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Data from Autocrine Induction of Invasive and Metastatic Phenotypes by the MIF-CXCR4 Axis in Drug-Resistant Human Colon Cancer Cells

Posted on 2023-03-30 - 19:51
Abstract

Metastasis and drug resistance are major problems in cancer chemotherapy. The purpose of this work was to analyze the molecular mechanisms underlying the invasive potential of drug-resistant colon carcinoma cells. Cellular models included the parental HT-29 cell line and its drug-resistant derivatives selected after chronic treatment with either 5-fluorouracil, methotrexate, doxorubicin, or oxaliplatin. Drug-resistant invasive cells were compared with noninvasive cells using cDNA microarray, quantitative reverse transcription-PCR, flow cytometry, immunoblots, and ELISA. Functional and cellular signaling analyses were undertaken using pharmacologic inhibitors, function-blocking antibodies, and silencing by retrovirus-mediated RNA interference. 5-Fluorouracil– and methotrexate-resistant HT-29 cells expressing an invasive phenotype in collagen type I and a metastatic behavior in immunodeficient mice exhibited high expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4. Macrophage migration-inhibitory factor (MIF) was identified as the critical autocrine CXCR4 ligand promoting invasion in drug-resistant colon carcinoma HT-29 cells. Silencing of CXCR4 and impairing the MIF-CXCR4 signaling pathways by ISO-1, pAb FL-115, AMD-3100, monoclonal antibody 12G5, and BIM-46187 abolished this aggressive phenotype. Induction of CXCR4 was associated with the upregulation of two genes encoding transcription factors previously shown to control CXCR4 expression (HIF-2α and ASCL2) and maintenance of intestinal stem cells (ASCL2). Enhanced CXCR4 expression was detected in liver metastases resected from patients with colon cancer treated by the standard FOLFOX regimen. Combination therapies targeting the CXCR4-MIF axis could potentially counteract the emergence of the invasive metastatic behavior in clonal derivatives of drug-resistant colon cancer cells. Cancer Res; 70(11); 4644–54. ©2010 AACR.

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AUTHORS (21)

  • Anne-Frédérique Dessein
    Laurence Stechly
    Nicolas Jonckheere
    Patrick Dumont
    Didier Monté
    Emmanuelle Leteurtre
    Stéphanie Truant
    François-René Pruvot
    Martin Figeac
    Mohamed Hebbar
    Charles-Henri Lecellier
    Thécla Lesuffleur
    Rodrigue Dessein
    Georges Grard
    Marie-José Dejonghe
    Yvan de Launoit
    Yasuhiro Furuichi
    Grégoire Prévost
    Nicole Porchet
    Christian Gespach
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