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HIF-1 maintains a functional relationship between pancreatic cancer cells and stromal fibroblasts by upregulating expression and secretion of Sonic hedgehog.


ABSTRACT: Hypoxic and stroma-rich microenvironments, characteristic features of pancreatic cancers, are strongly associated with a poor prognosis. However, whether and how hypoxia increases stromal compartments remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the potential importance of a master regulator of the cellular adaptive response to hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), in the formation of stroma-rich microenvironments of pancreatic tumors. We found that pancreatic cancer cells secreted more Sonic hedgehog protein (SHH) under hypoxia by upregulating its expression and efficiency of secretion in a HIF-1-dependent manner. Recombinant SHH, which was confirmed to activate the hedgehog signaling pathway, accelerated the growth of fibroblasts in a dose-dependent manner. The SHH protein secreted from pancreatic cancer cells under hypoxic conditions promoted the growth of fibroblasts by stimulating their Sonic hedgehog signaling pathway. These results suggest that the increased secretion of SHH by HIF-1 is potentially responsible for the formation of detrimental and stroma-rich microenvironments in pancreatic cancers, therefore providing a rational basis to target it in cancer therapy.

SUBMITTER: Katagiri T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5828220 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HIF-1 maintains a functional relationship between pancreatic cancer cells and stromal fibroblasts by upregulating expression and secretion of Sonic hedgehog.

Katagiri Tomohiro T   Kobayashi Minoru M   Yoshimura Michio M   Morinibu Akiyo A   Itasaka Satoshi S   Hiraoka Masahiro M   Harada Hiroshi H  

Oncotarget 20180111 12


Hypoxic and stroma-rich microenvironments, characteristic features of pancreatic cancers, are strongly associated with a poor prognosis. However, whether and how hypoxia increases stromal compartments remain largely unknown. Here, we investigated the potential importance of a master regulator of the cellular adaptive response to hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1), in the formation of stroma-rich microenvironments of pancreatic tumors. We found that pancreatic cancer cells secreted more  ...[more]

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