Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 8, Issue 20, Pages 32706-32721Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.16188
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HMGB1; ICAM1; LLC; Carbenoxolone; metastasis
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- Marie Curie Career Integration Grants (CIG)
- Israel Cancer Association (ICA)
- David R. Blum Center for Pharmacy at The Hebrew University
- Shukor Gladi fund
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Metastatic spread is the leading cause for cancer-related mortality, with the lungs being a major site for metastatic seeding. Available therapies for patients with metastatic disease are extremely limited. Therefore, there is a desperate need for new strategies to prevent or limit metastatic dissemination and treat existing metastases. The metastatic cascade is highly complex and is affected by multiple factors related to both tumor cells themselves and the microenvironment in the future site of metastasis. We hypothesized that modifying the lung microenvironment by blocking central ubiquitous signals may affect metastatic seeding in the lungs. Given the high basal levels of the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End products (RAGE) in the pulmonary tissue, and its pro-inflammatory properties, we investigated the consequences of interfering with its ligand; High Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1). To this end, we tested the effect of Carbenoxolone, an HMGB1 antagonist, on primary tumor growth and metastatic progression in several murine tumor models. We show that antagonizing HMGB1 prevents the adhesion and colonization of cancer cells in the lungs through the reduction of their adhesion and cell-cell interaction both in vitro and in vivo. We demonstrated that these activities are mediated by downregulation of the adhesion molecule Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (ICAM1) and ultimately result in reduced metastatic burden. Carbenoxolone decreases significantly lung metastases formation and can be used potentially as prophylactic therapy for metastatic diseases.
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