Targeting IL13Ralpha2 activates STAT6-TP63 pathway to suppress breast cancer lung metastasis
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ABSTRACT: IL13Rα2 overexpression promotes metastasis of basal-like breast cancers IL13Rα2 depletion in highly metastatic breast cancer cells suppresses lung metastases formation by upregulating TP63 and decreasing their migratory potential
Project description:IL13R?2 overexpression promotes metastasis of basal-like breast cancers IL13R?2 depletion in highly metastatic breast cancer cells suppresses lung metastases formation by upregulating TP63 and decreasing their migratory potential MCF10CA1a (MIV) cells expressing the luciferase gene (MIV-Luc), were stably transduced with lentiviral constructs expressing either scrambled shRNA or shRNA against IL13R?2. The two cell lines were then either mock treated or treated with 20ng/ml IL13 for 16h followed by RNA isolation. Gene expression analysis was performed using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. Array data was processed by Affymetrix Exon Array Computational Tool.
Project description:IntroductionBasal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is an aggressive subtype often characterized by distant metastasis, poor patient prognosis, and limited treatment options. Therefore, the discovery of alternative targets to restrain its metastatic potential is urgently needed. In this study, we aimed to identify novel genes that drive metastasis of BLBC and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of action.MethodsAn unbiased approach using gene expression profiling of a BLBC progression model and in silico leveraging of pre-existing tumor transcriptomes were used to uncover metastasis-promoting genes. Lentiviral-mediated knockdown of interleukin-13 receptor alpha 2 (IL13Ralpha2) coupled with whole-body in vivo bioluminescence imaging was performed to assess its role in regulating breast cancer tumor growth and lung metastasis. Gene expression microarray analysis was followed by in vitro validation and cell migration assays to elucidate the downstream molecular pathways involved in this process.ResultsWe found that overexpression of the decoy receptor IL13Ralpha2 is significantly enriched in basal compared with luminal primary breast tumors as well as in a subset of metastatic basal-B breast cancer cells. Importantly, breast cancer patients with high-grade tumors and increased IL13Ralpha2 levels had significantly worse prognosis for metastasis-free survival compared with patients with low expression. Depletion of IL13Ralpha2 in metastatic breast cancer cells modestly delayed primary tumor growth but dramatically suppressed lung metastasis in vivo. Furthermore, IL13Ralpha2 silencing was associated with enhanced IL-13-mediated phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 6 (STAT6) and impaired migratory ability of metastatic breast cancer cells. Interestingly, genome-wide transcriptional analysis revealed that IL13Ralpha2 knockdown and IL-13 treatment cooperatively upregulated the metastasis suppressor tumor protein 63 (TP63) in a STAT6-dependent manner. These observations are consistent with increased metastasis-free survival of breast cancer patients with high levels of TP63 and STAT6 expression and suggest that the STAT6-TP63 pathway could be involved in impairing metastatic dissemination of breast cancer cells to the lungs.ConclusionOur findings indicate that IL13Ralpha2 could be used as a promising biomarker to predict patient outcome and provide a rationale for assessing the efficacy of anti-IL13Ralpha2 therapies in a subset of highly aggressive basal-like breast tumors as a strategy to prevent metastatic disease.
Project description:The survival of women with brain metastases (BM) from breast cancer remains very poor, and more than 80% will die within a year of their diagnosis. Here we define the function of IL13Rα2 in outgrowth of breast cancer brain metastases (BCBM) in vitro and in vivo, and postulate IL13Rα2 as a suitable therapeutic target for BM. Experimental design: We performed IHC staining of IL13Rα2 in BCBM to define its prognostic value. Using inducible-shRNAs in TNBC and HER2+ breast-brain metastatic models we assessed IL13Rα2 function in vitro and in vivo. We performed RNAseq and functional studies to define the molecular mechanisms underlying IL13Rα2 function in BCBM. Results: High IL13Rα2 expression in BCBM predicted worse survival after BM diagnoses. IL13Rα2 was essential for cancer-cell survival, promoting proliferation while repressing invasion. IL13Rα2 KD resulted in repression of cell cycle and proliferation mediator Cyclin D2 and upregulation of Ephrin B1 signaling. Ephrin-B1 (i) promoted invasion of BC cells in vitro, (ii) marked micrometastasis and invasive fronts in BCBM, (iii) predicted shorter disease-free survival (DFS) and BM-free survival (BMFS) in breast primary tumors known to metastasize to the brain. In experimental metastases models, which bypass early tumor invasion, downregulation of IL13Rα2 prior or after tumor seeding and brain intravasation decreased BMs, suggesting that IL13Rα2 and a switch to a more proliferative phenotype is critical to BM outgrowth.
Project description:Purpose: To identify TP63 expression regulated pathways in HNSCC Methods: A recombinant lentivirus encoding either NS shRNA or TP63 shRNA was introduced into a HNSCC cell line, FaDu. SCCs were gene generated by implanting either FaDu-NS shRNA (n=3) or FaDu-TP63 shRNA into the tongue of athymic nude mice. Tongue SCCs harvested at the end of study were used for transcriptome analysis
Project description:Patients with lymphoma harboring TP63 rearrangements have aggressive clinical course and dismal prognosis with no target therapy available. Thus, there is an urgent need to elucidate the molecular mechanisms and to develop novel therapeutic options for these patients. We then generated a TBL1XR1::TP63 fusion knockin trangenic mouse model and crossed with CD2/iCre mouse. This project is to study the role and function of TP63 fusion in mouse lymphomagenesis.
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of p63 and p53 binding sites in neonatal foreskin keratinocytes in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment
Project description:Our preliminary data from unbiased analyses of both ESCC patient samples and cell lines identified interferon-γ (IFN-γ) signaling pathway as the most significantly enriched pathways suppressed by TP63. To validate the activation of IFN pathways and the immune responses upon silencing of TP63, we utilized immune-competent mice to conduct allograft experiments. To analyze the effect of TP63 on ESCC tumor microenvironment, resected tumors were then collected to perform scRNA-seq.
Project description:In response to genotoxic stress the TP53 tumour suppressor activates target gene expression to induce cell cycle arrest or apoptosis depending on the extent of DNA damage. These canonical activities can be repressed by TP63 in normal stratifying epithelia to maintain proliferative capacity or drive proliferation of squamous cell carcinomas, where TP63 is frequently overexpressed/amplified. Here we use ChIP-sequencing, integrated with microarray analysis, to define the genome wide interplay between TP53 and TP63 in response to genotoxic stress in normal cells. We reveal that TP53 and TP63 bind to overlapping, but distinct cistromes of sites through utilization of distinctive consensus motifs and that TP53 is constitutively bound to a number of sites. We demonstrate that cisplatin and adriamycin elicit distinct effects on TP53 and TP63 binding events, through which TP53 can induce or repress transcription of an extensive network of genes by direct binding and/or modulation of TP63 activity. Collectively, this results in a global TP53 dependent repression of cell cycle progression, mitosis and DNA damage repair concomitant with activation of anti-proliferative and pro-apoptotic canonical target genes. Further analyses reveals that in the absence of genotoxic stress TP63 plays an important role in maintaining expression of DNA repair genes, loss of which results in defective repair Examination of gene expression levels of HFKS siRNA depleted for p53 or p63 in response to adriamycin or cisplatin treatment We analyzed RNA using the Affymetrix Human Exon 1.0 ST platform. Array data was processed using the AltAnalyze.
Project description:This transcriptome study is intended to discover the effects of MYC and TP63 on human keratinocytes differentiation at the genome level. Human keratinocyte cell line, HaCaT cells were transfected by siRNAs with the help of transfection reagent, INTERFERin. 48 hours post-transfection, total RNA was extracted from cells. We used a non-targeting siRNA as a negative control. siRNA targeting MYC or TP63 was obtained from QIAGEN, and RNAs from wild type HaCaT cells were used as reference samples. We did 3 biological replicates and 2 'dye swap' for each sample. Totally we got 12 samples, with 2 dye-swap for each sample, and 48 arrays used for all hybridization.
Project description:Identification of TP63 binding profile (cistrome) at a genome-wide scale, in primary cells derived from patient diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia.