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Platelets govern pre-metastatic tumor communication to bone.

ABSTRACT: Although the survival rate for early detected cancers is high, once a cancer metastasizes to bone, it is incurable. Interestingly, patients without visible metastases display abnormal bone formation and resorption, suggesting a link between primary cancers and the bone microenvironment prior to metastasis, and this link likely facilitates preparation of the pre-metastatic niche. We hypothesized that communication with the primary tumor would result in bone remodeling alterations, and that platelets could facilitate this communication. By using three tumor models, we demonstrate that primary tumor growth stimulates bone formation measured by microcomputed tomography. Further, platelet depletion prevented tumor-induced bone formation, highlighting the importance of platelets in the communication between tumors and the bone microenvironment. Finally, we determine that platelets sequester a variety of tumor-derived proteins, TGF-?1 and MMP-1 in particular, which regulate bone formation. Thus, our data reveal that platelets function as mediators of tumor-bone communication prior to metastasis.

SUBMITTER: Kerr BA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3687027 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Platelets govern pre-metastatic tumor communication to bone.

Kerr B A BA McCabe N P NP Feng W W Byzova T V TV

Oncogene 20130915 36

Although the survival rate for early detected cancers is high, once a cancer metastasizes to bone, it is incurable. Interestingly, patients without visible metastases display abnormal bone formation and resorption, suggesting a link between primary cancers and the bone microenvironment prior to metastasis, and this link likely facilitates preparation of the pre-metastatic niche. We hypothesized that communication with the primary tumor would result in bone remodeling alterations, and that platel ...[more]

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