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Rybinska I, Mangano N, Romero-Cordoba SL, Regondi V, Ciravolo V, De Cecco L, Maffioli E, Paolini B, Bianchi F, Sfondrini L, Tedeschi G, Agresti R, Tagliabue E, Triulzi T. SAA1-dependent reprogramming of adipocytes by tumor cells is associated with triple negative breast cancer aggressiveness. Int J Cancer 2024; 154:1842-1856. [PMID: 38289016 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
Triple negative breast cancers (TNBC) are characterized by a poor prognosis and a lack of targeted treatments. Their progression depends on tumor cell intrinsic factors, the tumor microenvironment and host characteristics. Although adipocytes, the primary stromal cells of the breast, have been determined to be plastic in physiology and cancer, the tumor-derived molecular mediators of tumor-adipocyte crosstalk have not been identified yet. In this study, we report that the crosstalk between TNBC cells and adipocytes in vitro beyond adipocyte dedifferentiation, induces a unique transcriptional profile that is characterized by inflammation and pathways that are related to interaction with the tumor microenvironment. Accordingly, increased cancer stem-like features and recruitment of pro-tumorigenic immune cells are induced by this crosstalk through CXCL5 and IL-8 production. We identified serum amyloid A1 (SAA1) as a regulator of the adipocyte reprogramming through CD36 and P2XR7 signaling. In human TNBC, SAA1 expression was associated with cancer-associated adipocyte infiltration, inflammation, stimulated lipolysis, stem-like properties, and a distinct tumor immune microenvironment. Our findings constitute evidence that the interaction between tumor cells and adipocytes through the release of SAA1 is relevant to the aggressiveness of TNBC.
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- Ilona Rybinska
- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Departamento de Medicina Genómica y Toxicología Ambiental, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
- Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición "Salvador Zubirán", Mexico City, Mexico
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Mechanisms Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Scienze Animali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- CIMAINA, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Anatomic Pathology A Unit, Department of Pathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Science for Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria e Scienze Animali, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
- CIMAINA, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Breast Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Microenvironment and Biomarkers of Solid Tumors Unit, Department of Experimental Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Minnai F, Noci S, Mangano N, De Cecco L, Meazza C, Terenziani M, Massimino M, Colombo F. A pilot exome sequencing study suggests that germline variants influence methotrexate-induced toxicities in pediatric patients with localized osteosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2023:e30501. [PMID: 37338505 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.30501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/21/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Osteosarcoma (OS) is a rare pediatric cancer for which therapeutic approaches, including chemotherapy and surgery, show a wide interindividual variability in patient response, both in terms of adverse events and therapy efficacy. There is growing evidence that this individual variable response to therapies is also influenced by inherited genetic variations. However, the results obtained to date in these pediatric cancers have been contradictory and often lack validation in independent series. Additionally, these studies frequently focused only on a limited number of polymorphisms in candidate genes. METHODS In order to identify germline coding variations associated with individual differences in adverse events occurrence in pediatric patients affected by localized OS, we carried out an exome-wide association study in 24 OS patients treated with methotrexate, cisplatin, and doxorubicin, using the SNP-Set (Sequence) Kernel Association Test (SKAT), optimized for small sample size. RESULTS Gene sets significantly associated (FDR < .05) with neutropenia and hepatotoxicity induced by methotrexate were identified. Some of the identified genes map in loci previously associated with similar phenotypes (e.g., leukocyte count, alkaline phosphatase levels). CONCLUSION Further studies in larger series and with functional characterization of the identified associations are needed; nonetheless, this pilot study prompts the relevance of broadly investigating variants along the whole genome, to identify new potential pharmacogenes, beyond drug metabolism, transport, and receptor candidate genes.
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- Francesca Minnai
- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Segrate (MI), Italy
- Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine (BioMeTra), Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Integrated Biology of Rare Tumors Unit, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Segrate (MI), Italy
- Genetic Epidemiology and Pharmacogenomics, Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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Cotroneo CE, Mangano N, Dragani TA, Colombo F. Lung expression of genes putatively involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection is modulated in cis by germline variants. Eur J Hum Genet 2021; 29:1019-1026. [PMID: 33649539 PMCID: PMC7917374 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-00831-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2020] [Revised: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Germline variants in genes involved in SARS-CoV-2 cell entry and in host innate immune responses to viruses may influence the susceptibility to infection. This study used whole-genome analyses of lung tissue to identify polymorphisms acting as expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) for 60 genes of relevance to SARS-CoV-2 infection susceptibility. The expression of genes with confirmed or possible roles in viral entry-replication and in host antiviral responses was studied in the non-diseased lung tissue of 408 lung adenocarcinoma patients. No gene was differently expressed by sex, but APOBEC3H levels were higher and PARP12 levels lower in older individuals. A total of 125 cis-eQTLs (false discovery rate < 0.05) was found to modulate mRNA expression of 15 genes (ABO, ANPEP, AP2A2, APOBEC3D, APOBEC3G, BSG, CLEC4G, DDX58, DPP4, FURIN, FYCO1, RAB14, SERINC3, TRIM5, ZCRB1). eQTLs regulating ABO and FYCO1 were found in COVID-19 susceptibility loci. No trans-eQTLs were identified. Genetic control of the expression of these 15 genes, which encode putative virus receptors, proteins required for vesicle trafficking, enzymes that interfere with viral replication, and other restriction factors, may underlie interindividual differences in risk or severity of infection with SARS-CoV-2 or other viruses.
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- Chiara E Cotroneo
- Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy.
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- Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council (ITB-CNR), Segrate, MI, Italy
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Macchia G, Topo E, Mangano N, D'Aniello E, Boni R. DL-Aspartic acid administration improves semen quality in rabbit bucks. Anim Reprod Sci 2009; 118:337-43. [PMID: 19716665 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2009.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Revised: 07/07/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Recently, D-aspartic acid (d-Asp) has been suggested as being involved in mechanisms regulating reproduction activity in animals and human. In this study we analyzed the effects of DL-Asp oral administration on sperm production in the rabbit. Bucks from 60, bred in a genetic centre and used for semen production, were divided in 2 subgroups of 6 individuals. The treated group was fed with a concentrate containing DL-Asp which assured a daily administration of 1.3g dl-Asp/head; the control group was fed with the same concentrate without DL-Asp. The treatment was carried out for 2wk and animals were monitored weekly, from 1wk before the start of the treatment to 3wk after the end of the treatment. Through the experimental period there were no significant variations in semen volume between the two groups. A significant increase in both sperm concentration and kinetic parameters, i.e., the overall percentage of motile spermatozoa, the average path velocity, the percentage of progressively motile spermatozoa, etc., was found in the supplemented group. L-Asp values in blood serum and seminal plasma did not vary through the experimental period. D-Asp concentration in blood serum increased more than 4-fold than baseline (P<0.01) at the end of the treatment and was maintained at higher than baseline values for up to 3wk after the end of the treatment. D-Asp concentration in seminal plasma was higher than in blood serum before the start of the treatment (13.7+/-1.6nM vs 3.5+/-3.3nM; P<0.01) which suggests an elective storage of D-Asp in the male genital tract. Baseline values of d-Asp concentration in seminal plasma significantly increased following treatment and were back to initial values 1wk after the end of the treatment. In conclusion, DL-Asp administration improved sperm quality in bucks and the high D-Asp content in seminal plasma suggests a primary role for this D-amino acid in regulatory mechanisms of reproductive activity.
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- G Macchia
- Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Animali, Università della Basilicata, 85100 Potenza, Italy
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Cocchia N, Boni R, Mangano N, De Felice A, Tortora G, Lorizio R. Effects of several procedures of ovarian stimulation on reproductive efficiency in artificially inseminated does. Vet Res Commun 2005; 29 Suppl 2:179-81. [PMID: 16244950 DOI: 10.1007/s11259-005-0037-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- N Cocchia
- Department of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Via F. Delpino, 1 80137, Naples, Italy.
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Modica M, Santagati M, Santagati A, Cutuli V, Mangano N, Caruso A. Synthesis of new [1,3,4]thiadiazolo[3,2-a]thieno[2,3-d]pyrimidinone derivatives with antiinflammatory activity. Pharmazie 2000; 55:500-2. [PMID: 10944776 DOI: 10.1002/chin.200042143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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New thiadiazolothienopyrimidinones were synthesized in continuation of efforts to prepare thienopyrimidine derivatives with analgesic and antiinflammatory activities. In this study, the effect of various substituents in the thiophene ring on the pharmacological activity of the compounds was investigated.
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- M Modica
- Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Facoltà di Farmacia, Università di Catania, Italy
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Vitali A, Battaglia C, Mangano N, Rovelli S, Moizi M. [Ectopic atrial tachycardia persisting from childhood. Its conservative treatment and long-term follow-up]. Minerva Cardioangiol 1992; 40:285-8. [PMID: 1470393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Chronic ectopic atrial tachycardia in an uncommon form of arrhythmia which is rarely complicated by congestive cardiomyopathy, ictus, sudden death. This possibility has led many authors to ascertain the need of an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach. In need of an aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach. In this study the Authors describe the case of one patient who, at the age of 10 years, presented this form of arrhythmia. Due to its benign aspects (relatively low rate, few symptoms, no signs of anatomic-functional heart deterioration), the authors chose a non-aggressive approach. The arrhythmia, which was persistent during the following 3 years, at puberty became intermittent. Now, 4 years later, the subject is asymptomatic and the arrhythmia is beginning to regress spontaneously.
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- A Vitali
- Reparto di Medicina Riabilitativa, Ospedale Moriggia Pelascini di Gravedona, Como
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