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- Vazquez Rodriguez, Gabriela, 1984-, et al.
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Novel fusion protein derived from vasostatin 30 and vasoinhibin II-14.1 potently inhibits coronary endothelial cell proliferation.
- 2013
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Ingår i: Molecular Biotechnology. - : Springer. - 1073-6085 .- 1559-0305. ; 54:3, s. 920-929
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Angiogenesis has been considered an important target for cancer therapy. The inhibition of angiogenesis represents a promising strategy for anti-cancer treatment, tumor growth inhibition, and metastasis. Vasostatin 30 (Vs30), and the 14.1 kDa vasoinhibin (Vi-II-14.1) are two peptides with remarkable anti-tumor and anti-angiogenic effect. The aim of this study was to produce a novel fusion protein between Vs30 and Vi-II-14.1, denominated VS_VI, to obtain a new protein with higher biological activity. The protein fusion genes were cloned into a T7 promoter-based vector, expressed in Escherichia coli BL21-SI and purified by affinity column chromatography. In vitro assays showed that the recombinant fusion protein inhibited rat coronary endothelial cell proliferation at 65.5 % at 10 nM, whereas recombinant Vs30 and Vi-II-14.1 inhibited at 33 and 50.5 % respectively, at the same concentration. The results showed that VS_VI is significantly more active than the Vs30 and Vi-II-14.1 separately. In addition, a practical classification of the vasoinhibins based on the peptide origin and theoretical molecular weight is proposed. This is the first study to produce a new fusion protein derived from Vs30 and Vi-II-14.1, both of them proposed as promising therapeutic agents.
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- Abrahamsson, Annelie, 1966-, et al.
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Fulvestrant-Mediated Attenuation of the Innate Immune Response Decreases ER+ Breast Cancer Growth In Vivo More Effectively than Tamoxifen
- 2020
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Ingår i: Cancer Research. - Philadelphia, PA, United States : AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH. - 0008-5472 .- 1538-7445. ; 80:20, s. 4487-4499
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Although blocking estrogen-dependent signaling is a cornerstone of adjuvant treatment for breast cancer, 25% of patients experience recurrent disease. Stroma events including innate immune responses are key in cancer progression. How different estrogen receptor (ER)-targeting therapies, including the partial agonist tamoxifen and the pure antagonist fulvestrant, affect the tumor stroma has not yet been elucidated. Fulvestrant is used in only postmenopausal patients, and its effects in the presence of estradiol remain undetermined. Here we observe that fulvestrant decreases ER+ breast cancer growth compared with tamoxifen in the presence of physiologic levels of estradiol in human breast cancer in nude mice and in murine breast cancer in immune-competent mice. Fulvestrant significantly inhibited macrophage and neutrophil infiltration in both models. These effects were corroborated in a zebrafish model where fulvestrant inhibited neutrophil- and macrophage-dependent cancer cell dissemination more effectively than tamoxifen. A comprehensive analysis of 234 human proteins released into the cancer microenvironment by the cancer cells sampled via microdialysis in vivo revealed that 38 proteins were altered following both treatments; 25 of these proteins were associated with immune response and were altered by fulvestrant only. Compared with tamoxifen, fulvestrant significantly affected inflammatory proteins released by murine stroma cells. Importantly, in vivo microdialysis of human ER+ breast cancer revealed that the majority of affected proteins in murine models were upregulated in patients. Together, these results suggest that fulvestrant targets ER+ breast cancer more effectively than tamoxifen even in the presence of estradiol, mainly by attenuation of the innate immune response. Significance: These findings demonstrate novel effects of the pure antiestrogen fulvestrant in ERthorn breast cancer and evaluate its effects under physiologic levels of estradiol, representative of premenopausal patients.
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- Svensson, Susanne, et al.
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CCL2 and CCL5 Are Novel Therapeutic Targets for Estrogen-Dependent Breast Cancer
- 2015
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Ingår i: Clinical Cancer Research. - : AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH. - 1078-0432 .- 1557-3265. ; 21:16, s. 3794-3805
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose: Novel therapeutic targets of estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancers are urgently needed because current antiestrogen therapy causes severe adverse effects, nearly 50% of patients are intrinsically resistant, and the majority of recurrences have maintained ER expression. We investigated the role of estrogen-dependent chemokine expression and subsequent cancer growth in human tissues and experimental breast cancer models. Experimental Design: For in vivo sampling of human chemokines, microdialysis was used in breast cancers of women or normal human breast tissue before and after tamoxifen therapy. Estrogen exposure and targeted therapies were assessed in immune competent PyMT murine breast cancer, orthotopic human breast cancers in nude mice, cell culture of cancer cells, and freshly isolated human macrophages. Cancer cell dissemination was investigated using zebrafish. Results: ER+ cancers in women produced high levels of extracellular CCL2 and CCL5 in vivo, which was associated with infiltration of tumor-associated macrophages. In experimental breast cancer, estradiol enhanced macrophage influx and angiogenesis through increased release of CCL2, CCL5, and vascular endothelial growth factor. These effects were inhibited by anti-CCL2 or anti-CCL5 therapy, which resulted in potent inhibition of cancer growth. In addition, estradiol induced a protumorigenic activation of the macrophages. In a zebrafish model, macrophages increased cancer cell dissemination via CCL2 and CCL5 in the presence of estradiol, which was inhibited with anti-CCL2 and anti-CCL5 treatment. Conclusions: Our findings shed new light on the mechanisms underlying the progression of ER+ breast cancer and indicate the potential of novel therapies targeting CCL2 and CCL5 pathways. (C)2015 AACR.
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- Vazquez Rodriguez, Gabriela, 1984-, et al.
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Adipocytes Promote Early Steps of Breast Cancer Cell Dissemination via Interleukin-8
- 2018
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Ingår i: Frontiers in Immunology. - : Frontiers Media S.A.. - 1664-3224. ; 9, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Fat is a major tissue component in human breast cancer (BC). Whether breast adipocytes (BAd) affect early stages of BC metastasis is yet unknown. BC progression is dependent on angiogenesis and inflammation, and interleukin-8 (IL-8) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are key regulators of these events. Here, we show that BAd increased the dissemination of estrogen receptor positive BC cells (BCC) in vivo in the zebrafish model of metastasis, while dissemination of the more aggressive and metastatic BCC such as estrogen receptor negative was unaffected. While anti-VEGF and anti-IL-8 exhibited equal inhibition of angiogenesis at the primary tumor site, anti-IL-8 reduced BCC dissemination whereas anti-VEGF had minor effects on this early metastatic event. Mechanistically, overexpression of cell-adhesion molecules in BCC and neutrophils via IL-8 increased the dissemination of BCC. Importantly, the extracellular in vivo levels of IL-8 were 40-fold higher than those of VEGF in human BC. Our results suggest that IL-8 is a clinical relevant and promising therapeutic target for human BC.
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- Vazquez Rodriguez, Gabriela, 1984-, et al.
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Estradiol promotes breast cancer cell migration via recruitment and activation of neutrophils
- 2017
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Ingår i: Cancer Immunology research. - : American Association for Cancer Research. - 2326-6066 .- 2326-6074. ; 5:3, s. 234-247
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Estradiol (E2) plays a key role in breast cancer progression. Most breast cancer recurrences express the estrogen receptor (ER), but nearly 50% of patients are resistant to antiestrogen therapy. Novel therapeutic targets of ER-positive breast cancers are needed. Protumoral neutrophils expressing the lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) integrin may mediate cancer metastasis, and TGFβ1 is the major chemoattractant for neutrophils. The role of E2 in neutrophil–ER+ breast cancer cell interactions is unknown. We studied this in vivo using murine breast cancers in immunocompetent mice and human breast cancers in nude mice. Cell dissemination was evaluated in a zebrafish model, and microdialysis of breast cancer patients was performed. In vitro studies were done with mammosphere cultures of breast cancer cells and human neutrophils. We found that E2 increased the number of LFA-1+ neutrophils recruited to the invasive edge of mouse tumors, increased TGFβ1 secretion and promoted neutrophil infiltration in mammospheres, and induced overexpression of LFA-1 in neutrophils. In zebrafish, in the presence of E2, neutrophils increased dissemination of ER+ breast cancer cells via LFA-1 and TGFβ1, thus causing noninvasive cancer cells to be highly metastatic. Time-lapse imaging in zebrafish revealed close interactions of neutrophils with cancer cells, which drove breast cancer metastasis. We also found that extracellular TGFβ1 was overproduced in human breast cancer tissue compared with adjacent normal breast tissue. Thus, E2 can regulate immune/cancer cell interactions in tumor microenvironments. Our results indicate that extracellular TGFβ1 is a relevant target in human breast cancer.
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- Vazquez Rodriguez, Gabriela, 1984-, et al.
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Neutrophils Promote Breast Cancer Progression and Metastasis via LFA-1 Integrin
- 2015
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Ingår i: Cancer Microenvironment. - : Springer. - 1875-2292 .- 1875-2284.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Cancer is considered an inflammatory condition where immune cells play an important role in progression and metastasis. Neutrophils may be pro- or antitumorigenic, depending on their phenotype or the number of infiltrating neutrophils in the tumor microenvironment. Massive infiltration of neutrophils in cancer tissue may elicit a cytotoxic effect, leading to tumor regression, whereas a S139 low-grade neutrophil gradient is tumor progressive. Chemokines, cytokines, and growth factors present in the tumor microenvironment, as well as cell-cell interactions mediated by integrins have shown to be determinant steps for cancer cells to break through the endothelial wall and establish metastatic niches. In this work we evaluated the role of lymphocyte functionassociated antigen 1 (LFA-1) integrin in neutrophils-mediated metastasis of estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cells (MCF-7) cells in a tumor xenograft model in zebrafish and in neutrophil infiltration in MCF-7 mammospheres. The metastatic capability of MCF-7 cells was evaluated in presence or absence of human neutrophils and with/without estradiol treatment. Two days old zebrafish embryos were injected into the perivitelline space with labeled MCF-7 cells and human neutrophils, an anti-human LFA-1 antibody (CD11a) was included. We show that estradiol treatment significantly increased the infiltration of neutrophils into MCF-7 mammospheres and this infiltration was significantly reduced by the presence of an anti-human CD11a antibody. Co-injection of MCF-7 cells with neutrophils significantly increased the migration of MCF-7 cells to distant sites in zebrafish and this effect was inhibited by using an anti-human CD11a antibody. We conclude that neutrophils affect the dissemination of breast cancer cells via LFA-1 integrin. Although estradiol increased the number of infiltrating neutrophils into mammospheres exposure to estradiol seemed to have minor effects on the dissemination in the zebrafish.
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