神经纤维瘤
蛋白激酶B
SOX2
癌症研究
PI3K/AKT/mTOR通路
细胞生长
生物
干细胞标记物
干细胞
细胞
细胞生物学
病理
信号转导
医学
神经纤维瘤病
胚胎干细胞
生物化学
基因
作者
Jing Jia,Haibao Zhang,Hongke Zhang,Wenbo Liu,Maoguo Shu
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.arcmed.2019.12.018
摘要
Inflammation plays an important role in promoting neurofibroma progression, and macrophages are key inflammatory cells in neurofibroma.We attempted to clarify the detailed mechanism of infiltrating macrophages promoting neurofibroma progression.We performed IHC and Western blot assays to detect the expression levels of OCT3/4, Nanog and SOX2 in tissues and cells. A colony/sphere formation assay was used to analyze cell stemness. MTT, colony formation assay and xenograft tumor model were used to detect cell growth. The transwell system was used to examine macrophage infiltration.We demonstrated increased macrophage infiltration in neurofibroma tissues accompanied by increased stem cell-like markers. Moreover, Nf1-mutated SW10 cells possessed a stronger capacity to recruit macrophages, which in turn facilitated neurofibroma growth. Mechanistically, the infiltrating macrophages induced neurofibroma cell stem cell transition by modulating PI3K/AKT/GSK3β signaling, which then enhanced neurofibroma cell viability in vivo and in vitro.Our results revealed a new mechanism of infiltrating macrophages contributing to neurofibroma progression, and targeting this newly identified signaling may help to treat neurofibroma.
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