Interplay between thyroid cancer cells and macrophages: effects on IL-32 mediated cell death and thyroid cancer cell migration.
Cell Oncol (Dordr)
; 42(5): 691-703, 2019 Oct.
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PURPOSE: Interleukin 32 (IL-32) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine of which different isoforms have been identified. Recently, IL-32 has been shown to act as a potent inducer of cell migration in several types of cancer. Although previous research showed that IL-32 is expressed in differentiated thyroid cancer (TC) cells, the role of IL-32 in TC cell migration has not been investigated. Furthermore, tumour-associated macrophages (TAMs) may play a facilitating role in cancer cell migration. The aim of this study was to explore whether the interaction between TC cells and TAMs results in increased expression of IL-32 in TC cells and to investigate whether this affects TC cell migration. METHODS: TPC-1 cells were co-culture with TC-induced or naive macrophages. Next, transcriptome analysis on TPC-1 cells was performed and supernatants were used for stimulation of TPC-1 cells. IL-32ß and IL-32γ were exogenously overexpressed in TPC-1 cells using transient transfection, after which an in vitro gap closure assay was performed to assess cell migration, and the expression of migratory factors was assessed using RT-qPCR. RESULTS: We found that TC-induced macrophages induced IL-32 expression in TC cells and that TAM-derived TNFα was the main inducer of IL-32ß expression in TC cells. Overexpression of IL-32ß and IL-32γ did not affect TC cell migration, but increased cell death. Finally, we found that IL-32ß overexpression led to increased mRNA expression of the pro-survival cytokine IL-8, while the expression of other migratory factors was not affected. CONCLUSIONS: From our data, we conclude that TAM-derived TNFα induces IL-32ß in TC cells. Although IL-32ß does not affect TC cell migration, alternative splicing of IL-32 towards the IL-32ß isoform may be beneficial for TC cell survival through induction of the pro-survival cytokine IL-8.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias da Glândula Tireoide
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Movimento Celular
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Interleucinas
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Fator de Necrose Tumoral alfa
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Macrófagos
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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En
Ano de publicação:
2019
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Article