期刊
JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 239, 期 3, 页码 286-296出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/path.4727
关键词
gemcitabine; all-trans-retinoic acid; quiescence; pancreatic stellate cells; collagen; fibronectin
资金
- Knowledge Transfer Network (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Committee, KTN EPSRC) [11330287]
- Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund (UK)
- EMBO long-term fellowship
- European Community
- Cancer Research UK [C14303/A17197]
- Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund
- Barts Charity
- Cancer Research UK [12008, 22310, 15678] Funding Source: researchfish
Stromal targeting for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is rapidly becoming an attractive option, due to the lack of efficacy of standard chemotherapy and increased knowledge about PDAC stroma. We postulated that the addition of stromal therapy may enhance the anti-tumour efficacy of chemotherapy. Gemcitabine and all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) were combined in a clinically applicable regimen, to target cancer cells and pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) respectively, in 3D organotypic culture models and genetically engineered mice (LSL-Kras(G12D/+); LSL-Trp53(R172H/+); Pdx-1-Cre: KPC mice) representing the spectrum of PDAC. In two distinct sets of organotypic models as well as KPC mice, we demonstrate a reduction in cancer cell proliferation and invasion together with enhanced cancer cell apoptosis when ATRA is combined with gemcitabine, compared to vehicle or either agent alone. Simultaneously, PSC activity (as measured by deposition of extracellular matrix proteins such as collagen and fibronectin) and PSC invasive ability were both diminished in response to combination therapy. These effects were mediated through a range of signalling cascades (Wnt, hedgehog, retinoid, and FGF) in cancer as well as stellate cells, affecting epithelial cellular functions such as epithelial-mesenchymal transition, cellular polarity, and lumen formation. At the tissue level, this resulted in enhanced tumour necrosis, increased vascularity, and diminished hypoxia. Consequently, there was an overall reduction in tumour size. The enhanced effect of stromal co-targeting (ATRA) alongside chemotherapy (gemcitabine) appears to be mediated by dampening multiple signalling cascades in the tumour-stroma cross-talk, rather than ablating stroma or targeting a single pathway. (C) 2016 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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