models for human counterparts, especially to explore novel biomarkers and to understand pathways and processes involved in metastasis. Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is a unique property of malignant cancer cells which promote metastasis. Thus, it represents an opportunity to investigate both the molecular mechanisms and the therapeutic targets of a crucial phenotypic malignant switch. Although this biological process has been largely investigated in different human cancer types, including osteosarcoma, it is still largely unknown in veterinary pathology, where it has been mainly explored in canine mammary tumors. The presence of VM in human osteosarcoma is associated with poor clinical outcome, reduced patient survival, and increased risk of metastasis and it shares the main pathways involved in other type of human tumors. This review illustrates the main findings concerning the VM process in human osteosarcoma, search for the related current knowledge in canine pathology and oncology, and potential involvement of multiple pathways in VM formation, in order to provide a basis for future investigations on VM in canine tumors.
犬类肿瘤是人类肿瘤的宝贵比较模型,尤其有助于探索新型生物标志物以及了解转移过程中涉及的途径和进程。血管生成拟态(VM)是恶性癌细胞促进转移的一种独特特性。因此,它为研究关键表型恶性转变的分子机制和治疗靶点提供了契机。尽管这一生物学过程已在包括骨肉瘤在内的不同人类癌症类型中得到广泛研究,但在兽医病理学中仍知之甚少,在该领域主要是在犬类乳腺肿瘤中进行了探索。VM在人类骨肉瘤中的存在与不良临床预后、患者生存率降低以及转移风险增加相关,并且它与其他类型人类肿瘤所涉及的主要途径相同。本综述阐述了关于人类骨肉瘤中VM过程的主要研究结果,探寻犬类病理学和肿瘤学中的相关现有知识,以及多种途径在VM形成中的潜在作用,以便为未来对犬类肿瘤中VM的研究提供依据。