RRC ID 57557
Author Suzuki E, Yamazaki S, Naito T, Hashimoto H, Okubo S, Udagawa H, Goto K, Tsuboi M, Ochiai A, Ishii G.
Title Secretion of high amounts of hepatocyte growth factor is a characteristic feature of cancer-associated fibroblasts with EGFR-TKI resistance-promoting phenotype: A study of 18 cases of cancer-associated fibroblasts.
Journal Pathol Int
Abstract Humoral factors from cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) reportedly affect epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor (EGFR-TKI) resistance in cancer cells with EGFR mutations. The aim of this study was to identify the robust humoral factors secreted from CAFs that induce the primary resistance to EGFR-TKI. We evaluated the EGFR-TKI sensitivity of EGFR-mutant lung adenocarcinoma cell line (PC-9) treated with condition media (CM) from 18 cases of CAFs and matched non-cancerous-tissue-associated fibroblasts (NCAFs). We measured the expression levels of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), interleukin-6, fibroblast growth factor-2, insulin-like growth factor-1, and vascular endothelial growth factor-A in CAFs and NCAFs. We examined whether HGF neutralizing antibody could annul the EGFR-TKI resistance induced by CM from CAFs. Compared to CM from NCAFs, CM from CAFs increased the resistance of PC-9 cells to EGFR-TKI in five out of 18 cases. Relative expression ratio of HGF messenger RNA was significantly higher in these five CAFs compared to others (P = 0.0013), whereas other cytokines were not. In four of these five cases, the addition of HGF neutralizing antibody significantly decreased the survival ratio of PC-9 cells. This study suggests that the secretion of higher amounts of HGF is the robust feature of EGFR-TKI resistance-promoting CAFs.
Volume 69(8)
Pages 472-480
Published 2019-8-1
DOI 10.1111/pin.12838
PMID 31339210
MeSH Adenocarcinoma / metabolism Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts / metabolism* Cell Line, Tumor Cell Survival / drug effects Drug Resistance, Neoplasm / physiology* ErbB Receptors / metabolism Female Hepatocyte Growth Factor / metabolism* Humans Lung Neoplasms / metabolism Male Middle Aged Phenotype* Protein Kinase Inhibitors / metabolism* Protein Kinase Inhibitors / pharmacology
IF 2.082
Times Cited 2
Resource
DNA material CS-CDF-CG-PRE (RDB04379) pCAG-HIVgp (RDB04394) pCMV-VSV-G-RSV-Rev (RDB04393)