间质细胞
免疫组织化学
纤维化
病理
医学
生物标志物
基因表达
癌症研究
生物
基因
生物化学
作者
Sebastián Graf,Corinna U. Keber,Akira Hattesohl,Julia Teply‐Szymanski,Sophia Hattesohl,Marc Guder,Norman Gercke,Pietro Di Fazio,Emily P. Slater,Moritz Jesinghaus,Carsten Denkert,Detlef K. Bartsch,Bettina Lehman
摘要
Abstract Neuroendocrine tumors of the small intestine (SI‐NETs) often develop lymph node metastasis (LNM)‐induced mesenteric fibrosis (MF). MF can cause intestinal obstruction as well as ischemia and render surgical resection technically challenging. The underlying pathomechanisms of MF are still not well understood. We examined mesenteric LNM and the surrounding stroma compartment from 24 SI‐NET patients, including 11 with in situ presentation of strong MF (MF+) and 13 without MF (MF−). Differential gene expression was assessed with the HTG EdgeSeq Oncology Biomarker Panel comparing MF+ with MF− within LNM and paired stromal samples, respectively. Most interesting differentially expressed genes were validated by reverse transcription‐quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT‐qPCR) in combination with validation of associated protein levels utilizing immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining of MF+ and MF– formalin‐fixed, paraffin‐embedded (FFPE) patient samples. Overall, 14 genes measured with a 2549‐gene expression panel were differentially expressed in MF+ patients compared to MF−. Of those, nine were differentially expressed genes in LNM and five genes in the stromal tissue (>2‐fold change, p < .05). The top hits included increased COMP and COL11A1 expression in the stroma of MF+ patients compared to MF−, as well as decreased HMGA2 , COL6A6 , and SLC22A3 expression in LNM of MF+ patients compared to LNM of MF− patients. RT‐qPCR confirmed high levels of COMP and COL11A1 in stroma samples of MF+ compared to MF− patients. IHC staining confirmed the enrichment of α‐smooth muscle actin‐positive fibrosis in MF+ compared to MF− patients with corresponding increase of COMP‐expressing stromal cells in MF+. Since COMP is associated with the known driver for fibrosis development transforming growth factor beta and with a cancer‐associated fibroblasts enriched environment, it seems to be a promising new target for MF research.
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