1. The CXCL5/CXCR2 axis is sufficient to promote breast cancer colonization during bone metastasis.
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Romero-Moreno R, Curtis KJ, Coughlin TR, Miranda-Vergara MC, Dutta S, Natarajan A, Facchine BA, Jackson KM, Nystrom L, Li J, Kaliney W, Niebur GL, and Littlepage LE
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- Animals, Bone Neoplasms genetics, Bone Neoplasms secondary, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Breast Neoplasms pathology, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Movement drug effects, Cell Movement genetics, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Cell Proliferation genetics, Chemokine CXCL5 antagonists & inhibitors, Chemokine CXCL5 genetics, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition drug effects, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition genetics, Female, Humans, Mice, Transgenic, Middle Aged, Phenylurea Compounds pharmacology, Receptors, Interleukin-8B antagonists & inhibitors, Receptors, Interleukin-8B genetics, Signal Transduction drug effects, Signal Transduction genetics, Bone Neoplasms metabolism, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Chemokine CXCL5 metabolism, Receptors, Interleukin-8B metabolism
- Abstract
Bone is one of the most common sites for metastasis across cancers. Cancer cells that travel through the vasculature and invade new tissues can remain in a non-proliferative dormant state for years before colonizing the metastatic site. Switching from dormancy to colonization is the rate-limiting step of bone metastasis. Here we develop an ex vivo co-culture method to grow cancer cells in mouse bones to assess cancer cell proliferation using healthy or cancer-primed bones. Profiling soluble factors from conditioned media identifies the chemokine CXCL5 as a candidate to induce metastatic colonization. Additional studies using CXCL5 recombinant protein suggest that CXCL5 is sufficient to promote breast cancer cell proliferation and colonization in bone, while inhibition of its receptor CXCR2 with an antagonist blocks proliferation of metastatic cancer cells. This study suggests that CXCL5 and CXCR2 inhibitors may have efficacy in treating metastatic bone tumors dependent on the CXCL5/CXCR2 axis.
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- 2019
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