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Peptide density targets and impedes triple negative breast cancer metastasis.

ABSTRACT: The C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4, CD184) pathway is a key regulator of cancer metastasis. Existing therapeutics that block CXCR4 signaling are dependent on single molecule-receptor interactions or silencing CXCR4 expression. CXCR4 localizes in lipid rafts and forms dimers therefore CXCR4 targeting and signaling may depend on ligand density. Herein, we report liposomes presenting a CXCR4 binding peptide (DV1) as a three-dimensional molecular array, ranging from 9k to 74k molecules ?m^-2, target triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). TNBC cells exhibit a maxima in binding and uptake of DV1-functionalized liposomes (L-DV1) in vitro at a specific density, which yields a significant reduction in cell migration. This density inhibits metastasis from a primary tumor for 27 days, resulting from peptide density dependent gene regulation. We show that complementing cell membrane receptor expression may be a strategy for targeting cells and regulating signaling.

SUBMITTER: Liu D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6031661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Peptide density targets and impedes triple negative breast cancer metastasis.

Liu Daxing D Guo Peng P McCarthy Craig C Wang Biran B Tao Yu Y Auguste Debra D

Nature communications 20180704 1

The C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4, CD184) pathway is a key regulator of cancer metastasis. Existing therapeutics that block CXCR4 signaling are dependent on single molecule-receptor interactions or silencing CXCR4 expression. CXCR4 localizes in lipid rafts and forms dimers therefore CXCR4 targeting and signaling may depend on ligand density. Herein, we report liposomes presenting a CXCR4 binding peptide (DV1) as a three-dimensional molecular array, ranging from 9k to 74k molecules μm<su ...[more]

PMID: 29973594

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Project description:Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a distinct breast cancer subtype defined by the absence of estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR) and epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2/neu), and the patients with TNBC are often diagnosed with higher rates of recurrence and metastasis. Because of the absence of ER, PR and HER2/neu expressions, TNBC patients are insensitive to HER2-directed and endocrine therapies available for breast cancer treatment. Here, we report that expression of atypical protein kinase C isoform, PKC?/?, significantly increased and activated in all invasive breast cancer (invasive ductal carcinoma or IDC) subtypes including the TNBC subtype. Because of the lack of targeted therapies for TNBC, we choose to study PKC?/? signaling as a potential therapeutic target for TNBC. Our observations indicated that PKC?/? signaling is highly active during breast cancer invasive progression, and metastatic breast cancers, the advanced stages of breast cancer disease that developed more frequently in TNBC patients, are also characterized with high levels of PKC?/? expression and activation. Functional analysis in experimental mouse models revealed that depletion of PKC?/? significantly reduces TNBC growth as well as lung metastatic colonization. Furthermore, we have identified a PKC?/?-regulated gene signature consisting of 110 genes, which are significantly associated with indolent to invasive progression of human breast cancer and poor prognosis. Mechanistically, cytokines such as TGF? and IL1? could activate PKC?/? signaling in TNBC cells and depletion of PKC?/? impairs NF-?B p65 (RelA) nuclear localization. We observed that cytokine-PKC?/?-RelA signaling axis, at least in part, involved in modulating gene expression to regulate invasion of TNBC cells. Overall, our results indicate that induction and activation of PKC?/? promote TNBC growth, invasion and metastasis. Thus, targeting PKC?/? signaling could be a therapeutic option for breast cancer, including the TNBC subtype.

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Peptide density targets and impedes triple negative breast cancer metastasis.

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Peptide density targets and impedes triple negative breast cancer metastasis.

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