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Int J Nanomedicine ; 19: 3009-3029, 2024.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38562610

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Background: Biodegradable poly(alkyl cyanoacrylate) (PACA) nanoparticles (NPs) are receiving increasing attention in anti-cancer nanomedicine development not only for targeted cancer chemotherapy, but also for modulation of the tumor microenvironment. We previously reported promising results with cabazitaxel (CBZ) loaded poly(2-ethylbutyl cyanoacrylate) NPs (PEBCA-CBZ NPs) in a patient derived xenograft (PDX) model of triple-negative breast cancer, and this was associated with a decrease in M2 macrophages. The present study aims at comparing two endotoxin-free PACA NP variants (PEBCA and poly(2-ethylhexyl cyanoacrylate); PEHCA), loaded with CBZ and test whether conjugation with folate would improve their effect. Methods: Cytotoxicity assays and cellular uptake of NPs by flow cytometry were performed in different breast cancer cells. Biodistribution and efficacy studies were performed in PDX models of breast cancer. Tumor associated immune cells were analyzed by multiparametric flow cytometry. Results: In vitro studies showed similar NP-induced cytotoxicity patterns despite difference in early NP internalization. On intravenous injection, the liver cleared the majority of NPs. Efficacy studies in the HBCx39 PDX model demonstrated an enhanced effect of drug-loaded PEBCA variants compared with free drug and PEHCA NPs. Furthermore, the folate conjugated PEBCA variant did not show any enhanced effects compared with the unconjugated counterpart which might be due to unfavorable orientation of folate on the NPs. Finally, analyses of the immune cell populations in tumors revealed that treatment with drug loaded PEBCA variants affected the myeloid cells, especially macrophages, contributing to an inflammatory, immune activated tumor microenvironment. Conclusion: We report for the first time, comparative efficacy of PEBCA and PEHCA NP variants in triple negative breast cancer models and show that CBZ-loaded PEBCA NPs exhibit a combined effect on tumor cells and on the tumor associated myeloid compartment, which may boost the anti-tumor response.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Nanopartículas , Taxoides , Humanos , Femenino , Portadores de Fármacos , Distribución Tisular , Cianoacrilatos , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Ácido Fólico , Línea Celular Tumoral , Microambiente Tumoral
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Mol Oncol ; 17(10): 2041-2055, 2023 10.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37341140

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Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear transcription factors important in the regulation of cholesterol transport, and glucose and fatty acid metabolism. The antiproliferative role of LXRs has been studied in a variety of malignancies and may represent a therapeutic opportunity in cancers lacking targeted therapies, such as triple-negative breast cancer. In this study, we investigated the impact of LXR agonists alone and in combination with carboplatin in preclinical models of breast cancer. In vitro experiments revealed a dose-dependent decrease in tumor cell proliferation in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cells, whereas LXR activation in vivo resulted in an increased growth inhibitory effect in a basal-like breast cancer model (in combination with carboplatin). Functional proteomic analysis identified differences in protein expression between responding and nonresponding models related to Akt activity, cell-cycle progression, and DNA repair. Furthermore, pathway analysis suggested that the LXR agonist in combination with carboplatin inhibits the activity of targets of E2F transcription factors and affects cholesterol homeostasis in basal-like breast cancer.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Receptores Nucleares Huérfanos , Humanos , Femenino , Receptores X del Hígado/metabolismo , Receptores Nucleares Huérfanos/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Carboplatino/metabolismo , Proteómica , Colesterol/metabolismo , Hígado/patología
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PLoS Comput Biol ; 19(4): e1010995, 2023 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37068117

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Our understanding of how speed and persistence of cell migration affects the growth rate and size of tumors remains incomplete. To address this, we developed a mathematical model wherein cells migrate in two-dimensional space, divide, die or intravasate into the vasculature. Exploring a wide range of speed and persistence combinations, we find that tumor growth positively correlates with increasing speed and higher persistence. As a biologically relevant example, we focused on Golgi fragmentation, a phenomenon often linked to alterations of cell migration. Golgi fragmentation was induced by depletion of Giantin, a Golgi matrix protein, the downregulation of which correlates with poor patient survival. Applying the experimentally obtained migration and invasion traits of Giantin depleted breast cancer cells to our mathematical model, we predict that loss of Giantin increases the number of intravasating cells. This prediction was validated, by showing that circulating tumor cells express significantly less Giantin than primary tumor cells. Altogether, our computational model identifies cell migration traits that regulate tumor progression and uncovers a role of Giantin in breast cancer progression.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Proteínas de la Membrana , Humanos , Femenino , Proteínas de la Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Matriz de Golgi/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Aparato de Golgi/metabolismo , Aparato de Golgi/patología
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Front Oncol ; 13: 1040665, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36910663

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Assessment of drug sensitivity in tumor tissue ex vivo may significantly contribute to functional diagnostics to guide personalized treatment of cancer. Tumor organoid- and explant-cultures have become attractive tools towards this goal, although culturing conditions for breast cancer (BC) tissue have been among the most challenging to develop. Validation of possibilities to detect concordant responses in individual tumors and their respective cultures ex vivo is still needed. Here we employed BC patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) with distinct drug sensitivity, to evaluate different conditions for tissue dissociation, culturing and monitoring of treatment efficacy ex vivo, aiming to recapitulate the in vivo drug responses. The common challenge of discriminating between tumor and normal cells in the cultured tissue was also addressed. Following conventional enzymatic dissociation of BC tissue, the tumor cells stayed within the non-disrupted tissue fragments, while the single cells represented mostly normal host cells. By culturing such fragments as explants, viable tumor tissue could be maintained and treated ex vivo, providing representative indications on efficacy of the tested treatment. Thus, drug sensitivity profiles, including acquired chemoresistance seen in the PDXs, were recapitulated in the respective explants. To detect the concordant responses, however, the effect monitoring had to be harmonized with the characteristics of the cultured tissue. In conclusion, we present the feasibility of BC explants ex vivo to capture differences in drug sensitivity of individual tumors. The established protocols will aid in setting up an analogous platform for BC patient biopsies with the aim to facilitate functional precision medicine.

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PLoS One ; 18(1): e0280507, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36706086

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Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer is an aggressive subtype of this disease. Targeted treatment has improved outcome, but there is still a need for new therapeutic strategies as some patients respond poorly to treatment. Our aim was to identify compounds that substantially affect viability in HER2+ breast cancer cells in response to combinatorial treatment. We performed a high-throughput drug screen of 278 compounds in combination with trastuzumab and lapatinib using two HER2+ breast cancer cell lines (KPL4 and SUM190PT). The most promising drugs were validated in vitro and in vivo, and downstream molecular changes of the treatments were analyzed. The screen revealed multiple drugs that could be used in combination with lapatinib and/or trastuzumab. The Src-inhibitor dasatinib showed the largest combinatorial effect together with lapatinib in the KPL4 cell line compared to treatment with dasatinib alone (p < 0.01). In vivo, only lapatinib significantly reduced tumor growth (p < 0.05), whereas dasatinib alone, or in combination with lapatinib, did not show significant effects. Protein analyses of the treated xenografts showed significant alterations in protein levels compared to untreated controls, suggesting that all drugs reached the tumor and exerted a measurable effect. In silico analyses suggested activation of apoptosis and reduced activity of survival pathways by all treatments, but the opposite pattern was observed for the combinatorial treatment compared to lapatinib alone.


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Antineoplásicos , Neoplasias de la Mama , Humanos , Femenino , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Lapatinib/farmacología , Lapatinib/uso terapéutico , Dasatinib/farmacología , Dasatinib/uso terapéutico , Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Antineoplásicos/uso terapéutico , Quinazolinas/farmacología , Quinazolinas/uso terapéutico , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Anticuerpos Monoclonales Humanizados/uso terapéutico , Línea Celular Tumoral , Trastuzumab/uso terapéutico
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JCO Precis Oncol ; 6: e2200015, 2022 04.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35476549

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PURPOSE: In GI cancers, anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangements are extremely less frequent than in non-small-cell lung cancer but may be important to offer personalized strategies of treatment in selected patients. Data about the activity and efficacy of ALK inhibitors (ALKi) in GI cancers are scarce. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We assembled a clinical and molecular international data set of pretreated patients with metastatic or nonresectable cancers of GI primary tumor origin with documented ALK rearrangement treated with at least one line of ALKi. Measurable disease as per RECIST 1.1 was required for response analysis. RESULTS: Primary tumor sites were distributed as follows: 5 (38%) pancreas, 3 (23%) right colon, and 1 (8%) for each one of gastric, duodenal, rectal, left colon, and biliary tract sites. Seven patients (54%) were treated with alectinib, 5 (38%) with crizotinib, and 1 (8%) with entrectinib. After disease progression, five patients (38%) received a subsequent ALKi treatment line, and at the time of data cutoff date, treatment was still ongoing in two patients. Five of 12 evaluable patients (41%) achieved a partial response to first-line ALKi, five patients (41%) had stable disease, and 2 (17%) had progressive disease. No complete responses were registered. At a median follow-up of 39.6 months (interquartile range: 19.8-59.5), the median progression-free survival was 5.0 months (95% CI, 3.68 to no response) and the median overall survival was 9.3 months (95% CI, 5.46 to no response). CONCLUSION: Treatment with ALKi provides remarkable responses and clinical benefit in pretreated patients with ALK fusion-positive GI malignancies. Despite the rarity, ALK rearrangements represent an important therapeutic target in individual pretreated patients with GI solid tumors. Further work providing prospective clinical validation of this target is needed.


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Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas , Neoplasias Gastrointestinales , Neoplasias Pulmonares , Carcinoma de Pulmón de Células no Pequeñas/tratamiento farmacológico , Crizotinib/uso terapéutico , Neoplasias Gastrointestinales/tratamiento farmacológico , Humanos , Neoplasias Pulmonares/tratamiento farmacológico , Estudios Prospectivos , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/uso terapéutico
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Sci Rep ; 12(1): 5076, 2022 03 24.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35332208

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More than half of metastatic melanoma patients receiving standard therapy fail to achieve a long-term survival due to primary and/or acquired resistance. Tumor cell ability to switch from epithelial to a more aggressive mesenchymal phenotype, attributed with AXLhigh molecular profile in melanoma, has been recently linked to such event, limiting treatment efficacy. In the current study, we investigated the therapeutic potential of the AXL inhibitor (AXLi) BGB324 alone or in combination with the clinically relevant BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) vemurafenib. Firstly, AXL was shown to be expressed in majority of melanoma lymph node metastases. When treated ex vivo, the largest reduction in cell viability was observed when the two drugs were combined. In addition, a therapeutic benefit of adding AXLi to the BRAF-targeted therapy was observed in pre-clinical AXLhigh melanoma models in vitro and in vivo. When searching for mechanistic insights, AXLi was found to potentiate BRAFi-induced apoptosis, stimulate ferroptosis and inhibit autophagy. Altogether, our findings propose AXLi as a promising treatment in combination with standard therapy to improve therapeutic outcome in metastatic melanoma.


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Melanoma , Neoplasias Cutáneas , Línea Celular Tumoral , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Humanos , Melanoma/patología , Mutación , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/uso terapéutico , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas B-raf/genética , Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología , Vemurafenib/farmacología
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Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35256859

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Purpose: Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancers responding poorly to targeted therapy need improved treatment options. miR-101-5p has shown tumor-suppressive properties in multiple cancer forms, and we assessed the effect and mechanism of action of this miRNA in HER2+ breast cancer. Methods: Expression levels of miR-101-5p in two clinical datasets, TCGA and METABRIC, were compared between tumor and normal adjacent samples, and across molecular subtypes and HER2 status. The ability of miR-101-5p to sensitize for treatment with lapatinib, tucatinib and trastuzumab was explored in HER2+ breast cancer cells responding poorly to such targeted drugs. Proliferation and apoptosis assays and downstream protein analysis were performed. Results: Expression levels of miR-101-5p were significantly lower in tumor compared to normal adjacent tissue (p < 0.001), and particularly low in HER2+ tumors, both the HER2-enriched subtype (p ≤ 0.037) and clinical HER2-status (p < 0.001). In a HER2+ cell line (KPL4) responding poorly to targeted drugs, miR-101-5p overexpression inhibited proliferation (p < 0.001), and combinatorial treatment with lapatinib and trastuzumab significantly further decreased this inhibition (p = 0.004). Proteomic data and in silico analyses revealed PI3K/Akt- and HER2-pathways among the predicted regulated pathways. miR-101-5p alone (p = 0.018) and in combination with lapatinib and trastuzumab (p < 0.001) induced apoptosis, while the targeted drugs alone did not exert any significant effect neither on proliferation nor apoptosis. Conclusion: miR-101-5p acts as a tumor suppressor by inducing apoptosis in HER2+ breast cancer and sensitizes cells with initially poor response to lapatinib and trastuzumab.

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NPJ Syst Biol Appl ; 7(1): 36, 2021 09 17.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34535676

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is fundamental to both normal tissue development and cancer progression. We hypothesized that EMT plasticity defines a range of metabolic phenotypes and that individual breast epithelial metabolic phenotypes are likely to fall within this phenotypic landscape. To determine EMT metabolic phenotypes, the metabolism of EMT was described within genome-scale metabolic models (GSMMs) using either transcriptomic or proteomic data from the breast epithelial EMT cell culture model D492. The ability of the different data types to describe breast epithelial metabolism was assessed using constraint-based modeling which was subsequently verified using 13C isotope tracer analysis. The application of proteomic data to GSMMs provided relatively higher accuracy in flux predictions compared to the transcriptomic data. Furthermore, the proteomic GSMMs predicted altered cholesterol metabolism and increased dependency on argininosuccinate lyase (ASL) following EMT which were confirmed in vitro using drug assays and siRNA knockdown experiments. The successful verification of the proteomic GSMMs afforded iBreast2886, a breast GSMM that encompasses the metabolic plasticity of EMT as defined by the D492 EMT cell culture model. Analysis of breast tumor proteomic data using iBreast2886 identified vulnerabilities within arginine metabolism that allowed prognostic discrimination of breast cancer patients on a subtype-specific level. Taken together, we demonstrate that the metabolic reconstruction iBreast2886 formalizes the metabolism of breast epithelial cell development and can be utilized as a tool for the functional interpretation of high throughput clinical data.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Proteómica , Argininosuccinatoliasa/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal/genética , Femenino , Genoma , Humanos
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Mol Cancer Res ; 19(9): 1546-1558, 2021 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34088869

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Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a fundamental developmental process with strong implications in cancer progression. Understanding the metabolic alterations associated with EMT may open new avenues of treatment and prevention. Here we used 13C carbon analogs of glucose and glutamine to examine differences in their utilization within central carbon and lipid metabolism following EMT in breast epithelial cell lines. We found that there are inherent differences in metabolic profiles before and after EMT. We observed EMT-dependent re-routing of the TCA-cycle, characterized by increased mitochondrial IDH2-mediated reductive carboxylation of glutamine to lipid biosynthesis with a concomitant lowering of glycolytic rates and glutamine-dependent glutathione (GSH) generation. Using weighted correlation network analysis, we identified cancer drugs whose efficacy against the NCI-60 Human Tumor Cell Line panel is significantly associated with GSH abundance and confirmed these in vitro. We report that EMT-linked alterations in GSH synthesis modulate the sensitivity of breast epithelial cells to mTOR inhibitors. IMPLICATIONS: EMT in breast cells causes an increased demand for glutamine for fatty acid biosynthesis, altering its contribution to glutathione biosynthesis, which sensitizes the cells to mTOR inhibitors.


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Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Transición Epitelial-Mesenquimal , Glutamina/metabolismo , Inhibidores mTOR/farmacología , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/efectos de los fármacos , Metaboloma , Apoptosis , Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Ciclo Celular , Proliferación Celular , Femenino , Glucólisis , Humanos , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/metabolismo , Células Madre Mesenquimatosas/patología , Vía de Pentosa Fosfato , Células Tumorales Cultivadas
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Front Oncol ; 11: 671629, 2021.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34178659

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BACKGROUND: The subtype, density and location of tumor infiltrating T-cells are being explored as prognostic and predictive biomarkers in primary colorectal cancer (pCRC) and colorectal liver metastases (CLM). Very limited data exist comparing findings in pCRC and matched CLM. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Fifty-eight patients with available pCRC and matched CLM (57/58 microsatellite stable) were included in this OSLO-COMET substudy. In immunohistochemically stained sections, total (Ttot), helper (TH), cytotoxic (CTL), and regulatory (Treg) T-cells were manually counted in hotspots from the invasive margin (IM), intratumor (IT), and tumor adjacent regions to determine T-cell densities. RESULTS: A striking accumulation of T-cells was found in IM of both pCRC and CLM with much lower densities in the IT region, exemplified by Ttot of 2838 versus 340 cells/mm2, respectively, in CLM. The correlation at the individual level between T-cell densities in pCRC and corresponding CLM was poor for all regions and T-cell subtypes; for instance, the correlation coefficient (R2) for IM Ttot was 0.07. The IT TH : CTL and Treg : TH ratios were 2.94 and 0.44, respectively, in pCRC, and 1.84 and 0.24, respectively, in CLM. CONCLUSION: The observed accumulation of T-cells in the IM regions of pCRC and CLM with low penetration to the IT regions, combined with high TH : CTL and Treg : TH ratios, point to the presence of an immune suppressive microenvironment. T-cell densities of CLM differed markedly from the matched pCRC, indicating that to evaluate T-cell biomarkers in metastasis, the commonly available pCRC cannot serve as a surrogate for the metastatic tumor.

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Sci Rep ; 11(1): 10893, 2021 05 25.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34035375

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HER2-positive (HER2 +) breast cancer patients that do not respond to targeted treatment have a poor prognosis. The effects of targeted treatment on endogenous microRNA (miRNA) expression levels are unclear. We report that responsive HER2 + breast cancer cell lines had a higher number of miRNAs with altered expression after treatment with trastuzumab and lapatinib compared to poorly responsive cell lines. To evaluate whether miRNAs can sensitize HER2 + cells to treatment, we performed a high-throughput screen of 1626 miRNA mimics and inhibitors in combination with trastuzumab and lapatinib in HER2 + breast cancer cells. We identified eight miRNA mimics sensitizing cells to targeted treatment, miR-101-5p, mir-518a-5p, miR-19b-2-5p, miR-1237-3p, miR-29a-3p, miR-29c-3p, miR-106a-5p, and miR-744-3p. A higher expression of miR-101-5p predicted better prognosis in patients with HER2 + breast cancer (OS: p = 0.039; BCSS: p = 0.012), supporting the tumor-suppressing role of this miRNA. In conclusion, we have identified miRNAs that sensitize HER2 + breast cancer cells to targeted therapy. This indicates the potential of combining targeted drugs with miRNAs to improve current treatments for HER2 + breast cancers.


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Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica/métodos , Lapatinib/farmacología , MicroARNs/genética , Trastuzumab/farmacología , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Supervivencia Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Femenino , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica/efectos de los fármacos , Humanos , Pronóstico , Análisis de Supervivencia , Regulación hacia Arriba
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Int J Pharm ; 597: 120217, 2021 Mar 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33486035

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Lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) have proven their efficacy in delivering different drugs to various cancers, but no studies have yet described their uptake mechanisms, paclitaxel (PTX) delivery or resulting cytotoxicity towards breast cancer cells. Herein, we report results concerning cellular uptake of LNCs and cytotoxicity studies of PTX-loaded LNCs (LNCs-PTX) on the three breast cancer cell lines MCF-7, MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-468. LNCs-PTX of sizes 50 ± 2 nm, 90 ± 3 nm and 120 ± 4 nm were developed by the phase inversion method. Fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry were used to observe the uptake of fluorescently labeled LNCs and cellular uptake of LNCs-PTX was measured using HPLC analyses of cell samples. These studies revealed a higher uptake of LNCs-PTX in MDA-MB-468 cells than in the other two cell lines. Moreover, free PTX and LNCs-PTX exhibited a similar pattern of toxicity towards each cell line, but MDA-MB-468 cells appeared to be more sensitive than the other two cell lines, as evaluated by the MTT cytotoxicity assay and a cell proliferation assay based upon [3H]thymidine incorporation. Studies with inhibitors of endocytosis indicate that the cellular uptake is mainly via the Cdc42/GRAF-dependent endocytosis as well as by macropinocytosis, whereas dynamin-dependent processes are not required. Furthermore, our results indicate that endocytosis of LNCs-PTX is important for the toxic effect on cells. Western blot analysis revealed that LNCs-PTX induce cytotoxicity by means of apoptosis in all the three cell lines. Altogether, the results demonstrate that LNCs-PTX exploit different mechanisms of endocytosis in a cell-type dependent manner, and subsequently induce apoptotic cell death in the breast cancer cells here studied. The article also describes biodistribution studies following intravenous injection of fluorescently labeled LNCs in mice.


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Neoplasias de la Mama , Nanocápsulas , Animales , Neoplasias de la Mama/tratamiento farmacológico , Línea Celular Tumoral , Femenino , Humanos , Lípidos , Ratones , Paclitaxel , Distribución Tisular
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Lab Invest ; 100(7): 928-944, 2020 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32203150

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The tumor microenvironment is increasingly recognized as key player in cancer progression. Investigating heterotypic interactions between cancer cells and their microenvironment is important for understanding how specific cell types support cancer. Forming the vasculature, endothelial cells (ECs) are a prominent cell type in the microenvironment of both normal and neoplastic breast gland. Here, we sought out to analyze epithelial-endothelial cross talk in the breast using isogenic non-tumorigenic vs. tumorigenic breast epithelial cell lines and primary ECs. The cellular model used here consists of D492, a breast epithelial cell line with stem cell properties, and two isogenic D492-derived EMT cell lines, D492M and D492HER2. D492M was generated by endothelial-induced EMT and is non-tumorigenic while D492HER2 is tumorigenic, expressing the ErbB2/HER2 oncogene. To investigate cellular cross talk, we used both conditioned medium (CM) and 2D/3D co-culture systems. Secretome analysis of D492 cell lines was performed using mass spectrometry and candidate knockdown (KD), and overexpression (OE) was done using siRNA and CRISPRi/CRISPRa technology. D492HER2 directly enhances endothelial network formation and activates a molecular axis in ECs promoting D492HER2 migration and invasion, suggesting an endothelial feedback response. Secretome analysis identified extracellular matrix protein 1 (ECM1) as potential angiogenic inducer in D492HER2. Confirming its involvement, KD of ECM1 reduced the ability of D492HER2-CM to increase endothelial network formation and induce the endothelial feedback, while recombinant ECM1 (rECM1) increased both. Interestingly, NOTCH1 and NOTCH3 expression was upregulated in ECs upon treatment with D492HER2-CM or rECM1 but not by CM from D492HER2 with ECM1 KD. Blocking endothelial NOTCH signaling inhibited the increase in network formation and the ability of ECs to promote D492HER2 migration and invasion. In summary, our data demonstrate that cancer-secreted ECM1 induces a NOTCH-mediated endothelial feedback promoting cancer progression by enhancing migration and invasion. Targeting this interaction may provide a novel possibility to improve cancer treatment.


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Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Invasividad Neoplásica/genética , Receptor ErbB-2/metabolismo , Microambiente Tumoral/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/genética , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Línea Celular Tumoral , Movimiento Celular/genética , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular/genética , Femenino , Humanos , Receptor ErbB-2/genética
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Sci Rep ; 10(1): 1277, 2020 Jan 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31992741

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The long non-coding RNA NEAT1 locus is transcribed into two overlapping isoforms, NEAT1_1 and NEAT1_2, of which the latter is essential for the assembly of nuclear paraspeckles. NEAT1 is abnormally expressed in a wide variety of human cancers. Emerging evidence suggests that the two isoforms have distinct functions in gene expression regulation, and recently it was shown that NEAT1_2, but not NEAT1_1, expression predicts poor clinical outcome in cancer. Here, we report that NEAT1_2 expression correlates with HER2-positive breast cancers and high-grade disease. We provide evidence that NEAT1_1 and NEAT1_2 have distinct expression pattern among different intrinsic breast cancer subtypes. Finally, we show that NEAT1_2 expression and paraspeckle formation increase upon lactation in humans, confirming what has previously been demonstrated in mice.


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Neoplasias de la Mama/metabolismo , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , ARN Largo no Codificante/biosíntesis , ARN Neoplásico/biosíntesis , Neoplasias de la Mama/patología , Femenino , Humanos , Células MCF-7
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PLoS One ; 15(1): e0227187, 2020.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31917795

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Receptor tyrosine kinase AXL is a one-pass transmembrane protein upregulated in cancers and associated with lower survival and therapy resistance. AXL can be cleaved by the A Disintegrin and Metalloproteinases (ADAM)10 and ADAM17, yielding a soluble version of the protein. Elevated soluble AXL (sAXL) has been reported to be associated with disease progression in hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cancer, neurofibromatosis type 1 and inflammatory diseases. In the present work, we analyzed sAXL levels in blood from melanoma patients and showed that sAXL increases with disease progression. Additionally, increased sAXL levels were found correlated with shorter two-year survival in stage IV patients treated with ipilimumab. Furthermore, we showed that sAXL levels were related to the percentage of cells expressing AXL in resected melanoma lymph node metastases. This finding was verified in vitro, where sAXL levels in the cell media corresponded to AXL expression in the cells. AXL inhibition using the small-molecular inhibitor BGB324 reduced sAXL levels, while the cellular expression was elevated through increased protein stability. Our findings signify that quantification of sAXL blood levels is a simple and easily assessable method to determine cellular AXL levels and should be further evaluated for its use as a biomarker of disease progression and treatment response.


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Progresión de la Enfermedad , Melanoma/sangre , Melanoma/mortalidad , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/sangre , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/sangre , Neoplasias Cutáneas/sangre , Neoplasias Cutáneas/mortalidad , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Antineoplásicos Inmunológicos/efectos adversos , Antineoplásicos Inmunológicos/uso terapéutico , Benzocicloheptenos/farmacología , Biomarcadores de Tumor/sangre , Línea Celular Tumoral , Femenino , Humanos , Ipilimumab/efectos adversos , Ipilimumab/uso terapéutico , Masculino , Melanoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Melanoma/patología , Persona de Mediana Edad , Estadificación de Neoplasias , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/química , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/química , Neoplasias Cutáneas/tratamiento farmacológico , Neoplasias Cutáneas/patología , Solubilidad , Tasa de Supervivencia , Triazoles/farmacología , Tirosina Quinasa del Receptor Axl
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Mol Cancer Ther ; 19(3): 895-905, 2020 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31871265

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Receptor tyrosine kinase AXL is found upregulated in various types of cancer, including melanoma, and correlates with an aggressive cancer phenotype, inducing cell proliferation and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. In addition, AXL has recently been linked to chemotherapy resistance, and inhibition of AXL is found to increase DNA damage and reduce expression of DNA repair proteins. In light of this, we aimed to investigate whether targeting AXL together with DNA damage response proteins would be therapeutically beneficial. Using melanoma cell lines, we observed that combined reduction of AXL and CHK1/CHK2 signaling decreased proliferation, deregulated cell-cycle progression, increased apoptosis, and reduced expression of DNA damage response proteins. Enhanced therapeutic effect of combined treatment, as compared with mono-treatment, was further observed in a patient-derived xenograft model and, of particular interest, when applying a three-dimensional ex vivo spheroid drug sensitivity assay on tumor cells harvested directly from 27 patients with melanoma lymph node metastases. Together, these results indicate that targeting AXL together with the DNA damage response pathway could be a promising treatment strategy in melanoma, and that further investigations in patient groups lacking treatment alternatives should be pursued.


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Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos , Melanoma/patología , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/antagonistas & inhibidores , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/antagonistas & inhibidores , Tiofenos/farmacología , Urea/análogos & derivados , Animales , Apoptosis , Biomarcadores de Tumor/genética , Biomarcadores de Tumor/metabolismo , Puntos de Control del Ciclo Celular , Proliferación Celular , Quinasa 1 Reguladora del Ciclo Celular (Checkpoint 1)/antagonistas & inhibidores , Quinasa de Punto de Control 2/antagonistas & inhibidores , Quimioterapia Combinada , Femenino , Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica , Humanos , Metástasis Linfática , Melanoma/tratamiento farmacológico , Melanoma/genética , Ratones , Ratones Desnudos , Invasividad Neoplásica , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/genética , ARN Interferente Pequeño/genética , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas Receptoras/genética , Células Tumorales Cultivadas , Urea/farmacología , Ensayos Antitumor por Modelo de Xenoinjerto , Tirosina Quinasa del Receptor Axl
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Transl Oncol ; 12(7): 951-958, 2019 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31096111

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Although clinical management of melanoma has changed considerably in recent years, intrinsic treatment resistance remains a severe problem and strategies to design personal treatment regimens are highly warranted. We have applied a three-dimensional (3D) ex vivo drug efficacy assay, exposing disaggregated cells from 38 freshly harvested melanoma lymph node metastases and 21 patient derived xenografts (PDXs) to clinical relevant drugs for 7 days, and examined its potential to evaluate therapy response. A strong association between Vemurafenib response and BRAF mutation status was achieved (P < .0001), while enhanced viability was seen in some NRAS mutated tumors. BRAF and NRAS mutated tumors responded comparably to the MEK inhibitor Cobimetinib. Based on the ex vivo results, two tumors diagnosed as BRAF wild-type by routine pathology examinations had to be re-evaluated; one was subsequently found to have a complex V600E mutation, the other a double BRAF mutation (V600E/K601 N). No BRAF inhibitor resistance mechanisms were identified, but PIK3CA and NF1 mutations were identified in two highly responsive tumors. Concordance between ex vivo drug responses using tissue from PDXs and corresponding patient tumors demonstrate that PDX models represent an indefinite source of tumor material that may allow ex vivo evaluation of numerous drugs and combinations, as well as studies of underlying molecular mechanisms. In conclusion, we have established a rapid and low cost ex vivo drug efficacy assay applicable on tumor tissue from patient biopsies. The 3D/spheroid format, limiting the influence from normal adjacent cells and allowing assessment of drug sensitivity to numerous drugs in one week, confirms its potential as a supplement to guide clinical decision, in particular in identifying non-responding patients.

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Front Oncol ; 9: 1302, 2019.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31921617

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Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a theorized small subpopulation of cells within tumors thought to be responsible for metastasis, tumor development, disease progression, treatment-resistance, and recurrence. The identification, isolation, and biological characterization of CSCs may therefore facilitate the development of efficient therapeutic strategies targeting CSCs. This study aims to compare the biology and telomerase activity of CSCs to parental cells (PCs) in renal cancer. Renal CSCs were enriched from the ACHN cell line using a sphere culture system. Spheroid-derived cells (SDCs) and their adherent counterparts were compared with respect to their colony and sphere formation, expression of putative CSC markers, tumorigenicity in non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice, and invasiveness. The expression of genes associated with CSCs, stemness, EMT, apoptosis, and ABC transporters was also compared between the two populations using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). Finally, telomerase activity, hTERT expression, and sensitivity to MST-312, a telomerase inhibitor, was investigated between the two populations. We demonstrated that a subpopulation of ACHN cells was capable of growing as spheroids with many properties similar to CSCs, including higher clonogenicity, superior colony- and sphere-forming ability, and stronger tumorigenicity and invasiveness. In addition, SDCs demonstrated a higher expression of markers for CSCs, stemness, EMT, apoptosis, and ABC transporter genes compared to PCs. The expression of hTERT and telomerase activity in SDCs was significantly lower than PCs; however, the SDC population was more sensitive to MST-312 compared to PCs. These findings indicate that the SDC population exhibits stem-like potential and invasive characteristics. Moreover, the reduced expression of hTERT and telomerase activity in SDCs demonstrated that the expressions of hTERT and telomerase activity are not always higher in CSCs. Our results also showed that MST-312 treatment inhibited SDCs more strongly than PCs and may therefore be useful as a complementary targeted therapy against renal CSCs in the future.

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Cancer Lett ; 439: 1-13, 2018 12 28.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30240588

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Cancer cells' phenotypic plasticity, promoted by stromal cells, contributes to intra-tumoral heterogeneity and affects response to therapy. We have disclosed an association between fibroblast-stimulated phenotype switching and resistance to the clinically used BRAF inhibitor (BRAFi) vemurafenib in malignant melanoma, revealing a challenge in targeting the fibroblast-induced phenotype. Here we compared molecular features and drug sensitivity in melanoma cells grown as co-cultures with fibroblasts versus mono-cultures. In the presence of fibroblasts, melanoma cells switched to the dedifferentiated, mesenchymal-like, inflammatory phenotype that showed reduced sensitivity to the most of 275 tested cancer drugs. Fibroblasts, however, sensitized melanoma cells to PI3K inhibitors (PI3Ki) and particularly the inhibitor of GSK3, AR-A014418 (GSK3i), that showed superior efficacy in co-cultures. The proteome changes induced by the BRAFi + GSK3i combination mimicked changes induced by BRAFi in mono-cultures, and GSK3i in co-cultures. This suggests that the single drug drives the response to the combination treatment, depending on fibroblast presence or absence, consequently, phenotype. We propose that the BRAFi and GSK3i (or PI3Ki) combination exemplifies phenotype-specific combinatorial treatment that should be beneficial in phenotypically heterogeneous tumors rich in stromal interactions.


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Adaptación Fisiológica/efectos de los fármacos , Antineoplásicos/farmacología , Resistencia a Antineoplásicos/efectos de los fármacos , Fibroblastos/efectos de los fármacos , Melanoma/metabolismo , Apoptosis/efectos de los fármacos , Fibroblastos Asociados al Cáncer/efectos de los fármacos , Fibroblastos Asociados al Cáncer/metabolismo , Fibroblastos Asociados al Cáncer/patología , Línea Celular , Línea Celular Tumoral , Proliferación Celular/efectos de los fármacos , Técnicas de Cocultivo , Ensayos de Selección de Medicamentos Antitumorales/métodos , Fibroblastos/citología , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Humanos , Melanoma/genética , Melanoma/patología , Fenotipo , Inhibidores de Proteínas Quinasas/farmacología
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