Wnt信号通路
癌症研究
癌变
生物
基因敲除
癌症
乳腺癌
转移
病理
作者
Carolina Rodriguez-Tirado,Nupura Kale,Maria J Carlini,Nitisha Shrivastava,Alcina A. Rodrigues,Bassem Khalil,Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero,Melissa Alexander,Jiayi Ji,Yan Hong,Fariba Behbod,Maria Soledad Sosa
出处
期刊:Cancer Research
[American Association for Cancer Research]
日期:2022-04-26
标识
DOI:10.1158/0008-5472.can-21-4145
摘要
Cancer cells can disseminate during very early and sometimes asymptomatic stages of tumor progression. Though biological barriers to tumorigenesis have been identified and characterized, the mechanisms that limit early dissemination remain largely unknown. We report here that the orphan nuclear receptor NR2F1/COUP-TF1 serves as a barrier to early dissemination. NR2F1 expression was decreased in patient ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) samples. High-resolution intravital imaging of HER2+ early stage cancer cells revealed that loss of function of NR2F1 increased in vivo dissemination and was accompanied by decreased E-cadherin expression, activation of WNT-dependent β-catenin signaling, disorganized laminin 5 deposition, and increased expression of EMT genes such as TWIST1, ZEB1, and PRRX1. Furthermore, downregulation of NR2F1 promoted a hybrid luminal/basal phenotype. NR2F1 expression was positively regulated by p38α signaling and repressed by HER2 and WNT4 pathways. Lastly, early cancer cells with NR2F1LOW/PRRX1HIGH staining were observed in DCIS samples. Together, these findings reveal the existence of an inhibitory mechanism of dissemination regulated by NR2F1 in early stage breast cancer cells.
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