癌癥進展通常被認(rèn)為是一個原發(fā)腫瘤不斷轉(zhuǎn)移的過程,而美國科學(xué)家的最新一項研究發(fā)現(xiàn),,循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞,,即脫離了原發(fā)腫瘤而傳播到身體其他部位的癌細(xì)胞,能夠返回其原發(fā)腫瘤并繼續(xù)發(fā)展,,從而增強腫瘤生長,。這一過程稱為“自激注入”(self-seeding)。研究人員稱這一發(fā)現(xiàn)有助于新的靶向性癌癥治療方法的開發(fā),。相關(guān)研究成果發(fā)表在12月25日的《細(xì)胞》雜志上,。
該研究論文的第一作者、美國紐約斯隆-凱特琳癌癥中心癌癥生物學(xué)和遺傳學(xué)部的研究員不僅揭示了自激注入這一現(xiàn)象及其機制,,還揭示了其在腫瘤發(fā)展過程中可能發(fā)揮的作用,。
研究人員在小鼠身上進行的實驗表明,自激注入涉及兩個不同的功能:一是腫瘤吸引其自身循環(huán)產(chǎn)物,,即循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞的能力,;二是循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞為響應(yīng)腫瘤吸引而具有的再浸潤到腫瘤的能力。研究人員確定了4種負(fù)責(zé)執(zhí)行這些功能的基因:IL-6,、IL-8,、FSCN1和MMP1。其中IL-6和IL-8負(fù)責(zé)吸引循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞群中最具侵略性的部分細(xì)胞,,而FSCN1和MMP1負(fù)責(zé)對循環(huán)腫瘤細(xì)胞的再浸潤進行調(diào)節(jié),。
研究顯示,,循環(huán)乳腺癌細(xì)胞有與上述相似的基因表達(dá)模式,乳腺癌細(xì)胞能擴散至肺部,、骨骼和大腦,,因而增加了腫瘤轉(zhuǎn)移到這些器官的幾率。除乳腺癌外,,其他類型癌細(xì)胞中也會發(fā)生自激注入現(xiàn)象,,其中包括結(jié)腸癌以及黑色素瘤。
研究人員認(rèn)為這一發(fā)現(xiàn)十分重要,。斯隆-凱特琳癌癥中心癌癥生物學(xué)和遺傳學(xué)部的主席瓊·瑪薩古埃博士稱,,該發(fā)現(xiàn)提供了一個良好的機會,有助于開發(fā)新的靶向性治療方法,,通過干預(yù)自激注入過程來減緩甚至阻止腫瘤進展。
該中心乳腺癌部的副主任醫(yī)師拉里·諾頓博士則指出,,自激注入現(xiàn)象的發(fā)現(xiàn)為癌癥治療過程中的臨床觀察提供了新的視角,。醫(yī)生都知道腫瘤的大小和預(yù)后的好壞有關(guān)聯(lián)。人們通常認(rèn)為大的腫瘤會釋放更多的具有轉(zhuǎn)移潛力的癌細(xì)胞,,從而導(dǎo)致預(yù)后效果較差,。但實際上這種關(guān)聯(lián)可能是侵略性癌細(xì)胞的自激注入造成的,類似的機理還促進了局部腫瘤的生長和遠(yuǎn)端腫瘤的轉(zhuǎn)移,。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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生物谷推薦原始出處:
Cell, Volume 139, Issue 7, 1315-1326, 24 December 2009 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2009.11.025
Tumor Self-Seeding by Circulating Cancer Cells
Mi-Young Kim1, Thordur Oskarsson1, Swarnali Acharyya1, Don X. Nguyen1, Xiang H.-F. Zhang1, Larry Norton2 and Joan Massagué1, 3, ,
1 Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
2 Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
Cancer cells that leave the primary tumor can seed metastases in distant organs, and it is thought that this is a unidirectional process. Here we show that circulating tumor cells (CTCs) can also colonize their tumors of origin, in a process that we call “tumor self-seeding.” Self-seeding of breast cancer, colon cancer, and melanoma tumors in mice is preferentially mediated by aggressive CTCs, including those with bone, lung, or brain-metastatic tropism. We find that the tumor-derived cytokines IL-6 and IL-8 act as CTC attractants whereas MMP1/collagenase-1 and the actin cytoskeleton component fascin-1 are mediators of CTC infiltration into mammary tumors. We show that self-seeding can accelerate tumor growth, angiogenesis, and stromal recruitment through seed-derived factors including the chemokine CXCL1. Tumor self-seeding could explain the relationships between anaplasia, tumor size, vascularity and prognosis, and local recurrence seeded by disseminated cells following ostensibly complete tumor excision.