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Human-specific RNA analysis shows uncoupled epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in circulating and disseminated tumour cells from human breast cancer xenografts.

Abstract：

:Blood samples, bone marrow, tumours and metastases where possible were collected from SCID mice bearing orthotopic xenografts of the triple-negative MDA-MB-468 cell line or a transplantable ER-positive patient derived xenograft (ED-03), and assessed using human-specific, tandem-nested RT-qPCR for markers relating to detection of circulating (CTCs) and disseminated tumour cells (DTCs), breast cancer clinicopathology, the 'cancer stem cell' phenotype, metabolism, hypoxia and epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP). Increased levels of SNAI1, ILK, NOTCH1, CK20, and PGR, and a decrease/loss of EPCAM in CTCs/DTCs were observed relative to the primary xenograft across both models. Decreased CD24 and EGFR was restricted to the MDA-MB-468 model, while increased TFF1 was seen in the ED-03 model. The major metabolic regulator PPARGC1A, and several hypoxia-related markers (HIF1A, APLN and BNIP3) were significantly elevated in both models. Increased expression of mesenchymal markers including SNAI1 was seen across both models, however CDH1 did not decrease concordantly, and several other epithelial markers were increased, suggesting an uncoupling of EMP to produce an EMP hybrid or partial-EMT. Single cell analysis of ED-03 CTCs, although limited, indicated uncoupling of the EMP axis in single hybrid cells, rather than distinct pools of epithelial or mesenchymal-enriched cells, however dynamic heterogeneity between CTCs/DTCs cannot be ruled out. Reduced CD24 expression was observed in the MDA-MB-468 CTCs, consistent with the 'breast cancer stem cell' phenotype, and metastatic deposits in this model mostly resembled the primary xenografts, consistent with the mesenchymal-epithelial transition paradigm.

journal_name

Clin Exp Metastasis

journal_title

Clinical & experimental metastasis

authors

Tachtsidis A,Le AV,Blick T,Gunasinghe D,De Sousa E,Waltham M,Dobrovic A,Thompson EW

doi

10.1007/s10585-019-09977-y

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-08-01 00:00:00

pages

393-409

issue

eissn

0262-0898

issn

1573-7276

pii

10.1007/s10585-019-09977-y

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Human-specific RNA analysis shows uncoupled epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity in circulating and disseminated tumour cells from human breast cancer xenografts.