{"title":"AFDN Deficiency Promotes Liver Tropism of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer.","authors":"Shaoxia Liao, Jingwen Deng, Mengli Deng, Chaoyi Chen, Fengyan Han, Kehong Ye, Chenxia Wu, Lvyuan Pan, Maode Lai, Zhe Tang, Honghe Zhang","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3140","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3140","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Liver metastasis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with colorectal cancer. A better understanding of the biological mechanisms underlying liver tropism and metastasis in colorectal cancer could help to identify improved prevention and treatment strategies. In this study, we performed genome-wide CRISPR loss-of-function screening in a mouse colorectal cancer model and identified deficiency of AFDN, a protein involved in establishing and maintaining cell-cell contacts, as a driver of liver metastasis. Elevated AFDN expression was correlated with prolonged survival in patients with colorectal cancer. AFDN-deficient colorectal cancer cells preferentially metastasized to the liver but not in the lungs. AFDN loss in colorectal cancer cells at the primary site promoted cancer cell migration and invasion by disrupting tight intercellular junctions. Additionally, CXCR4 expression was increased in AFDN-deficient colorectal cancer cells via the JAK-STAT signaling pathway, which reduced the motility of AFDN-deficient colorectal cancer cells and facilitated their colonization of the liver. Collectively, these data shed light on the mechanism by which AFDN deficiency promotes liver tropism in metastatic colorectal cancer. Significance: A CRISPR screen reveals AFDN loss as a mediator of liver tropism in colorectal cancer metastasis by decreasing tight junctions in the primary tumor and increasing interactions between cancer cells and hepatocytes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3158-3172"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3409
Sung-Young Shin, Nicole J Chew, Milad Ghomlaghi, Anderly C Chüeh, Yunhui Jeong, Lan K Nguyen, Roger J Daly
{"title":"Integrative Modeling of Signaling Network Dynamics Identifies Cell Type-Selective Therapeutic Strategies for FGFR4-Driven Cancers.","authors":"Sung-Young Shin, Nicole J Chew, Milad Ghomlaghi, Anderly C Chüeh, Yunhui Jeong, Lan K Nguyen, Roger J Daly","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3409","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Oncogenic FGFR4 signaling represents a potential therapeutic target in various cancer types, including triple-negative breast cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma. However, resistance to FGFR4 single-agent therapy remains a major challenge, emphasizing the need for effective combinatorial treatments. Our study sought to develop a comprehensive computational model of FGFR4 signaling and to provide network-level insights into resistance mechanisms driven by signaling dynamics. An integrated approach, combining computational network modeling with experimental validation, uncovered potent AKT reactivation following FGFR4 targeting in triple-negative breast cancer cells. Analyzing the effects of cotargeting specific network nodes by systematically simulating the model predicted synergy of cotargeting FGFR4 and AKT or specific ErbB kinases, which was subsequently confirmed through experimental validation; however, cotargeting FGFR4 and PI3K was not synergistic. Protein expression data from hundreds of cancer cell lines was incorporated to adapt the model to diverse cellular contexts. This revealed that although AKT rebound was common, it was not a general phenomenon. For example, ERK reactivation occurred in certain cell types, including an FGFR4-driven hepatocellular carcinoma cell line, in which there is a synergistic effect of cotargeting FGFR4 and MEK but not AKT. In summary, this study offers key insights into drug-induced network remodeling and the role of protein expression heterogeneity in targeted therapy responses. These findings underscore the utility of computational network modeling for designing cell type-selective combination therapies and enhancing precision cancer treatment. Significance: Computational predictive modeling of signaling networks can decipher mechanisms of cancer cell resistance to targeted therapies and enable identification of more effective cancer type-specific combination treatment strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3296-3309"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141874228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CD47-SIRPα Blockade Sensitizes Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma to Cetuximab by Enhancing Macrophage Adhesion to Cancer Cells.","authors":"Bolei Li, Yu Hao, Hongzhi He, Yu Fan, Biao Ren, Xian Peng, Xuedong Zhou, Lei Cheng","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0176","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0176","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developing effective treatments for patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is a significant challenge. Cetuximab, a first-line targeted therapy for HNSCC, exhibits limited efficacy. Here, we used pooled CRISPR screening to find targets that can synergize with cetuximab and identified CD47 as the leading candidate. Rather than inhibiting cancer cell proliferation, CD47 inhibition promoted cetuximab-triggered antibody-dependent cellular phagocytosis (ADCP), thereby enhancing macrophage-mediated cancer cell removal. The combination of CD47-signal-regulatory protein α (SIRPα) blockade and cetuximab demonstrated strong anticancer activity in vivo. In addition to blocking the phagocytosis checkpoint, CD47-SIRPα inhibition upregulated CD11b/CD18 on the surface of macrophages, which accelerated intercellular adhesion between macrophages and cancer cells to enhance subsequent phagocytosis. Inhibition of the interaction between macrophage CD11b/CD18 and cancer cell intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM1) eliminated the intercellular adhesion and phagocytosis induced by CD47-SIRPα blockade. Thus, CD47-SIRPα blockade enhances ADCP through CD11b/CD18-ICAM1-mediated intercellular adhesion and sensitizes HNSCC to cetuximab. Significance: CD47-SIRPα blockade increases surface CD11b/CD18 on macrophages to enhance adhesion to cancer cells, resulting in robust synergistic phagocytosis in combination with cetuximab treatment in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3189-3206"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141497230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2028
Oihana Iriondo, Desirea Mecenas, Yilin Li, Christopher R Chin, Amal Thomas, Aidan Moriarty, Rebecca Marker, Yiru J Wang, Haley Hendrick, Yonatan Amzaleg, Veronica Ortiz, Matthew MacKay, Amber Dickerson, Grace Lee, Sevana Harotoonian, Bérénice A Benayoun, Andrew Smith, Christopher E Mason, Evanthia T Roussos Torres, Remi Klotz, Min Yu
{"title":"Hypoxic Memory Mediates Prolonged Tumor-Intrinsic Type I Interferon Suppression to Promote Breast Cancer Progression.","authors":"Oihana Iriondo, Desirea Mecenas, Yilin Li, Christopher R Chin, Amal Thomas, Aidan Moriarty, Rebecca Marker, Yiru J Wang, Haley Hendrick, Yonatan Amzaleg, Veronica Ortiz, Matthew MacKay, Amber Dickerson, Grace Lee, Sevana Harotoonian, Bérénice A Benayoun, Andrew Smith, Christopher E Mason, Evanthia T Roussos Torres, Remi Klotz, Min Yu","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2028","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2028","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypoxia is a common feature of many solid tumors due to aberrant proliferation and angiogenesis that is associated with tumor progression and metastasis. Most of the well-known hypoxia effects are mediated through hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF). Identification of the long-lasting effects of hypoxia beyond the immediate HIF-induced alterations could provide a better understanding of hypoxia-driven metastasis and potential strategies to circumvent it. Here, we uncovered a hypoxia-induced mechanism that exerts a prolonged effect to promote metastasis. In breast cancer patient-derived circulating tumor cell lines and common breast cancer cell lines, hypoxia downregulated tumor-intrinsic type I IFN signaling and its downstream antigen presentation (AP) machinery in luminal breast cancer cells, via both HIF-dependent and HIF-independent mechanisms. Hypoxia induced durable IFN/AP suppression in certain cell types that was sustained after returning to normoxic conditions, presenting a \"hypoxic memory\" phenotype. Hypoxic memory of IFN/AP downregulation was established by specific hypoxic priming, and cells with hypoxic memory had an enhanced ability for tumorigenesis and metastasis. Overexpression of IRF3 enhanced IFN signaling and reduced tumor growth in normoxic, but not hypoxic, conditions. The histone deacetylase inhibitor entinostat upregulated IFN targets and erased the hypoxic memory. These results point to a mechanism by which hypoxia facilitates tumor progression through a long-lasting memory that provides advantages for circulating tumor cells during the metastatic cascade. Significance: Long-term cellular memory of hypoxia leads to sustained suppression of tumor-intrinsic type I IFN signaling and the antigen presentation pathway that facilitates tumorigenesis and metastasis. See related commentary by Purdy and Ford, p. 3125.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3141-3157"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444891/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141589723","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3257
Haoran Xu, Ming Yue, Runhong Zhou, Pui Wang, Michael Yik-Chun Wong, Jinlin Wang, Huarong Huang, Bohao Chen, Yufei Mo, Rachel Chun-Yee Tam, Biao Zhou, Zhenglong Du, Haode Huang, Li Liu, Zhiwu Tan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Youqiang Song, Honglin Chen, Zhiwei Chen
{"title":"A Prime-Boost Vaccination Approach Induces Lung Resident Memory CD8+ T Cells Derived from Central Memory T Cells That Prevent Tumor Lung Metastasis.","authors":"Haoran Xu, Ming Yue, Runhong Zhou, Pui Wang, Michael Yik-Chun Wong, Jinlin Wang, Huarong Huang, Bohao Chen, Yufei Mo, Rachel Chun-Yee Tam, Biao Zhou, Zhenglong Du, Haode Huang, Li Liu, Zhiwu Tan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Youqiang Song, Honglin Chen, Zhiwei Chen","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3257","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Memory T cells play a key role in immune protection against cancer. Vaccine-induced tissue-resident memory T (TRM) cells in the lung have been shown to protect against lung metastasis. Identifying the source of lung TRM cells can help to improve strategies, preventing tumor metastasis. Here, we found that a prime-boost vaccination approach using intramuscular DNA vaccine priming, followed by intranasal live-attenuated influenza-vectored vaccine (LAIV) boosting induced higher frequencies of lung CD8+ TRM cells compared with other vaccination regimens. Vaccine-induced lung CD8+ TRM cells, but not circulating memory T cells, conferred significant protection against metastatic melanoma and mesothelioma. Central memory T (TCM) cells induced by the DNA vaccination were major precursors of lung TRM cells established after the intranasal LAIV boost. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis indicated that transcriptional reprogramming of TCM cells for differentiation into TRM cells in the lungs started as early as day 2 post the LAIV boost. Intranasal LAIV altered the mucosal microenvironment to recruit TCM cells via CXCR3-dependent chemotaxis and induced CD8+ TRM-associated transcriptional programs. These results identified TCM cells as the source of vaccine-induced CD8+ TRM cells that protect against lung metastasis. Significance: Prime-boost vaccination shapes the mucosal microenvironment and reprograms central memory T cells to generate lung resident memory T cells that protect against lung metastasis, providing insights for the optimization of vaccine strategies.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":"84 19","pages":"3173-3188"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11443216/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2889
Tadas K Rimkus, Richard L Carpenter, Sherona Sirkisoon, Dongqin Zhu, Boris C Pasche, Michael D Chan, Glenn J Lesser, Stephen B Tatter, Kounosuke Watabe, Waldemar Debinski, Hui-Wen Lo
{"title":"Editor's Note: Truncated Glioma-Associated Oncogene Homolog 1 (tGLI1) Mediates Mesenchymal Glioblastoma via Transcriptional Activation of CD44.","authors":"Tadas K Rimkus, Richard L Carpenter, Sherona Sirkisoon, Dongqin Zhu, Boris C Pasche, Michael D Chan, Glenn J Lesser, Stephen B Tatter, Kounosuke Watabe, Waldemar Debinski, Hui-Wen Lo","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":"84 19","pages":"3310"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Proteomic Profiling of Serum Extracellular Vesicles Identifies Diagnostic Signatures and Therapeutic Targets in Breast Cancer.","authors":"Ganfei Xu, Rui Huang, Reziya Wumaier, Jiacheng Lyu, Minjing Huang, Yaya Zhang, Qingjian Chen, Wenting Liu, Mengyu Tao, Junjian Li, Zhonghua Tao, Bo Yu, Erxiang Xu, Lingfeng Wang, Guoying Yu, Olivier Gires, Lei Zhou, Wei Zhu, Chen Ding, Hongxia Wang","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3998","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-3998","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Analysis of extracellular vesicles (EV) is a promising noninvasive liquid biopsy approach for breast cancer detection, prognosis, and therapeutic monitoring. A comprehensive understanding of the characteristics and proteomic composition of breast cancer-specific EVs from human samples is required to realize the potential of this strategy. In this study, we applied a mass spectrometry-based, data-independent acquisition proteomic approach to characterize human serum EVs derived from patients with breast cancer (n = 126) and healthy donors (n = 70) in a discovery cohort and validated the findings in five independent cohorts. Examination of the EV proteomes enabled the construction of specific EV protein classifiers for diagnosing breast cancer and distinguishing patients with metastatic disease. Of note, TALDO1 was found to be an EV biomarker of distant metastasis of breast cancer. In vitro and in vivo analysis confirmed the role of TALDO1 in stimulating breast cancer invasion and metastasis. Finally, high-throughput molecular docking and virtual screening of a library consisting of 271,380 small molecules identified a potent TALDO1 allosteric inhibitor, AO-022, which could inhibit breast cancer migration in vitro and tumor progression in vivo. Together, this work elucidates the proteomic alterations in the serum EVs of breast cancer patients to guide the development of improved diagnosis, monitoring, and treatment strategies. Significance: Characterization of the proteomic composition of circulating extracellar vesicles in breast cancer patients identifies signatures for diagnosing primary and metastatic tumors and reveals tumor-promoting cargo that can be targeted to improve outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3267-3285"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11443238/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141431483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-4054
Maria E Gonzalez, Bryce Brophy, Ahmad Eido, Adele E Leonetti, Sabra I Djomehri, Giuseppina Augimeri, Nicholas J Carruthers, Raymond G Cavalcante, Francesca Giordano, Sebastiano Andò, Alexey I Nesvizhskii, Eric R Fearon, Celina G Kleer
{"title":"CCN6 Suppresses Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma by Antagonizing Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling to Inhibit EZH2-Driven EMT.","authors":"Maria E Gonzalez, Bryce Brophy, Ahmad Eido, Adele E Leonetti, Sabra I Djomehri, Giuseppina Augimeri, Nicholas J Carruthers, Raymond G Cavalcante, Francesca Giordano, Sebastiano Andò, Alexey I Nesvizhskii, Eric R Fearon, Celina G Kleer","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-4054","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-4054","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Metaplastic breast carcinomas (mBrCA) are a highly aggressive subtype of triple-negative breast cancer with histologic evidence of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition and aberrant differentiation. Inactivation of the tumor suppressor gene cellular communication network factor 6 (CCN6; also known as Wnt1-induced secreted protein 3) is a feature of mBrCAs, and mice with conditional inactivation of Ccn6 in mammary epithelium (Ccn6-KO) develop spindle mBrCAs with epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Elucidation of the precise mechanistic details of how CCN6 acts as a tumor suppressor in mBrCA could help identify improved treatment strategies. In this study, we showed that CCN6 interacts with the Wnt receptor FZD8 and coreceptor LRP6 on mBrCA cells to antagonize Wnt-induced activation of β-catenin/TCF-mediated transcription. The histone methyltransferase EZH2 was identified as a β-catenin/TCF transcriptional target in Ccn6-KO mBrCA cells. Inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin/TCF signaling in Ccn6-KO mBrCA cells led to reduced EZH2 expression, decreased histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation, and deregulation of specific target genes. Pharmacologic inhibition of EZH2 reduced growth and metastasis of Ccn6-KO mBrCA mammary tumors in vivo. Low CCN6 is significantly associated with activated β-catenin and high EZH2 in human spindle mBrCAs compared with other subtypes. Collectively, these findings establish CCN6 as a key negative regulator of a β-catenin/TCF/EZH2 axis and highlight the inhibition of β-catenin or EZH2 as a potential therapeutic approach for patients with spindle mBrCAs. Significance: CCN6 deficiency drives metaplastic breast carcinoma growth and metastasis by increasing Wnt/β-catenin activation to upregulate EZH2, identifying EZH2 inhibition as a mechanistically guided treatment strategy for this deadly form of breast cancer.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3235-3249"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444886/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0642
Yuewen Zhai, Xinyu Xu, Ji Fang, Fang He, Siwen Li
{"title":"Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells Facilitate the Development and Evaluation of Cancer Vaccines.","authors":"Yuewen Zhai, Xinyu Xu, Ji Fang, Fang He, Siwen Li","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0642","DOIUrl":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-0642","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cancer vaccines are an approach to elicit amplified antigen-specific immune responses. Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) have potential utility for the development of universal vaccines because of their intrinsic antigenic epitopes. Concurrently, iPSCs can undergo pluripotent differentiation and are thus a stable source of both antigen-presenting cells for producing immune cell-based vaccines and tumor organoids for facilitating the exploration and adaptive assessment of tumor vaccines. This review describes the specific contributions of iPSCs to vaccine development, summarizes their diverse developmental trajectories, and discusses the obstacles to their application along with potential solutions.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":" ","pages":"3132-3140"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141896778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cancer researchPub Date : 2024-10-01DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2407
Stephen Connor Purdy, Heide L Ford
{"title":"Remembering Hypoxia: Uncovering the Long-Term Effects of Transient Oxygen Deprivation on IFN Signaling and Progression of Breast Cancer.","authors":"Stephen Connor Purdy, Heide L Ford","doi":"10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-24-2407","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hypoxia occurs in 90% of solid tumors and is strongly associated with an increased propensity for metastasis. Hypoxia induces tumor progression largely through inducing HIF-mediated transcription, resulting in alterations to tumor cell metabolism, as well as increases in migration and invasion. Hypoxia also results in a myriad of changes to the tumor microenvironment (TME). While many studies have examined the immediate effects of hypoxia on tumor cells and the associated TME, far fewer have focused on the long-term consequences of transient reductions in oxygen. In this issue of Cancer Research, Iriondo and colleagues examined whether short-term exposure to hypoxia leads to a \"hypoxic memory\" in the context of breast cancer. The authors used established cell lines and circulating tumor cell lines to demonstrate that these cells harbor a hypoxic memory that sustains downregulation of IFN signaling and antigen presentation (AP) pathways that contribute to tumor progression via alterations to tumor cells and the TME. The authors further showed that cells that have experienced hypoxia maintain the reduction in IFN signaling in vivo and are more aggressive. They determined that the hypoxic memory and reduction of IFN signaling can be reversed with a histone deacetylase inhibitor, entinostat, providing a potential means to reverse hypoxia-induced suppression of IFN signaling. As suppression of IFN signaling has the potential to influence both tumor cells and the TME, the identification of a strategy to inhibit long-term suppression of IFN signaling downstream of hypoxia could prove to be an effective means to target tumor progression. See related article by Iriondo et al., p. 3141.</p>","PeriodicalId":9441,"journal":{"name":"Cancer research","volume":"84 19","pages":"3125-3127"},"PeriodicalIF":12.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}