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The pleiotropic effects of TNF? in breast cancer subtypes is regulated by TNFAIP3/A20.

ABSTRACT: TNF? is a pleiotropic cytokine which fuels tumor cell growth, invasion, and metastasis in some malignancies, while in others it induces cytotoxic cell death. However, the molecular mechanism by which TNF? exerts its diverse effects on breast cancer subtypes remains elusive. Using in vitro assays and mouse xenografts, we show here that TNF? contributes to the aggressive properties of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines via upregulation of TNFAIP3(A20). In a striking contrast, TNF? induces a potent cytotoxic cell death in luminal (ER+) breast cancer cell lines which fail to upregulate A20 expression. Overexpression of A20 not only protects luminal breast cancer cell lines from TNF?-induced cell death via inducing HSP70-mediated anti-apoptotic pathway but also promotes a robust EMT/CSC phenotype by activating the pStat3-mediated inflammatory signaling. Furthermore, A20 overexpression in luminal breast cancer cells induces aggressive metastatic properties in mouse xenografts via generating a permissive inflammatory microenvironment constituted by granulocytic-MDSCs. Collectively, our results reveal a mechanism by which A20 mediates pleiotropic effects of TNF? playing role in aggressive behaviors of TNBC subtype while its deficiency results in TNF?-induced apoptotic cell death in luminal breast cancer subtype.

SUBMITTER: Lee E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6602794 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The pleiotropic effects of TNFα in breast cancer subtypes is regulated by TNFAIP3/A20.

Lee Eunmi E Ouzounova Maria M Piranlioglu Raziye R Ma Minh Thu MT Guzel Mustafa M Marasco Daniela D Chadli Ahmed A Gestwicki Jason E JE Cowell John K JK Wicha Max S MS Hassan Khaled A KA Korkaya Hasan H

Oncogene 20180830 4

TNFα is a pleiotropic cytokine which fuels tumor cell growth, invasion, and metastasis in some malignancies, while in others it induces cytotoxic cell death. However, the molecular mechanism by which TNFα exerts its diverse effects on breast cancer subtypes remains elusive. Using in vitro assays and mouse xenografts, we show here that TNFα contributes to the aggressive properties of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) cell lines via upregulation of TNFAIP3(A20). In a striking contrast, TNFα ind ...[more]

PMID: 30166590

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The pleiotropic effects of TNFα in breast cancer subtypes is regulated by TNFAIP3/A20.

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