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Hammel M, Touchard F, Burioli EAV, Paradis L, Cerqueira F, Chailler E, Bernard I, Cochet H, Simon A, Thomas F, Destoumieux-Garzón D, Charrière GM, Bierne N. Marine transmissible cancer navigates urbanized waters, threatening spillover. Proc Biol Sci 2024; 291:20232541. [PMID: 38378149 PMCID: PMC10878816 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.2541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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Inter-individual transmission of cancer cells represents a unique form of microparasites increasingly reported in marine bivalves. In this study, we sought to understand the ecology of the propagation of Mytilus trossulus Bivalve Transmissible Neoplasia 2 (MtrBTN2), a transmissible cancer affecting four Mytilus mussel species worldwide. We investigated the prevalence of MtrBTN2 in the mosaic hybrid zone of M. edulis and M. galloprovincialis along the French Atlantic coast, sampling contrasting natural and anthropogenic habitats. We observed a similar prevalence in both species, probably due to the spatial proximity of the two species in this region. Our results showed that ports had higher prevalence of MtrBTN2, with a possible hotspot observed at a shuttle landing dock. No cancer was found in natural beds except for two sites close to the hotspot, suggesting spillover. Ports may provide favourable conditions for the transmission of MtrBTN2, such as high mussel density, stressful conditions, sheltered and confined shores or buffered temperatures. Ships may also spread the disease through biofouling. Our results suggest ports may serve as epidemiological hubs, with maritime routes providing artificial gateways for MtrBTN2 propagation. This highlights the importance of preventing biofouling on docks and ship hulls to limit the spread of marine pathogens hosted by fouling species.
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- M. Hammel
- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
- IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
- IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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- Cochet Environnement, 56550 Locoal, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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- CREEC/CANECEV (CREES), MIVEGEC, Unité Mixte de Recherches, IRD 224-CNRS 5290-Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Montpellier, France
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- IHPE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, Univ Perpignan Via Domitia, Montpellier, France
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- ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, Occitanie, France
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Chi ZC. Progress in understanding of relationship between inflammation and tumors. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2024; 32:23-40. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v32.i1.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/26/2024] Open
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Over the past decade, there has been clear evidence that inflammation plays a key role in tumorigenesis. Tumor extrinsic inflammation is caused by many factors, including bacterial and viral infections, autoimmune diseases, obesity, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, etc., all of which can increase cancer risk and stimulate malignant progression. Conversely, inflammation inherent in cancer or caused by cancer can be triggered by cancer-initiating mutations and can promote malignant progression through recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells. Both exogenous and endogenous inflammation can lead to immunosuppression, thus providing a preferred opportunity for tumor development. Studies have confirmed that chronic inflammation is involved in various steps of tumorigenesis, including cell transformation, promotion, survival, prolifer-ation, invasion, angiogenesis, and metastasis. Recent research has shed new light on the molecular and cellular circuits between inflammation and cancer. Two pathways have been preliminarily identified: Intrinsic and extrinsic. In the intrinsic pathway, genetic events leading to tumors initiate the expression of inflammatory related programs and guide the construction of the inflammatory microenvironment. In the extrinsic pathway, inflammatory conditions promote the development of cancer. This article reviews the recent progress in the understanding of the relationship between inflammation and tumors.
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- Zhao-Chun Chi
- Department of Gastroenterology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao 266011, Shandong Province, China
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Neagu AN, Whitham D, Bruno P, Arshad A, Seymour L, Morrissiey H, Hukovic AI, Darie CC. Onco-Breastomics: An Eco-Evo-Devo Holistic Approach. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:1628. [PMID: 38338903 PMCID: PMC10855488 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25031628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Known as a diverse collection of neoplastic diseases, breast cancer (BC) can be hyperbolically characterized as a dynamic pseudo-organ, a living organism able to build a complex, open, hierarchically organized, self-sustainable, and self-renewable tumor system, a population, a species, a local community, a biocenosis, or an evolving dynamical ecosystem (i.e., immune or metabolic ecosystem) that emphasizes both developmental continuity and spatio-temporal change. Moreover, a cancer cell community, also known as an oncobiota, has been described as non-sexually reproducing species, as well as a migratory or invasive species that expresses intelligent behavior, or an endangered or parasite species that fights to survive, to optimize its features inside the host's ecosystem, or that is able to exploit or to disrupt its host circadian cycle for improving the own proliferation and spreading. BC tumorigenesis has also been compared with the early embryo and placenta development that may suggest new strategies for research and therapy. Furthermore, BC has also been characterized as an environmental disease or as an ecological disorder. Many mechanisms of cancer progression have been explained by principles of ecology, developmental biology, and evolutionary paradigms. Many authors have discussed ecological, developmental, and evolutionary strategies for more successful anti-cancer therapies, or for understanding the ecological, developmental, and evolutionary bases of BC exploitable vulnerabilities. Herein, we used the integrated framework of three well known ecological theories: the Bronfenbrenner's theory of human development, the Vannote's River Continuum Concept (RCC), and the Ecological Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Eco-Evo-Devo) theory, to explain and understand several eco-evo-devo-based principles that govern BC progression. Multi-omics fields, taken together as onco-breastomics, offer better opportunities to integrate, analyze, and interpret large amounts of complex heterogeneous data, such as various and big-omics data obtained by multiple investigative modalities, for understanding the eco-evo-devo-based principles that drive BC progression and treatment. These integrative eco-evo-devo theories can help clinicians better diagnose and treat BC, for example, by using non-invasive biomarkers in liquid-biopsies that have emerged from integrated omics-based data that accurately reflect the biomolecular landscape of the primary tumor in order to avoid mutilating preventive surgery, like bilateral mastectomy. From the perspective of preventive, personalized, and participatory medicine, these hypotheses may help patients to think about this disease as a process governed by natural rules, to understand the possible causes of the disease, and to gain control on their own health.
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- Anca-Narcisa Neagu
- Laboratory of Animal Histology, Faculty of Biology, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași, Carol I bvd. 20A, 700505 Iasi, Romania
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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- Biochemistry & Proteomics Laboratories, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA; (D.W.); (P.B.); (A.A.); (L.S.); (H.M.); (A.I.H.)
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Perrault EN, Shireman JM, Ali ES, Lin P, Preddy I, Park C, Budhiraja S, Baisiwala S, Dixit K, James CD, Heiland DH, Ben-Sahra I, Pott S, Basu A, Miska J, Ahmed AU. Ribonucleotide reductase regulatory subunit M2 drives glioblastoma TMZ resistance through modulation of dNTP production. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eade7236. [PMID: 37196077 PMCID: PMC10191446 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ade7236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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During therapy, adaptations driven by cellular plasticity are partly responsible for driving the inevitable recurrence of glioblastoma (GBM). To investigate plasticity-induced adaptation during standard-of-care chemotherapy temozolomide (TMZ), we performed in vivo single-cell RNA sequencing in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) tumors of GBM before, during, and after therapy. Comparing single-cell transcriptomic patterns identified distinct cellular populations present during TMZ therapy. Of interest was the increased expression of ribonucleotide reductase regulatory subunit M2 (RRM2), which we found to regulate dGTP and dCTP production vital for DNA damage response during TMZ therapy. Furthermore, multidimensional modeling of spatially resolved transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis in patients' tissues revealed strong correlations between RRM2 and dGTP. This supports our data that RRM2 regulates the demand for specific dNTPs during therapy. In addition, treatment with the RRM2 inhibitor 3-AP (Triapine) enhances the efficacy of TMZ therapy in PDX models. We present a previously unidentified understanding of chemoresistance through critical RRM2-mediated nucleotide production.
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- Ella N. Perrault
- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Northwestern Medicine Malnati Brain Tumor Institute of the Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Microenvironment and Immunology Research Laboratory, Medical-Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical-Center, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Section of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Worsley CM, Veale RB, Mayne ES. The effect of acute acid exposure on immunomodulatory protein secretion, cell survival, and cell cycle progression in tumour cell lines. Cytokine 2023; 162:156118. [PMID: 36584453 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2022.156118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Cancer develops when multiple systems fail to suppress uncontrolled cell proliferation. Breast cancers and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) are common cancers prone to genetic instability. They typically occur in acidic microenvironments which impacts on cell proliferation, apoptosis, and their influence on surrounding cells to support tumour growth and immune evasion. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the acidic tumour microenvironment on the production of pro-tumorigenic and immunomodulatory factors in cancer cell lines. Multiple factors that may mediate immune evasion were secreted including IL-6, IL-8, G-CSF, IP-10, GDF-15, Lipocalin-2, sICAM-1, and myoglobin. Others, such as VEGF, FGF, and EGF that are essential for tumour cell survival were also detected. Treatment with moderate acidity did not significantly affect secretion of most proteins, whereas very low pH did. Distinct differences in apoptosis were noted between the cell lines, with WHCO6 being better adapted to survive at moderate acid levels. Conditioned medium from acid-treated cells stimulated increased cell viability and proliferation in WHCO6, but increased cell death in MCF-7. This study highlights the importance of acidic tumour microenvironment in controlling apoptosis, cell proliferation, and immune evasion which may be different at different anatomical sites. Immunomodulatory molecules and growth factors provide therapeutic targets to improve the prognosis of individuals with cancer.
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- Catherine M Worsley
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Department of Haematology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa.
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- School of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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- National Health Laboratory Service, South Africa; Department of Immunology Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; Division of Immunology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Evo-devo perspectives on cancer. Essays Biochem 2022; 66:797-815. [PMID: 36250956 DOI: 10.1042/ebc20220041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Revised: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The integration of evolutionary and developmental approaches into the field of evolutionary developmental biology has opened new areas of inquiry- from understanding the evolution of development and its underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms to addressing the role of development in evolution. For the last several decades, the terms 'evolution' and 'development' have been increasingly linked to cancer, in many different frameworks and contexts. This mini-review, as part of a special issue on Evolutionary Developmental Biology, discusses the main areas in cancer research that have been addressed through the lenses of both evolutionary and developmental biology, though not always fully or explicitly integrated in an evo-devo framework. First, it briefly introduces the current views on carcinogenesis that invoke evolutionary and/or developmental perspectives. Then, it discusses the main mechanisms proposed to have specifically evolved to suppress cancer during the evolution of multicellularity. Lastly, it considers whether the evolution of multicellularity and development was shaped by the threat of cancer (a cancer-evo-devo perspective), and/or whether the evolution of developmental programs and life history traits can shape cancer resistance/risk in various lineages (an evo-devo-cancer perspective). A proper evolutionary developmental framework for cancer, both as a disease and in terms of its natural history (in the context of the evolution of multicellularity and development as well as life history traits), could bridge the currently disparate evolutionary and developmental perspectives and uncover aspects that will provide new insights for cancer prevention and treatment.
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Tejada-Martinez D, Avelar RA, Lopes I, Zhang B, Novoa G, de Magalhães JP, Trizzino M. Positive selection and enhancer evolution shaped lifespan and body mass in great apes. Mol Biol Evol 2021; 39:6491260. [PMID: 34971383 PMCID: PMC8837823 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msab369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Within primates, the great apes are outliers both in terms of body size and lifespan, since they include the largest and longest-lived species in the order. Yet, the molecular bases underlying such features are poorly understood. Here, we leveraged an integrated approach to investigate multiple sources of molecular variation across primates, focusing on over ten thousand genes, including ∼1,500 previously associated with lifespan, and additional ∼9,000 for which an association with longevity has never been suggested. We analyzed dN/dS rates, positive selection, gene expression (RNA-seq) and gene regulation (ChIP-seq). By analyzing the correlation between dN/dS, maximum lifespan and body mass we identified 276 genes whose rate of evolution positively correlates with maximum lifespan in primates. Further, we identified 5 genes, important for tumor suppression, adaptive immunity, metastasis and inflammation, under positive selection exclusively in the great ape lineage. RNA-seq data, generated from the liver of six species representing all the primate lineages, revealed that 8% of ∼1,500 genes previously associated with longevity are differentially expressed in apes relative to other primates. Importantly, by integrating RNA-seq with ChIP-seq for H3K27ac (which marks active enhancers), we show that the differentially expressed longevity genes are significantly more likely than expected to be located near a novel "ape-specific" enhancer. Moreover, these particular ape-specific enhancers are enriched for young transposable elements, and specifically SINE-Vntr-Alus (SVAs). In summary, we demonstrate that multiple evolutionary forces have contributed to the evolution of lifespan and body size in primates.
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- Daniela Tejada-Martinez
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Institute of Healthy Ageing, and Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Structure of Macromolecules, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
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- Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group, Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Stakheyeva M, Patysheva M, Kaigorodova E, Zavyalova M, Tarabanovskaya N, Choynzonov E, Cherdyntseva N. Tumor Properties Mediate the Relationship Between Peripheral Blood Monocytes and Tumor-Associated Macrophages in Breast Cancer. Cancer Invest 2021; 40:442-456. [PMID: 34882039 DOI: 10.1080/07357907.2021.2016803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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In cancer patients, circulating monocytes show functional alterations. Since monocytes are precursors of tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs), TAMs ensuring tumor viability are potentially replenished through the recruitment of monocytes with specific properties. We demonstrated that locoregional metastasis and circulating factors, such as CD45-EpCAM + CD44 + CD24-/low circulating tumor cells, and serum MCP-1 and HMGB1 were statistically associated with modulation of the monocyte features in breast cancer patients. The count of circulating CD45-EpCAM + cells correlated with CD68+, CD163 + monocyte in blood, and with density of CD68 + TAM in breast cancer tumors. Overall, the relationship between monocytes and TAMs is mediated by the tumor in breast cancer patients.
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- Marina Stakheyeva
- Laboratory Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of General and Molecular Pathology, Cancer Research Institute Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of General Oncology, Cancer Research Institute Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Head and Neck Oncology, Cancer Research Institute Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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Liu W, Deng Y, Li Z, Chen Y, Zhu X, Tan X, Cao G. Cancer Evo-Dev: A Theory of Inflammation-Induced Oncogenesis. Front Immunol 2021; 12:768098. [PMID: 34880864 PMCID: PMC8645856 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.768098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chronic inflammation is a prerequisite for the development of cancers. Here, we present the framework of a novel theory termed as Cancer Evolution-Development (Cancer Evo-Dev) based on the current understanding of inflammation-related carcinogenesis, especially hepatocarcinogenesis induced by chronic infection with hepatitis B virus. The interaction between genetic predispositions and environmental exposures, such as viral infection, maintains chronic non-resolving inflammation. Pollution, metabolic syndrome, physical inactivity, ageing, and adverse psychosocial exposure also increase the risk of cancer via inducing chronic low-grade smoldering inflammation. Under the microenvironment of non-resolving inflammation, pro-inflammatory factors facilitate the generation of somatic mutations and viral mutations by inducing the imbalance between the mutagenic forces such as cytidine deaminases and mutation-correcting forces including uracil-DNA glycosylase. Most cells with somatic mutations and mutated viruses are eliminated in survival competition. Only a small percentage of mutated cells survive, adapt to the hostile environment, retro-differentiate, and function as cancer-initiating cells via altering signaling pathways. These cancer-initiating cells acquire stem-ness, reprogram metabolic patterns, and affect the microenvironment. The carcinogenic process follows the law of "mutation-selection-adaptation". Chronic physical activity reduces the levels of inflammation via upregulating the activity and numbers of NK cells and lymphocytes and lengthening leukocyte telomere; downregulating proinflammatory cytokines including interleukin-6 and senescent lymphocytes especially in aged population. Anti-inflammation medication reduces the occurrence and recurrence of cancers. Targeting cancer stemness signaling pathways might lead to cancer eradication. Cancer Evo-Dev not only helps understand the mechanisms by which inflammation promotes the development of cancers, but also lays the foundation for effective prophylaxis and targeted therapy of various cancers.
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- Wenbin Liu
- Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Public Health, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Tai’an, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Dynamics of Acquired Resistance to Nivolumab Therapies Varies From Administration Strategies. Clin Ther 2021; 43:2088-2103. [PMID: 34782163 DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2021.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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PURPOSE The identification of optimal drug administration schedules to overcome the emergence of resistance that causes treatment failure is a major challenge in cancer research. We report the outcomes of a computational strategy to assess the dynamics of tumor progression as a function of time under different treatment regimens. METHODS We developed an evolutionary game theory model that combined Lotka-Volterra equations and pharmacokinetic properties with 2 competing cancer species: nivolumab-response cells and Janus kinase (JAK1/2) mutation cells. We selected 3 therapeutic schemes that have been tested in the clinical trials: 3 mg/kg Q2w, 10 mg/kg Q2w, and 480 mg Q4w. The simulation was performed under the intervals of 75, 125, and 175 days, respectively, for each regimen. The data sources of the pharmacokinetic parameters used in this study were collected from previous published clinical trials. Other parameters in the evolutionary model come from the existing references. FINDINGS Predictions under various dose schedules indicated a strong selection for nivolumab-independent cells. Under the 3 mg/kg dose strategy, the reproduction rate of JAK mutation cells was highest, with strongest tumor elimination ability at a 75-day interval between treatments. Prolonged drug intervals to 125 or 175 days delayed tumor evolution but accelerated tumor recurrence. Although 10 mg/kg Q2w had an obvious clinical effect in a short time, it further promotes the progress of resistant population compared with the 3 mg/kg dose. Our model suggests that 480 mg Q4w would be more valuable in terms of clinical efficacy, but complete resistant occurs earlier regardless the interval. IMPLICATIONS The results of this study emphasize that increasing the dose or shortening the interval between doses accelerates the evolution of heterogeneous populations, although the short-term effect is significant. In practice, the therapeutic regimen should be balanced according to the evolutionary principle.
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Belkhir S, Thomas F, Roche B. Darwinian Approaches for Cancer Treatment: Benefits of Mathematical Modeling. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:4448. [PMID: 34503256 PMCID: PMC8431137 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13174448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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One of the major problems of traditional anti-cancer treatments is that they lead to the emergence of treatment-resistant cells, which results in treatment failure. To avoid or delay this phenomenon, it is relevant to take into account the eco-evolutionary dynamics of tumors. Designing evolution-based treatment strategies may help overcoming the problem of drug resistance. In particular, a promising candidate is adaptive therapy, a containment strategy which adjusts treatment cycles to the evolution of the tumors in order to keep the population of treatment-resistant cells under control. Mathematical modeling is a crucial tool to understand the dynamics of cancer in response to treatments, and to make predictions about the outcomes of these treatments. In this review, we highlight the benefits of in silico modeling to design adaptive therapy strategies, and to assess whether they could effectively improve treatment outcomes. Specifically, we review how two main types of models (i.e., mathematical models based on Lotka-Volterra equations and agent-based models) have been used to model tumor dynamics in response to adaptive therapy. We give examples of the advances they permitted in the field of adaptive therapy and discuss about how these models can be integrated in experimental approaches and clinical trial design.
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- Sophia Belkhir
- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (S.B.); (F.T.)
- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Département de Biologie, Lyon CEDEX 07, 69342 Lyon, France
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (S.B.); (F.T.)
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, 34394 Montpellier, France; (S.B.); (F.T.)
- Departamento de Etología, Fauna Silvestre y Animales de Laboratorio, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Ciudad de México 01030, Mexico
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Celora GL, Byrne HM, Zois CE, Kevrekidis PG. Phenotypic variation modulates the growth dynamics and response to radiotherapy of solid tumours under normoxia and hypoxia. J Theor Biol 2021; 527:110792. [PMID: 34087269 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In cancer, treatment failure and disease recurrence have been associated with small subpopulations of cancer cells with a stem-like phenotype. In this paper, we develop and investigate a phenotype-structured model of solid tumour growth in which cells are structured by a stemness level, which varies continuously between stem-like and terminally differentiated behaviours. Cell evolution is driven by proliferation and death, as well as advection and diffusion with respect to the stemness structure variable. Here, the magnitude and sign of the advective flux are allowed to vary with the oxygen level. We use the model to investigate how the environment, in particular oxygen levels, affects the tumour's population dynamics and composition, and its response to radiotherapy. We use a combination of numerical and analytical techniques to quantify how under physiological oxygen levels the cells evolve to a differentiated phenotype and under low oxygen level (i.e., hypoxia) they de-differentiate. Under normoxia, the proportion of cancer stem cells is typically negligible and the tumour may ultimately become extinct whereas under hypoxia cancer stem cells comprise a dominant proportion of the tumour volume, enhancing radio-resistance and favouring the tumour's long-term survival. We then investigate how such phenotypic heterogeneity impacts the tumour's response to treatment with radiotherapy under normoxia and hypoxia. Of particular interest is establishing how the presence of radio-resistant cancer stem cells can facilitate a tumour's regrowth following radiotherapy. We also use the model to show how radiation-induced changes in tumour oxygen levels can give rise to complex re-growth dynamics. For example, transient periods of hypoxia induced by damage to tumour blood vessels may rescue the cancer cell population from extinction and drive secondary regrowth.
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- Giulia L Celora
- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Department of Oncology, Oxford University, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom; Department of Radiotherapy and Oncology, School of Health, Democritus University of Thrace, 68100 Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, USA
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Benton ML, Abraham A, LaBella AL, Abbot P, Rokas A, Capra JA. The influence of evolutionary history on human health and disease. Nat Rev Genet 2021; 22:269-283. [PMID: 33408383 PMCID: PMC7787134 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-020-00305-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nearly all genetic variants that influence disease risk have human-specific origins; however, the systems they influence have ancient roots that often trace back to evolutionary events long before the origin of humans. Here, we review how advances in our understanding of the genetic architectures of diseases, recent human evolution and deep evolutionary history can help explain how and why humans in modern environments become ill. Human populations exhibit differences in the prevalence of many common and rare genetic diseases. These differences are largely the result of the diverse environmental, cultural, demographic and genetic histories of modern human populations. Synthesizing our growing knowledge of evolutionary history with genetic medicine, while accounting for environmental and social factors, will help to achieve the promise of personalized genomics and realize the potential hidden in an individual's DNA sequence to guide clinical decisions. In short, precision medicine is fundamentally evolutionary medicine, and integration of evolutionary perspectives into the clinic will support the realization of its full potential.
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- Mary Lauren Benton
- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.252890.40000 0001 2111 2894Department of Computer Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.266102.10000 0001 2297 6811Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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Reynolds BA, Oli MW, Oli MK. Eco-oncology: Applying ecological principles to understand and manage cancer. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:8538-8553. [PMID: 32884638 PMCID: PMC7452771 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cancer is a disease of single cells that expresses itself at the population level. The striking similarities between initiation and growth of tumors and dynamics of biological populations, and between metastasis and ecological invasion and community dynamics suggest that oncology can benefit from an ecological perspective to improve our understanding of cancer biology. Tumors can be viewed as complex, adaptive, and evolving systems as they are spatially and temporally heterogeneous, continually interacting with each other and with the microenvironment and evolving to increase the fitness of the cancer cells. We argue that an eco-evolutionary perspective is essential to understand cancer biology better. Furthermore, we suggest that ecologically informed therapeutic approaches that combine standard of care treatments with strategies aimed at decreasing the evolutionary potential and fitness of neoplastic cells, such as disrupting cell-to-cell communication and cooperation, and preventing successful colonization of distant organs by migrating cancer cells, may be effective in managing cancer as a chronic condition.
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- Brent A. Reynolds
- Department of NeurosurgeryCollege of MedicineUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell ScienceInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Department of Wildlife Ecology and ConservationInstitute of Food and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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Rubinstein JC, Khan SA, Christison-Lagay ER, Cha C. APC mutational patterns in gastric adenocarcinoma are enriched for missense variants with associated decreased survival. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2020; 59:64-68. [PMID: 31353684 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) mutations are causally associated with familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) and are recurrent somatic events across numerous tumor types, including gastric adenocarcinoma. Severity of disease in FAP correlates with specific APC mutations, but the impact of given mutations on phenotype in gastric cancer is not well studied. Sequencing data from the Genomic Data Commons (GDC) demonstrate an APC mutational pattern in gastric cancer that differs dramatically from that seen in colon cancer. Exome sequencing data from APC-mutant colon and gastric adenocarcinomas in GDC was filtered for single nucleotide variants (SNVs) using MuTect2 Variant Aggregation and Masking pipeline, Somatic Aggregation Workflow. APC mutations were found in 57/441 gastric (12.9%) and 309/433 colon adenocarcinomas (71.4%). There was a significant difference in the proportion of stopgain, frameshift, and missense mutations between tumor types(P < .00001). Colon tumors were predominated by frameshift and stopgains, comprising 47.7% and 35.7%, respectively. In contrast, 47.1% of gastric mutations were missense. Gastric tumors harboring missense mutations showed decreased overall survival relative to other mutational subtypes(P = .008). In the gastric samples, 25.9% of frameshift and stopgain mutations are in the 3' portion of the gene, compared to 1.4% of colon samples. APC mutations demonstrate different distributions in gastric and colon adenocarcinoma, with a shift toward missense variants in gastric tumors and worse survival in gastric tumors harboring them. As different mutations confer variable degrees of protein dysfunction and resultant clinical manifestation, expanded investigation of specific mutational patterns will prove integral to future-risk stratification strategies.
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- Jill C Rubinstein
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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James S, Jennings G, Kwon YM, Stammnitz M, Fraik A, Storfer A, Comte S, Pemberton D, Fox S, Brown B, Pye R, Woods G, Lyons B, Hohenlohe PA, McCallum H, Siddle H, Thomas F, Ujvari B, Murchison EP, Jones M, Hamede R. Tracing the rise of malignant cell lines: Distribution, epidemiology and evolutionary interactions of two transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils. Evol Appl 2019; 12:1772-1780. [PMID: 31548856 PMCID: PMC6752152 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Emerging infectious diseases are rising globally and understanding host-pathogen interactions during the initial stages of disease emergence is essential for assessing potential evolutionary dynamics and designing novel management strategies. Tasmanian devils (Sarcophilus harrisii) are endangered due to a transmissible cancer-devil facial tumour disease (DFTD)-that since its emergence in the 1990s, has affected most populations throughout Tasmania. Recent studies suggest that devils are adapting to the DFTD epidemic and that disease-induced extinction is unlikely. However, in 2014, a second and independently evolved transmissible cancer-devil facial tumour 2 (DFT2)-was discovered at the d'Entrecasteaux peninsula, in south-east Tasmania, suggesting that the species is prone to transmissible cancers. To date, there is little information about the distribution, epidemiology and effects of DFT2 and its interaction with DFTD. Here, we use data from monitoring surveys and roadkills found within and adjacent to the d'Entrecasteaux peninsula to determine the distribution of both cancers and to compare their epidemiological patterns. Since 2012, a total of 51 DFTD tumours have been confirmed among 26 individuals inside the peninsula and its surroundings, while 40 DFT2 tumours have been confirmed among 23 individuals, and two individuals co-infected with both tumours. All devils with DFT2 were found within the d'Entrecasteaux peninsula, suggesting that this new transmissible cancer is geographically confined to this area. We found significant differences in tumour bodily location in DFTD and DFT2, with non-facial tumours more commonly found in DFT2. There was a significant sex bias in DFT2, with most cases reported in males, suggesting that since DFT2 originated from a male host, females might be less susceptible to this cancer. We discuss the implications of our results for understanding the epidemiological and evolutionary interactions of these two contemporary transmissible cancers and evaluating the effectiveness of potential management strategies.
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- Samantha James
- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeUK
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- School of Biological SciencesWashington State UniversityPullmanWashingtonUSA
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- School of Biological SciencesWashington State UniversityPullmanWashingtonUSA
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment (DPIPWE)HobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment (DPIPWE)HobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment (DPIPWE)HobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical ResearchUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary StudiesUniversity of IdahoMoscowIdahoUSA
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- School of Environment and ScienceGriffith UniversityNathanQueenslandAustralia
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- Centre for Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonSouthamptonUK
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Research on CancerMontpellierFrance
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityDeakinVictoriaAustralia
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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- School of Natural SciencesUniversity of TasmaniaHobartTasmaniaAustralia
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Adler FR, Gordon DM. Cancer Ecology and Evolution: Positive interactions and system vulnerability. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 17:1-7. [PMID: 32318644 DOI: 10.1016/j.coisb.2019.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Parallels of cancer with ecology and evolution have provided new insights into the initiation and spread of cancer, and new approaches to therapy. This review describes those parallels while emphasizing some key contrasts. We argue that cancers are less like invasive species than like native species or even crops that have escaped control, and that ecological control and homeo-static control differ fundamentally through both their ends and their means. From our focus on the role of positive interactions in control processes, we introduce a novel mathematical modeling framework that tracks how individual cell lineages arise, and how the many layers of control break down in the emergence of cancer. The next generation of therapies must continue to look beyond cancers as being created by individual renegade cells and address not only the network of interactions those cells inhabit, but the evolutionary logic that created those interactions and their intrinsic vulnerability.
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- Frederick R Adler
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112.,Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, 155 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, 371 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305-5020
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Larionova I, Cherdyntseva N, Liu T, Patysheva M, Rakina M, Kzhyshkowska J. Interaction of tumor-associated macrophages and cancer chemotherapy. Oncoimmunology 2019. [PMID: 31143517 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2019.1596004] [] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/30/2022] Open
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It has been recently recognized that the tumor microenvironment (TME) is an essential factor that defines the efficiency of chemotherapy. The local TME, consisting of immune cells with diverse phenotypes and functions, can strongly modulate the response to chemotherapy. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) that display pronounced heterogeneity and phenotypic plasticity are the major innate immune component in the microenvironment of solid tumors. In our review, we elucidate the complex role of TAMs in the progression of different types of solid tumors, summarize the current knowledge about the effects of different anticancer chemotherapeutic agents on monocytes/macrophages, and describe the mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance mediated by TAMs.
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- Irina Larionova
- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Innate Immunity and Tolerance, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Mannheim, Germany
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- laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,Department of Innate Immunity and Tolerance, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Mannheim, Germany.,German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany
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Larionova I, Cherdyntseva N, Liu T, Patysheva M, Rakina M, Kzhyshkowska J. Interaction of tumor-associated macrophages and cancer chemotherapy. Oncoimmunology 2019; 8:1596004. [PMID: 31143517 PMCID: PMC6527283 DOI: 10.1080/2162402x.2019.1596004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 37.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2018] [Revised: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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It has been recently recognized that the tumor microenvironment (TME) is an essential factor that defines the efficiency of chemotherapy. The local TME, consisting of immune cells with diverse phenotypes and functions, can strongly modulate the response to chemotherapy. Tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) that display pronounced heterogeneity and phenotypic plasticity are the major innate immune component in the microenvironment of solid tumors. In our review, we elucidate the complex role of TAMs in the progression of different types of solid tumors, summarize the current knowledge about the effects of different anticancer chemotherapeutic agents on monocytes/macrophages, and describe the mechanisms of chemotherapy resistance mediated by TAMs.
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- Irina Larionova
- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Department of Innate Immunity and Tolerance, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Mannheim, Germany
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- laboratory of molecular oncology and immunology, Cancer Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Translational Cellular and Molecular Biomedicine, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia.,Department of Innate Immunity and Tolerance, University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Mannheim, Germany.,German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Württemberg - Hessen, Mannheim, Germany
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Savini C, Yang R, Savelyeva L, Göckel-Krzikalla E, Hotz-Wagenblatt A, Westermann F, Rösl F. Folate Repletion after Deficiency Induces Irreversible Genomic and Transcriptional Changes in Human Papillomavirus Type 16 (HPV16)-Immortalized Human Keratinocytes. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20051100. [PMID: 30836646 PMCID: PMC6429418 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20051100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2019] [Revised: 02/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Supplementation of micronutrients like folate is a double-edged sword in terms of their ambivalent role in cell metabolism. Although several epidemiological studies support a protective role of folate in carcinogenesis, there are also data arguing for an opposite effect. To address this issue in the context of human papillomavirus (HPV)-induced transformation, the molecular events of different folate availability on human keratinocytes immortalized by HPV16 E6 and E7 oncoproteins were examined. Several sublines were established: Control (4.5 µM folate), folate deficient (0.002 µM folate), and repleted cells (4.5 µM folate). Cells were analyzed in terms of oncogene expression, DNA damage and repair, karyotype changes, whole-genome sequencing, and transcriptomics. Here we show that folate depletion irreversibly induces DNA damage, impairment of DNA repair fidelity, and unique chromosomal alterations. Repleted cells additionally underwent growth advantage and enhanced clonogenicity, while the above mentioned impaired molecular properties became even more pronounced. Overall, it appears that a period of folate deficiency followed by repletion can shape immortalized cells toward an anomalous phenotype, thereby potentially contributing to carcinogenesis. These observations should elicit questions and inquiries for broader additional studies regarding folate fortification programs, especially in developing countries with micronutrient deficiencies and high HPV prevalence.
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- Claudia Savini
- Division of Viral Transformation Mechanisms, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Viral Transformation Mechanisms, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Neuroblastoma Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Viral Transformation Mechanisms, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Omics IT and Data Management, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Neuroblastoma Genomics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Division of Viral Transformation Mechanisms, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Eymard N, Volpert V, Kurbatova P, Volpert V, Bessonov N, Ogungbenro K, Aarons L, Janiaud P, Nony P, Bajard A, Chabaud S, Bertrand Y, Kassaï B, Cornu C, Nony P. Mathematical model of T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma: disease, treatment, cure or relapse of a virtual cohort of patients. MATHEMATICAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY-A JOURNAL OF THE IMA 2018; 35:25-47. [PMID: 28082512 DOI: 10.1093/imammb/dqw019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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T lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL) is a rare type of lymphoma with a good prognosis with a remission rate of 85%. Patients can be completely cured or can relapse during or after a 2-year treatment. Relapses usually occur early after the remission of the acute phase. The median time of relapse is equal to 1 year, after the occurrence of complete remission (range 0.2-5.9 years) (Uyttebroeck et al., 2008). It can be assumed that patients may be treated longer than necessary with undue toxicity.The aim of our model was to investigate whether the duration of the maintenance therapy could be reduced without increasing the risk of relapses and to determine the minimum treatment duration that could be tested in a future clinical trial.We developed a mathematical model of virtual patients with T-LBL in order to obtain a proportion of virtual relapses close to the one observed in the real population of patients from the EuroLB database. Our simulations reproduced a 2-year follow-up required to study the onset of the disease, the treatment of the acute phase and the maintenance treatment phase.
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- N Eymard
- Institut Camille Jordan, UMR, CNRS, University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Camille Jordan, UMR, CNRS, University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Camille Jordan, UMR, CNRS, University Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
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- INRIA Team Dracula, INRIA Antenne Lyon la Doua 69603 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Manchester Pharmacy School The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Applied Pharmacokinetic Research, Manchester Pharmacy School The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- University of Lyon 1, UMR, CNRS, Lyon, France
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- University of Lyon 1, UMR, CNRS, Lyon, France
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- Unité de Biostatistique et d'Evaluation des Thérapeutiques Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Unité de Biostatistique et d'Evaluation des Thérapeutiques Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Institute of Hematology and Oncology Paediatrics, Hospices Civils de Lyon, University Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, INSERM CIC1407, Lyon, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, INSERM CIC1407, Lyon, France
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- CHU Lyon, Service de Pharmacologie Clinique et Essais Thérapeutiques, Lyon, France
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Rosenheim JA. Short- and long-term evolution in our arms race with cancer: Why the war on cancer is winnable. Evol Appl 2018; 11:845-852. [PMID: 29928294 PMCID: PMC5999210 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human society is engaged in an arms race against cancer, which pits one evolutionary process-human cultural evolution as we develop novel cancer therapies-against another evolutionary process-the ability of oncogenic selection operating among cancer cells to select for lineages that are resistant to our therapies. Cancer cells have a powerful ability to evolve resistance over the short term, leading to patient relapse following an initial period of apparent treatment efficacy. However, we are the beneficiaries of a fundamental asymmetry in our arms race against cancer: Whereas our cultural evolution is a long-term and continuous process, resistance evolution in cancer cells operates only over the short term and is discontinuous - all resistance adaptations are lost each time a cancer patient dies. Thus, our cultural adaptations are permanent, whereas cancer's genetic adaptations are ephemeral. Consequently, over the long term, there is good reason to expect that we will emerge as the winners in our war against cancer.
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- Jay A. Rosenheim
- Department of Entomology and Nematologyand Center for Population Biology, University of California DavisDavisCAUSA
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Großschedl J, Seredszus F, Harms U. Angehende Biologielehrkräfte: evolutionsbezogenes Wissen und Akzeptanz der Evolutionstheorie. Naturwissenschaften 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40573-018-0072-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Vittecoq M, Giraudeau M, Sepp T, Marcogliese DJ, Klaassen M, Renaud F, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Turning natural adaptations to oncogenic factors into an ally in the war against cancer. Evol Appl 2018; 11:836-844. [PMID: 29928293 PMCID: PMC5999213 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Both field and experimental evolution studies have demonstrated that organisms naturally or artificially exposed to environmental oncogenic factors can, sometimes rapidly, evolve specific adaptations to cope with pollutants and their adverse effects on fitness. Although numerous pollutants are mutagenic and carcinogenic, little attention has been given to exploring the extent to which adaptations displayed by organisms living in oncogenic environments could inspire novel cancer treatments, through mimicking the processes allowing these organisms to prevent or limit malignant progression. Building on a substantial knowledge base from the literature, we here present and discuss this progressive and promising research direction, advocating closer collaboration between the fields of medicine, ecology, and evolution in the war against cancer.
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- Marion Vittecoq
- Institut de Recherche de la Tour du Valat Arles France.,CREEC/MIVEGEC IRD CNRS University of Montpellier Montpellier France
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- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA.,Centre for Ecology & Conservation College of Life and Environmental Sciences University of Exeter Penryn UK
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- School of Life Sciences Arizona State University Tempe AZ USA.,Department of Zoology University of Tartu Tartu Estonia
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division Water Science and Technology Directorate Environment and Climate Change Canada St. Lawrence Centre Montreal QC Canada.,Fisheries and Oceans Canada St. Andrews Biological Station St. Andrews NB Canada
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University Deakin Vic. Australia
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC IRD CNRS University of Montpellier Montpellier France
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Deakin University Deakin Vic. Australia.,School of Biological Sciences University of Tasmania Hobart TAS Australia
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- CREEC/MIVEGEC IRD CNRS University of Montpellier Montpellier France
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Bleuven C, Landry CR. Molecular and cellular bases of adaptation to a changing environment in microorganisms. Proc Biol Sci 2017; 283:rspb.2016.1458. [PMID: 27798299 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 10/04/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Environmental heterogeneity constitutes an evolutionary challenge for organisms. While evolutionary dynamics under variable conditions has been explored for decades, we still know relatively little about the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved. It is of paramount importance to examine these molecular bases because they may play an important role in shaping the course of evolution. In this review, we examine the diversity of adaptive mechanisms in the face of environmental changes. We exploit the recent literature on microbial systems because those have benefited the most from the recent emergence of genetic engineering and experimental evolution followed by genome sequencing. We identify four emerging trends: (i) an adaptive molecular change in a pathway often results in fitness trade-off in alternative environments but the effects are dependent on a mutation's genetic background; (ii) adaptive changes often modify transcriptional and signalling pathways; (iii) several adaptive changes may occur within the same molecular pathway but be associated with pleiotropy of different signs across environments; (iv) because of their large associated costs, macromolecular changes such as gene amplification and aneuploidy may be a rapid mechanism of adaptation in the short-term only. The course of adaptation in a variable environment, therefore, depends on the complexity of the environment but also on the molecular relationships among the genes involved and between the genes and the phenotypes under selection.
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- Clara Bleuven
- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada .,Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,PROTEO, The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering, and Applications, Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,Big Data Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, Canada.,PROTEO, The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering, and Applications, Québec, Québec, Canada
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Zhang J, Cunningham JJ, Brown JS, Gatenby RA. Integrating evolutionary dynamics into treatment of metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1816. [PMID: 29180633 PMCID: PMC5703947 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01968-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Abiraterone treats metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer by inhibiting CYP17A, an enzyme for testosterone auto-production. With standard dosing, evolution of resistance with treatment failure (radiographic progression) occurs at a median of ~16.5 months. We hypothesize time to progression (TTP) could be increased by integrating evolutionary dynamics into therapy. We developed an evolutionary game theory model using Lotka–Volterra equations with three competing cancer “species”: androgen dependent, androgen producing, and androgen independent. Simulations with standard abiraterone dosing demonstrate strong selection for androgen-independent cells and rapid treatment failure. Adaptive therapy, using patient-specific tumor dynamics to inform on/off treatment cycles, suppresses proliferation of androgen-independent cells and lowers cumulative drug dose. In a pilot clinical trial, 10 of 11 patients maintained stable oscillations of tumor burdens; median TTP is at least 27 months with reduced cumulative drug use of 47% of standard dosing. The outcomes show significant improvement over published studies and a contemporaneous population. Evolution of resistance is a common cause of cancer treatment failure and tumor progression. Here, the authors present a method for integrating evolutionary principles based on adaptive therapy into abiraterone therapy for metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer and show the positive results of an interim analysis of a trial cohort.
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- Jingsong Zhang
- Department of Genitourinary Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA
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- Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.,Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA
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- Department of Integrated Mathematical Oncology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA. .,Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, 33612, USA.
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Ramón Y Cajal S, Capdevila C, Hernandez-Losa J, De Mattos-Arruda L, Ghosh A, Lorent J, Larsson O, Aasen T, Postovit LM, Topisirovic I. Cancer as an ecomolecular disease and a neoplastic consortium. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2017; 1868:484-499. [PMID: 28947238 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2017.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Current anticancer paradigms largely target driver mutations considered integral for cancer cell survival and tumor progression. Although initially successful, many of these strategies are unable to overcome the tremendous heterogeneity that characterizes advanced tumors, resulting in the emergence of resistant disease. Cancer is a rapidly evolving, multifactorial disease that accumulates numerous genetic and epigenetic alterations. This results in wide phenotypic and molecular heterogeneity within the tumor, the complexity of which is further amplified through specific interactions between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment. In this context, cancer may be perceived as an "ecomolecular" disease that involves cooperation between several neoplastic clones and their interactions with immune cells, stromal fibroblasts, and other cell types present in the microenvironment. This collaboration is mediated by a variety of secreted factors. Cancer is therefore analogous to complex ecosystems such as microbial consortia. In the present article, we comment on the current paradigms and perspectives guiding the development of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics and the potential application of systems biology to untangle the complexity of neoplasia. In our opinion, conceptualization of neoplasia as an ecomolecular disease is warranted. Advances in knowledge pertinent to the complexity and dynamics of interactions within the cancer ecosystem are likely to improve understanding of tumor etiology, pathogenesis, and progression. This knowledge is anticipated to facilitate the design of new and more effective therapeutic approaches that target the tumor ecosystem in its entirety.
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- Santiago Ramón Y Cajal
- Translational Molecular Pathology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; Pathology Department, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Biomedical Research Network Centre in Oncology (CIBERONC), Spain.
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- Translational Molecular Pathology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Translational Molecular Pathology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; Pathology Department, Vall d'Hebron Hospital, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Biomedical Research Network Centre in Oncology (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Translational Molecular Pathology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain
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- Lady Davis Institute, JGH, SMBD, Gerald-Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University QC, Montreal H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Karolinska Institutet, 171 65 Solna, Sweden
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- Translational Molecular Pathology, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035 Barcelona, Spain; Spanish Biomedical Research Network Centre in Oncology (CIBERONC), Spain
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- Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute, JGH, SMBD, Gerald-Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University QC, Montreal H3T 1E2, Canada
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Basanta D, Anderson ARA. Homeostasis Back and Forth: An Ecoevolutionary Perspective of Cancer. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2017; 7:cshperspect.a028332. [PMID: 28289244 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a028332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The role of genetic mutations in cancer is indisputable: They are a key source of tumor heterogeneity and drive its evolution to malignancy. But, the success of these new mutant cells relies on their ability to disrupt the homeostasis that characterizes healthy tissues. Mutated clones unable to break free from intrinsic and extrinsic homeostatic controls will fail to establish a tumor. Here, we will discuss, through the lens of mathematical and computational modeling, why an evolutionary view of cancer needs to be complemented by an ecological perspective to understand why cancer cells invade and subsequently transform their environment during progression. Importantly, this ecological perspective needs to account for tissue homeostasis in the organs that tumors invade, because they perturb the normal regulatory dynamics of these tissues, often coopting them for its own gain. Furthermore, given our current lack of success in treating advanced metastatic cancers through tumor-centric therapeutic strategies, we propose that treatments that aim to restore homeostasis could become a promising venue of clinical research. This ecoevolutionary view of cancer requires mechanistic mathematical models to both integrate clinical with biological data from different scales but also to detangle the dynamic feedback between the tumor and its environment. Importantly, for these models to be useful, they need to embrace a higher degree of complexity than many mathematical modelers are traditionally comfortable with.
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- David Basanta
- Integrated Mathematical Oncology Department, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612
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- Integrated Mathematical Oncology Department, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida 33612
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Jacqueline C, Biro PA, Beckmann C, Moller AP, Renaud F, Sorci G, Tasiemski A, Ujvari B, Thomas F. Cancer: A disease at the crossroads of trade-offs. Evol Appl 2017; 10:215-225. [PMID: 28250806 PMCID: PMC5322410 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Central to evolutionary theory is the idea that living organisms face phenotypic and/or genetic trade-offs when allocating resources to competing life-history demands, such as growth, survival, and reproduction. These trade-offs are increasingly considered to be crucial to further our understanding of cancer. First, evidences suggest that neoplastic cells, as any living entities subject to natural selection, are governed by trade-offs such as between survival and proliferation. Second, selection might also have shaped trade-offs at the organismal level, especially regarding protective mechanisms against cancer. Cancer can also emerge as a consequence of additional trade-offs in organisms (e.g., eco-immunological trade-offs). Here, we review the wide range of trade-offs that occur at different scales and their relevance for understanding cancer dynamics. We also discuss how acknowledging these phenomena, in light of human evolutionary history, may suggest new guidelines for preventive and therapeutic strategies.
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- Camille Jacqueline
- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- Ecologie Systématique EvolutionUniversité Paris‐SudCNRSAgroParisTechUniversité Paris‐Saclay, F‐91405 Orsay CedexFrance
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- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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- BiogéoSciencesCNRS UMR 6282Université de BourgogneDijonFrance
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- Unité d'EvolutionEcologie et Paléontologie (EEP) Université de Lille 1 CNRS UMR 8198groupe d'Ecoimmunologie des AnnélidesVilleneuve‐d'AscqFrance
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- Centre for Integrative EcologySchool of Life and Environmental SciencesDeakin UniversityWaurn PondsVICAustralia
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- CREECMontpellier Cedex 5France
- MIVEGECUMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5France
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Bernatchez L. On the maintenance of genetic variation and adaptation to environmental change: considerations from population genomics in fishes. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2016; 89:2519-2556. [PMID: 27687146 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.13145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 08/23/2016] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The first goal of this paper was to overview modern approaches to local adaptation, with a focus on the use of population genomics data to detect signals of natural selection in fishes. Several mechanisms are discussed that may enhance the maintenance of genetic variation and evolutionary potential, which have been overlooked and should be considered in future theoretical development and predictive models: the prevalence of soft sweeps, polygenic basis of adaptation, balancing selection and transient polymorphisms, parallel evolution, as well as epigenetic variation. Research on fish population genomics has provided ample evidence for local adaptation at the genome level. Pervasive adaptive evolution, however, seems to almost never involve the fixation of beneficial alleles. Instead, adaptation apparently proceeds most commonly by soft sweeps entailing shifts in frequencies of alleles being shared between differentially adapted populations. One obvious factor contributing to the maintenance of standing genetic variation in the face of selective pressures is that adaptive phenotypic traits are most often highly polygenic, and consequently the response to selection should derive mostly from allelic co-variances among causative loci rather than pronounced allele frequency changes. Balancing selection in its various forms may also play an important role in maintaining adaptive genetic variation and the evolutionary potential of species to cope with environmental change. A large body of literature on fishes also shows that repeated evolution of adaptive phenotypes is a ubiquitous evolutionary phenomenon that seems to occur most often via different genetic solutions, further adding to the potential options of species to cope with a changing environment. Moreover, a paradox is emerging from recent fish studies whereby populations of highly reduced effective population sizes and impoverished genetic diversity can apparently retain their adaptive potential in some circumstances. Although more empirical support is needed, several recent studies suggest that epigenetic variation could account for this apparent paradox. Therefore, epigenetic variation should be fully integrated with considerations pertaining to role of soft sweeps, polygenic and balancing selection, as well as repeated adaptation involving different genetic basis towards improving models predicting the evolutionary potential of species to cope with a changing world.
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- L Bernatchez
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1Y 2T8, Canada
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Somarelli JA, Ware KE, Kostadinov R, Robinson JM, Amri H, Abu-Asab M, Fourie N, Diogo R, Swofford D, Townsend JP. PhyloOncology: Understanding cancer through phylogenetic analysis. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2016; 1867:101-108. [PMID: 27810337 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2016] [Revised: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Despite decades of research and an enormity of resultant data, cancer remains a significant public health problem. New tools and fresh perspectives are needed to obtain fundamental insights, to develop better prognostic and predictive tools, and to identify improved therapeutic interventions. With increasingly common genome-scale data, one suite of algorithms and concepts with potential to shed light on cancer biology is phylogenetics, a scientific discipline used in diverse fields. From grouping subsets of cancer samples to tracing subclonal evolution during cancer progression and metastasis, the use of phylogenetics is a powerful systems biology approach. Well-developed phylogenetic applications provide fast, robust approaches to analyze high-dimensional, heterogeneous cancer data sets. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Evolutionary principles - heterogeneity in cancer?, edited by Dr. Robert A. Gatenby.
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- Jason A Somarelli
- Duke Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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- Duke Cancer Institute and the Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Pediatric Oncology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, United States
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- Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, United States; Digestive Disorders Unit, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, United States
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- Section of Ultrastructural Biology, National Eye Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Digestive Disorders Unit, National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, United States
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- Anatomy Department, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, DC 20059, United States
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- Department of Biology, Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, United States; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, United States; Department of Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, United States.
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Brown JS. Why Darwin would have loved evolutionary game theory. Proc Biol Sci 2016; 283:20160847. [PMID: 27605503 PMCID: PMC5031650 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Humans have marvelled at the fit of form and function, the way organisms' traits seem remarkably suited to their lifestyles and ecologies. While natural selection provides the scientific basis for the fit of form and function, Darwin found certain adaptations vexing or particularly intriguing: sex ratios, sexual selection and altruism. The logic behind these adaptations resides in frequency-dependent selection where the value of a given heritable phenotype (i.e. strategy) to an individual depends upon the strategies of others. Game theory is a branch of mathematics that is uniquely suited to solving such puzzles. While game theoretic thinking enters into Darwin's arguments and those of evolutionists through much of the twentieth century, the tools of evolutionary game theory were not available to Darwin or most evolutionists until the 1970s, and its full scope has only unfolded in the last three decades. As a consequence, game theory is applied and appreciated rather spottily. Game theory not only applies to matrix games and social games, it also applies to speciation, macroevolution and perhaps even to cancer. I assert that life and natural selection are a game, and that game theory is the appropriate logic for framing and understanding adaptations. Its scope can include behaviours within species, state-dependent strategies (such as male, female and so much more), speciation and coevolution, and expands beyond microevolution to macroevolution. Game theory clarifies aspects of ecological and evolutionary stability in ways useful to understanding eco-evolutionary dynamics, niche construction and ecosystem engineering. In short, I would like to think that Darwin would have found game theory uniquely useful for his theory of natural selection. Let us see why this is so.
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- Joel S Brown
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Lorenzi T, Chisholm RH, Clairambault J. Tracking the evolution of cancer cell populations through the mathematical lens of phenotype-structured equations. Biol Direct 2016; 11:43. [PMID: 27550042 PMCID: PMC4994266 DOI: 10.1186/s13062-016-0143-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background A thorough understanding of the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms that drive the phenotypic evolution of neoplastic cells is a timely and key challenge for the cancer research community. In this respect, mathematical modelling can complement experimental cancer research by offering alternative means of understanding the results of in vitro and in vivo experiments, and by allowing for a quick and easy exploration of a variety of biological scenarios through in silico studies. Results To elucidate the roles of phenotypic plasticity and selection pressures in tumour relapse, we present here a phenotype-structured model of evolutionary dynamics in a cancer cell population which is exposed to the action of a cytotoxic drug. The analytical tractability of our model allows us to investigate how the phenotype distribution, the level of phenotypic heterogeneity, and the size of the cell population are shaped by the strength of natural selection, the rate of random epimutations, the intensity of the competition for limited resources between cells, and the drug dose in use. Conclusions Our analytical results clarify the conditions for the successful adaptation of cancer cells faced with environmental changes. Furthermore, the results of our analyses demonstrate that the same cell population exposed to different concentrations of the same cytotoxic drug can take different evolutionary trajectories, which culminate in the selection of phenotypic variants characterised by different levels of drug tolerance. This suggests that the response of cancer cells to cytotoxic agents is more complex than a simple binary outcome, i.e., extinction of sensitive cells and selection of highly resistant cells. Also, our mathematical results formalise the idea that the use of cytotoxic agents at high doses can act as a double-edged sword by promoting the outgrowth of drug resistant cellular clones. Overall, our theoretical work offers a formal basis for the development of anti-cancer therapeutic protocols that go beyond the ‘maximum-tolerated-dose paradigm’, as they may be more effective than traditional protocols at keeping the size of cancer cell populations under control while avoiding the expansion of drug tolerant clones. Reviewers This article was reviewed by Angela Pisco, Sébastien Benzekry and Heiko Enderling. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13062-016-0143-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Tommaso Lorenzi
- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK.
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW, Sydney, 2052, Australia
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- INRIA Paris Research Centre, MAMBA team, 2, rue Simone Iff, CS 42112, Paris Cedex 12, 75589, France.,Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ. Paris 6, UMR 7598, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, Boîte courrier 187, 4 Place Jussieu, Paris Cedex 05, 75252, France
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Roche B, Thomas F. Third International Biannual Evolution and Cancer Conference (Evolutionary Trade‐offs and Clinical Consequences) Meeting report. San Francisco, CA, USA. 10–13 December 2015. Evol Appl 2016. [PMCID: PMC4778113 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- Benjamin Roche
- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Research on Cancer Montpellier France
- UMI IRD/UPMC 209 UMMISCO Paris France
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- Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Research on Cancer Montpellier France
- UMR CNRS/IRD/UM 5290 MIVEGEC Montpellier France
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Despite important differences between infectious diseases and cancers, tumour development (neoplasia) can nonetheless be closely compared to infectious disease because of the similarity of their effects on the body. On this basis, we predict that many of the life-history (LH) responses observed in the context of host-parasite interactions should also be relevant in the context of cancer. Parasites are thought to affect LH traits of their hosts because of strong selective pressures like direct and indirect mortality effects favouring, for example, early maturation and reproduction. Cancer can similarly also affect LH traits by imposing direct costs and/or indirectly by triggering plastic adjustments and evolutionary responses. Here, we discuss how and why a LH focus is a potentially productive but under-exploited research direction for cancer research, by focusing our attention on similarities between infectious disease and cancer with respect to their effects on LH traits and their evolution. We raise the possibility that LH adjustments can occur in response to cancer via maternal/paternal effects and that these changes can be heritable to (adaptively) modify the LH traits of their offspring. We conclude that LH adjustments can potentially influence the transgenerational persistence of inherited oncogenic mutations in populations.
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Ducasse H, Ujvari B, Solary E, Vittecoq M, Arnal A, Bernex F, Pirot N, Misse D, Bonhomme F, Renaud F, Thomas F, Roche B. Can Peto's paradox be used as the null hypothesis to identify the role of evolution in natural resistance to cancer? A critical review. BMC Cancer 2015; 15:792. [PMID: 26499116 PMCID: PMC4619987 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1782-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Carcinogenesis affects not only humans but almost all metazoan species. Understanding the rules driving the occurrence of cancers in the wild is currently expected to provide crucial insights into identifying how some species may have evolved efficient cancer resistance mechanisms. Recently the absence of correlation across species between cancer prevalence and body size (coined as Peto's paradox) has attracted a lot of attention. Indeed, the disparity between this null hypothesis, where every cell is assumed to have an identical probability to undergo malignant transformation, and empirical observations is particularly important to understand, due to the fact that it could facilitate the identification of animal species that are more resistant to carcinogenesis than expected. Moreover it would open up ways to identify the selective pressures that may be involved in cancer resistance. However, Peto's paradox relies on several questionable assumptions, complicating the interpretation of the divergence between expected and observed cancer incidences. DISCUSSIONS Here we review and challenge the different hypotheses on which this paradox relies on with the aim of identifying how this null hypothesis could be better estimated in order to provide a standard protocol to study the deviation between theoretical/theoretically predicted and observed cancer incidence. We show that due to the disproportion and restricted nature of available data on animal cancers, applying Peto's hypotheses at species level could result in erroneous conclusions, and actually assume the existence of a paradox. Instead of using species level comparisons, we propose an organ level approach to be a more accurate test of Peto's assumptions. SUMMARY The accuracy of Peto's paradox assumptions are rarely valid and/or quantifiable, suggesting the need to reconsider the use of Peto's paradox as a null hypothesis in identifying the influence of natural selection on cancer resistance mechanisms.
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- Hugo Ducasse
- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
- Université Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090, Montpellier, France.
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Vic, Australia
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- INSERM U1009, Université Paris-Sud, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Centre de Recherche de la Tour du Valat, Le Sambuc, 13200, Arles, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Université Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090, Montpellier, France
- RHEM, Réseau d'Histologie Expérimentale de Montpellier, IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM, U1194 Montpellier France, Montpellier, France
- ICM, 208 Avenue des Apothicaires, Montpellier, 34298, France
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- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Université Montpellier, 163 rue Auguste Broussonnet, 34090, Montpellier, France
- RHEM, Réseau d'Histologie Expérimentale de Montpellier, IRCM, Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier, INSERM, U1194 Montpellier France, Montpellier, France
- ICM, 208 Avenue des Apothicaires, Montpellier, 34298, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- ISEM, UMR CNRS/IRD/EPHE/UM 5554, Place Eugène Bataillon, Montpellier Cedex 5, 34095, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, 911 Avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, 34394, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- UMMISCO, UMI IRD/UPMC, 32 Avenue Henri Varagnat, 93143, Bondy Cedex, France
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Cancer Ecology: Niche Construction, Keystone Species, Ecological Succession, and Ergodic Theory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13752-015-0226-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Kim J, Tanner K. Recapitulating the Tumor Ecosystem Along the Metastatic Cascade Using 3D Culture Models. Front Oncol 2015; 5:170. [PMID: 26284194 PMCID: PMC4518327 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Advances in cancer research have shown that a tumor can be likened to a foreign species that disrupts delicately balanced ecological interactions, compromising the survival of normal tissue ecosystems. In efforts to mitigate tumor expansion and metastasis, experimental approaches from ecology are becoming more frequently and successfully applied by researchers from diverse disciplines to reverse engineer and re-engineer biological systems in order to normalize the tumor ecosystem. We present a review on the use of 3D biomimetic platforms to recapitulate biotic and abiotic components of the tumor ecosystem, in efforts to delineate the underlying mechanisms that drive evolution of tumor heterogeneity, tumor dissemination, and acquisition of drug resistance.
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- Jiyun Kim
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Nano System Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Ducasse H, Arnal A, Vittecoq M, Daoust SP, Ujvari B, Jacqueline C, Tissot T, Ewald P, Gatenby RA, King KC, Bonhomme F, Brodeur J, Renaud F, Solary E, Roche B, Thomas F. Cancer: an emergent property of disturbed resource-rich environments? Ecology meets personalized medicine. Evol Appl 2015; 8:527-40. [PMID: 26136819 PMCID: PMC4479509 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/17/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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For an increasing number of biologists, cancer is viewed as a dynamic system governed by evolutionary and ecological principles. Throughout most of human history, cancer was an uncommon cause of death and it is generally accepted that common components of modern culture, including increased physiological stresses and caloric intake, favor cancer development. However, the precise mechanisms for this linkage are not well understood. Here, we examine the roles of ecological and physiological disturbances and resource availability on the emergence of cancer in multicellular organisms. We argue that proliferation of 'profiteering phenotypes' is often an emergent property of disturbed, resource-rich environments at all scales of biological organization. We review the evidence for this phenomenon, explore it within the context of malignancy, and discuss how this ecological framework may offer a theoretical background for novel strategies of cancer prevention. This work provides a compelling argument that the traditional separation between medicine and evolutionary ecology remains a fundamental limitation that needs to be overcome if complex processes, such as oncogenesis, are to be completely understood.
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- Hugo Ducasse
- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Centre de Recherche de la Tour du ValatArles, France
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- Department of Biology, John Abbott CollegeSainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin UniversityWaurn Ponds, Vic., Australia
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Department of Biology and the Program on Disease Evolution, University of LouisvilleLouisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Radiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research InstituteTampa, FL, USA
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- Department of Zoology, University of OxfordOxford, UK
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- ISEM Institut des sciences de l'évolution, Université Montpellier 2, CNRS/IRD/UM2 UMR 5554Montpellier Cedex, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de MontréalMontréal, QC, Canada
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- INSERM U1009, Université Paris-Sud, Gustave RoussyVillejuif, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Unité mixte internationale de Modélisation Mathématique et Informatique des Systèmes Complexes (UMI IRD/UPMC UMMISCO)BondyCedex, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- CREEC, Université Montpellier 2Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Arnal A, Ujvari B, Crespi B, Gatenby RA, Tissot T, Vittecoq M, Ewald PW, Casali A, Ducasse H, Jacqueline C, Missé D, Renaud F, Roche B, Thomas F. Evolutionary perspective of cancer: myth, metaphors, and reality. Evol Appl 2015; 8:541-4. [PMID: 26136820 PMCID: PMC4479510 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Accepted: 04/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The evolutionary perspective of cancer (which origins and dynamics result from evolutionary processes) has gained significant international recognition over the past decade and generated a wave of enthusiasm among researchers. In this context, several authors proposed that insights into evolutionary and adaptation dynamics of cancers can be gained by studying the evolutionary strategies of organisms. Although this reasoning is fundamentally correct, in our opinion, it contains a potential risk of excessive adaptationism, potentially leading to the suggestion of complex adaptations that are unlikely to evolve among cancerous cells. For example, the ability of recognizing related conspecifics and adjusting accordingly behaviors as in certain free-living species appears unlikely in cancer. Indeed, despite their rapid evolutionary rate, malignant cells are under selective pressures for their altered lifestyle for only few decades. In addition, even though cancer cells can theoretically display highly sophisticated adaptive responses, it would be crucial to determine the frequency of their occurrence in patients with cancer, before therapeutic applications can be considered. Scientists who try to explain oncogenesis will need in the future to critically evaluate the metaphorical comparison of selective processes affecting cancerous cells with those affecting organisms. This approach seems essential for the applications of evolutionary biology to understand the origin of cancers, with prophylactic and therapeutic applications.
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- Audrey Arnal
- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University Waurn Ponds, Vic., Australia
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Tampa, FL, USA
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; Centre de Recherche de la Tour du Valat, Arles France
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- Department of Biology and the Program on Disease Evolution, University of Louisville Louisville, KY, USA
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, Spain
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; International Center for Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Complex Systems (UMI IRD/UPMC UMMISCO) Bondy Cedex, France
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- MIVEGEC, UMR IRD/CNRS/UM 5290 Montpellier Cedex 5, France ; CREEC Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Svanvik J, Shabo I. Review and rhyme--of birth of cancers and selfish epigenomes. Med Hypotheses 2014; 82:639-40. [PMID: 24612784 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2014.01.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 01/31/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Joar Svanvik
- Transplantation Center, SU, Sahlgrenska Hospital, SE413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Division of Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Linkoping, Sweden
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Mulla W, Zhu J, Li R. Yeast: a simple model system to study complex phenomena of aneuploidy. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2013; 38:201-12. [PMID: 24118136 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 09/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Aneuploidy, the state of having a chromosome number different from a multiple of the haploid number, has been associated with diseases and developmental disorders. The role of aneuploidy in human disease pathology, especially in cancer, has been a subject of much attention and debate over the last century due to the intrinsic complexity of the phenomena and experimental challenges. Over the last decade, yeast has been an invaluable model for driving discoveries about the genetic and molecular aspects of aneuploidy. The understanding of aneuploidy has been significantly improved owing to the methods for selectively generating aneuploid yeast strains without causing other genetic changes, techniques for detecting aneuploidy, and cutting-edge genetics and 'omics' approaches. In this review, we discuss the contribution of studies in yeast to current knowledge about aneuploidy. Special emphasis is placed on experimental features that make yeast a simpler and efficient model to investigate the complex questions in the field of aneuploidy.
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- Wahid Mulla
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA; Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Aktipis CA, Nesse RM. Evolutionary foundations for cancer biology. Evol Appl 2013; 6:144-59. [PMID: 23396885 PMCID: PMC3567479 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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New applications of evolutionary biology are transforming our understanding of cancer. The articles in this special issue provide many specific examples, such as microorganisms inducing cancers, the significance of within-tumor heterogeneity, and the possibility that lower dose chemotherapy may sometimes promote longer survival. Underlying these specific advances is a large-scale transformation, as cancer research incorporates evolutionary methods into its toolkit, and asks new evolutionary questions about why we are vulnerable to cancer. Evolution explains why cancer exists at all, how neoplasms grow, why cancer is remarkably rare, and why it occurs despite powerful cancer suppression mechanisms. Cancer exists because of somatic selection; mutations in somatic cells result in some dividing faster than others, in some cases generating neoplasms. Neoplasms grow, or do not, in complex cellular ecosystems. Cancer is relatively rare because of natural selection; our genomes were derived disproportionally from individuals with effective mechanisms for suppressing cancer. Cancer occurs nonetheless for the same six evolutionary reasons that explain why we remain vulnerable to other diseases. These four principles-cancers evolve by somatic selection, neoplasms grow in complex ecosystems, natural selection has shaped powerful cancer defenses, and the limitations of those defenses have evolutionary explanations-provide a foundation for understanding, preventing, and treating cancer.
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- C Athena Aktipis
- Center for Evolution and Cancer, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA ; Department of Psychology, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ, USA
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