Tumor matrix stiffness promotes metastatic cancer cell interaction with the endothelium

Autor: Colin Nixon, Steven Reid, Vasileios Papalazarou, Laura M. Machesky, Ewan J. McGhee, Lisa J. Neilson, David M. Bryant, Ralf H. Adams, Francesca Patella, Karthic Swaminathan, Sandeep Dhayade, Jens Serneels, Karen Blyth, Álvaro Román-Fernández, Shehab Ismail, Manuel Salmerón-Sánchez, Alice Santi, Massimiliano Mazzone, Sara Zanivan, Yasmin ElMaghloob, Emily J. Kay, Juan Ramon Hernandez-Fernaud, Leo M. Carlin, Dimitris Athineos, Anne Theres Henze, John B. G. Mackey
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: The EMBO Journal
ISSN: 1460-2075
0261-4189
DOI: 10.15252/embj.201694912
Popis: Tumor progression alters the composition and physical properties of the extracellular matrix. Particularly, increased matrix stiffness has profound effects on tumor growth and metastasis. While endothelial cells are key players in cancer progression, the influence of tumor stiffness on the endothelium and the impact on metastasis is unknown. Through quantitative mass spectrometry, we find that the matricellular protein CCN1/CYR61 is highly regulated by stiffness in endothelial cells. We show that stiffness-induced CCN1 activates β-catenin nuclear translocation and signaling and that this contributes to upregulate N-cadherin levels on the surface of the endothelium, in vitro This facilitates N-cadherin-dependent cancer cell-endothelium interaction. Using intravital imaging, we show that knockout of Ccn1 in endothelial cells inhibits melanoma cancer cell binding to the blood vessels, a critical step in cancer cell transit through the vasculature to metastasize. Targeting stiffness-induced changes in the vasculature, such as CCN1, is therefore a potential yet unappreciated mechanism to impair metastasis. ispartof: EMBO Journal vol:36 issue:16 pages:2373-2389 ispartof: location:England status: published
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