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Significance of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the regulation of gene expression in the leading cells of invasive lung cancer.

Abstract：

PURPOSE:Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) contribute to tumor progression through multiple pathways. However, the effect of CAFs on gene expression in lung cancer has been largely unknown. Here we systematically compared the gene expression changes in lung cancer cells induced by normal fibroblasts and CAFs. METHODS:Wound healing and cell proliferation assays were used to identify the property of CAFs used in this study. We used cDNA microarray analysis to compare gene expression in lung cancer cells cultured with either conditioned medium (CM) from lung CAFs or normal lung fibroblasts, the result of which was confirmed by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. Immunohistochemistry on tissue sections from lung cancers was conducted to further confirm the results of cDNA microarray analysis. RESULTS:The expression of many genes was upregulated in cancer cells by CAF CM, particularly cell adhesion molecules, integrins, and anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2. Expression of integrins appeared to be upstream from Bcl-2. We identified transforming growth factor-β as a candidate factor that induced the expression of those genes in cancer cells. Immunohistochemical studies of clinical lung cancer tissues revealed that integrins and Bcl-2 were more highly expressed in the leading cells (LCs) than in the following cells, at the invasive front of cancer nests, which are adjacent to or in proximity to the stroma. Furthermore, the expression of integrins and Bcl-2 in LCs had a tendency to correlate with the clinical stage of cancer progression, including lymph node metastasis. CONCLUSIONS:Our results suggest that CAFs promote lung cancer progression partly through the direct regulation of gene expression in the LCs of invasive cancer nests.

journal_name

J Cancer Res Clin Oncol

journal_title

Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology

authors

An J,Enomoto A,Weng L,Kato T,Iwakoshi A,Ushida K,Maeda K,Ishida-Takagishi M,Ishii G,Ming S,Sun T,Takahashi M

doi

10.1007/s00432-012-1328-6

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-03-01 00:00:00

pages

379-88

issue

eissn

0171-5216

issn

1432-1335

journal_volume

139

pub_type

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Significance of cancer-associated fibroblasts in the regulation of gene expression in the leading cells of invasive lung cancer.