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Neutralizing murine TGF?R2 promotes a differentiated tumor cell phenotype and inhibits pancreatic cancer metastasis.

ABSTRACT: Elevated levels of TGF? are a negative prognostic indicator for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; as a result, the TGF? pathway is an attractive target for therapy. However, clinical application of pharmacologic inhibition of TGF? remains challenging because TGF? has tumor suppressor functions in many epithelial malignancies, including pancreatic cancer. In fact, direct neutralization of TGF? promotes tumor progression of genetic murine models of pancreatic cancer. Here, we report that neutralizing the activity of murine TGF? receptor 2 using a monoclonal antibody (2G8) has potent antimetastatic activity in orthotopic human tumor xenografts, syngeneic tumors, and a genetic model of pancreatic cancer. 2G8 reduced activated fibroblasts, collagen deposition, microvessel density, and vascular function. These stromal-specific changes resulted in tumor cell epithelial differentiation and a potent reduction in metastases. We conclude that TGF? signaling within stromal cells participates directly in tumor cell phenotype and pancreatic cancer progression. Thus, strategies that inhibit TGF?-dependent effector functions of stromal cells could be efficacious for the therapy of pancreatic tumors. Cancer Res; 74(18); 4996-5007. ©2014 AACR.

SUBMITTER: Ostapoff KT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4167492 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Neutralizing murine TGFβR2 promotes a differentiated tumor cell phenotype and inhibits pancreatic cancer metastasis.

Ostapoff Katherine T KT Cenik Bercin Kutluk BK Wang Miao M Ye Risheng R Xu Xiaohong X Nugent Desiree D Hagopian Moriah M MM Topalovski Mary M Rivera Lee B LB Carroll Kyla D KD Brekken Rolf A RA

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Elevated levels of TGFβ are a negative prognostic indicator for patients diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; as a result, the TGFβ pathway is an attractive target for therapy. However, clinical application of pharmacologic inhibition of TGFβ remains challenging because TGFβ has tumor suppressor functions in many epithelial malignancies, including pancreatic cancer. In fact, direct neutralization of TGFβ promotes tumor progression of genetic murine models of pancreatic cancer. Here, we report that ...[more]

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Neutralizing murine TGF?R2 promotes a differentiated tumor cell phenotype and inhibits pancreatic cancer metastasis.

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Neutralizing murine TGFβR2 promotes a differentiated tumor cell phenotype and inhibits pancreatic cancer metastasis.

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