Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.

Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) play a key role in cancer progression and metastasis. Diminished TGFβ response on CAF correlates with poor outcome and recurrence in cancer patients. Mechanisms behind lost TGFβ signaling on CAF are poorly understood, but, utilizing MMTV-PyMT mouse model, we have...

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Autores principales: Georgii Vasiukov, Anna Menshikh, Philip Owens, Tatiana Novitskaya, Paula Hurley, Timothy Blackwell, Igor Feoktistov, Sergey V Novitskiy
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0288b858ed28440ca1eea1f6336daf902021-12-02T20:10:59ZAdenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252424https://doaj.org/article/0288b858ed28440ca1eea1f6336daf902021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252424https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) play a key role in cancer progression and metastasis. Diminished TGFβ response on CAF correlates with poor outcome and recurrence in cancer patients. Mechanisms behind lost TGFβ signaling on CAF are poorly understood, but, utilizing MMTV-PyMT mouse model, we have previously demonstrated that in tumor microenvironment myeloid cells, producing adenosine, contribute to downregulated TGFβ signaling on CAFs. In the current work, we performed serial in vitro studies to investigate the role of adenosine/TGFβ axis in mouse mammary fibroblast functions, i.e., proliferation, protein expression, migration, and contractility. We found that adenosine analog NECA diminished TGFβ-induced CCL5 and MMP9 expression. Additionally, we discovered that NECA completely inhibited effect of TGFβ to upregulate αSMA, key protein of cytoskeletal rearrangements, necessary for migration and contractility of fibroblasts. Our results show that TGFβ increases contractility of mouse mammary fibroblasts and human fibroblast cell lines, and NECA attenuates theses effects. Using pharmacological approach and genetically modified animals, we determined that NECA effects on TGFβ pathway occur via A2A/A2B adenosine receptor-AC-PKA dependent manner. Using isolated CD11b+ cells from tumor tissue of CD73-KO and CD39-KO animals in co-culture experiments with ATP and AMP, we confirmed that myeloid cells can affect functions of mammary fibroblasts through adenosine signaling. Our data suggest a novel mechanism of interaction between adenosine and TGFβ signaling pathways that can impact phenotype of fibroblasts in a tumor microenvironment.Georgii VasiukovAnna MenshikhPhilip OwensTatiana NovitskayaPaula HurleyTimothy BlackwellIgor FeoktistovSergey V NovitskiyPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 6, p e0252424 (2021)
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Georgii Vasiukov
Anna Menshikh
Philip Owens
Tatiana Novitskaya
Paula Hurley
Timothy Blackwell
Igor Feoktistov
Sergey V Novitskiy
Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
description Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAF) play a key role in cancer progression and metastasis. Diminished TGFβ response on CAF correlates with poor outcome and recurrence in cancer patients. Mechanisms behind lost TGFβ signaling on CAF are poorly understood, but, utilizing MMTV-PyMT mouse model, we have previously demonstrated that in tumor microenvironment myeloid cells, producing adenosine, contribute to downregulated TGFβ signaling on CAFs. In the current work, we performed serial in vitro studies to investigate the role of adenosine/TGFβ axis in mouse mammary fibroblast functions, i.e., proliferation, protein expression, migration, and contractility. We found that adenosine analog NECA diminished TGFβ-induced CCL5 and MMP9 expression. Additionally, we discovered that NECA completely inhibited effect of TGFβ to upregulate αSMA, key protein of cytoskeletal rearrangements, necessary for migration and contractility of fibroblasts. Our results show that TGFβ increases contractility of mouse mammary fibroblasts and human fibroblast cell lines, and NECA attenuates theses effects. Using pharmacological approach and genetically modified animals, we determined that NECA effects on TGFβ pathway occur via A2A/A2B adenosine receptor-AC-PKA dependent manner. Using isolated CD11b+ cells from tumor tissue of CD73-KO and CD39-KO animals in co-culture experiments with ATP and AMP, we confirmed that myeloid cells can affect functions of mammary fibroblasts through adenosine signaling. Our data suggest a novel mechanism of interaction between adenosine and TGFβ signaling pathways that can impact phenotype of fibroblasts in a tumor microenvironment.
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author Georgii Vasiukov
Anna Menshikh
Philip Owens
Tatiana Novitskaya
Paula Hurley
Timothy Blackwell
Igor Feoktistov
Sergey V Novitskiy
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Anna Menshikh
Philip Owens
Tatiana Novitskaya
Paula Hurley
Timothy Blackwell
Igor Feoktistov
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title Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
title_short Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
title_full Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
title_fullStr Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
title_full_unstemmed Adenosine/TGFβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
title_sort adenosine/tgfβ axis in regulation of mammary fibroblast functions.
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