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Arnoletti JP, Reza J, Rosales A, Monreal A, Fanaian N, Whisner S, Srivastava M, Rivera-Otero J, Yu G, Phanstiel IV O, Altomare DA, Tran Q, Litherland SA. Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) circulating tumor cells influence myeloid cell differentiation to support their survival and immunoresistance in portal vein circulation. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0265725. [PMID: 35316296 PMCID: PMC8939813 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The portal venous circulation provides a conduit for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumor cells to the liver parenchyma sinusoids, a frequent site of metastasis. Turbulent flow in the portal circulation promotes retention of PDAC shed circulating tumor cells (CTC) and myeloid-derived immunosuppressor cells (MDSC). Excessive colony stimulating factor-1 receptor (CSF1R) signaling can induce myeloid differentiation to MDSC and transformation of MDSC to myeloid-derived fibroblasts (M-FB). Interactions between PDAC CTC and M-FB in the portal blood promotes the formation of immunoresistant clusters that enhance CTC proliferation, migration, and survival. Analysis of portal and peripheral blood samples collected intraoperatively from 30 PDAC patients undergoing pancreatico-duodenectomy showed that PDAC patient plasma contained high levels of macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF/CSF1), granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF/CSF2), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and interleukin-34 (IL-34) compared to healthy control levels. Moreover, the level of M-CSF in portal blood was significantly higher than that detected in the peripheral blood of PDAC patients. PDAC CTC aseptically isolated by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS) out of freshly collected patient portal blood mononuclear cells (PortalBMC) had elevated RNA expression of IL34 (IL-34 gene) and CSF1 (M-CSF/CSF1 gene) which both signal through CSF1R. PDAC CTC also had high levels of RNA expression for CXCL8, the gene encoding chemokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) which can attract myeloid cells through their CXCR2 receptors. FACS-isolated portal PDAC CTC and M-FB co-cultured ex vivo had increased CTC proliferation, motility, and cluster formation compared to CTC cultured alone. CSF1R and CXCR2 cell surface expression were found on PDAC portal blood CTC and M-FB, suggesting that both cell types may respond to M-CSF, IL-34, and IL-8-mediated signaling. Portal PDAC CTC displayed enhanced RNA expression of CSF1 and IL34, while CTC+M-FB+ clusters formed in vivo had increased RNA expression of CSF2 and IL34. Portal M-FB were found to have high CSF1R RNA expression. CTC isolated from ex vivo 7-day cultures of PDAC patient portal blood mononuclear cells (PortalBMC) expressed elevated CSF1, IL34, and IL8 RNA, and CSF1 expression was elevated in M-FB. Treatment with rabbit anti-CSF1R antibodies decreased CTC proliferation. Treatment of PortalBMC cultures with humanized anti-CSF1R, humanized anti-IL-8, or anti-IL-34 antibodies disrupted CTC cluster formation and increased CTC apoptosis. U937 myeloid precursor cell line cultures treated with conditioned media from PortalBMC ex vivo cultures without treatment or treated with anti-IL-8 and/or anti-CSF1R did not prevent myeloid differentiation in the myeloid precursor cell line U937 to macrophage, dendritic cell, MDSC, and M-FB phenotypes; whereas, U937 cultures treated with conditioned media from PortalBMC ex vivo cultures exposed to anti-IL-34 were significantly inhibited in their myeloid differentiation to all but the M-FB phenotype. PDAC patient T cells that were found phenotypically anergic (CD3+CD25+CTLA4+PD1L1+) in PortalBMC could be re-activated (CD3+CD25+CTLA4-PD1L1-), and displayed increased interferon gamma (IFNγ) production when PortalBMC ex vivo cultures were treated with anti-CSF1R, anti-IL-8, and anti-IL-34 antibodies alone or in combination. These findings suggest that PDAC CTC have the potential to influence myeloid differentiation and/or antigen presenting cell activation in the PDAC portal blood microenvironment, and that disruption of CTC/M-FB interactions may be potential targets for reversing the immunosuppression supporting CTC survival in the portal blood.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan Pablo Arnoletti
- Center for Surgical Oncology, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- General SurgeryResidency Program, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Center for Surgical Oncology, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- General SurgeryResidency Program, AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Central Florida Pathology Associates, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America
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- Translational Research, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Winter Park, Florida, United States of America
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- Translational Research, AdventHealth Cancer Institute, Winter Park, Florida, United States of America
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Madan M, Patel A, Skruber K, Geerts D, Altomare DA, IV OP. ATP13A3 and caveolin-1 as potential biomarkers for difluoromethylornithine-based therapies in pancreatic cancers. Am J Cancer Res 2016; 6:1231-1252. [PMID: 27429841 PMCID: PMC4937730] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 04/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023] Open
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The purpose of this paper was to better understand the role of polyamine transport in pancreatic cancers.This paper identifies potential biomarkers for assessing the relative tumor commitment to polyamine biosynthesis or transport. Cell lines with low polyamine import activity and low ATP13A3 protein levels appear committed to polyamine biosynthesis and required high concentrations of the polyamine biosynthesis inhibitor, difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) to inhibit their growth (e.g., AsPC-1 and Capan 1). In contrast, cell lines with high polyamine import activity and high ATP13A3 protein expression (e.g., L3.6pl) demonstrated a commitment to polyamine transport and required lower DFMO concentrations to inhibit their growth. Pancreatic cancer cell lines which were most sensitive to DFMO also gave the highest EC50 values for the polyamine transport inhibitors (PTIs) tested indicating that more PTI was needed to inhibit the active polyamine transport systems of these cell lines. Most significant is that the combination therapy of DFMO+PTI was efficacious against both cell types with the PTI showing low efficacy in cell lines with low polyamine transport activity and high efficacy in cell lines with high polyamine transport activity. High ATP13A3 protein expression and moderate to low Cav-1 protein expression was shown to be predictive of tumors which effectively escape DFMO via polyamine import. In summary, this report demonstrates for the first time the role of ATP13A3 in polyamine transport and its use as a potential biomarker along with Cav-1 to select tumors most susceptible to DFMO. These findings may help stratify patients in the ongoing clinical trials with DFMO-based therapies and help predict tumor response.
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- Meenu Madan
- Department of Medical Education, University of Central Florida College of Medicine12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA
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- Department of Medical Education, University of Central Florida College of Medicine12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA
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- Department of Medical Education, University of Central Florida College of Medicine12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 503015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Burnett School for Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida6900 Lake Nona Blvd., Orlando, FL 32827, USA
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- Department of Medical Education, University of Central Florida College of Medicine12722 Research Parkway, Orlando, Florida 32826, USA
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Wang C, Delcros JG, Cannon L, Konate F, Carias H, Biggerstaff J, Gardner RA, Phanstiel IV O. Defining the Molecular Requirements for the Selective Delivery of Polyamine Conjugates into Cells Containing Active Polyamine Transporters. J Med Chem 2003; 46:5129-38. [PMID: 14613316 DOI: 10.1021/jm030223a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Several N(1)-substituted polyamines containing various spacer units between nitrogen centers were synthesized as their respective HCl salts. The N(1)-substituents included benzyl, naphthalen-1-ylmethyl, anthracen-9-ylmethyl, and pyren-1-ylmethyl. The polyamine spacer units ranged from generic (4,4-triamine, 4,3-triamine, and diaminooctane) spacers to more exotic [2-(ethoxy)ethanoxy-containing diamine, hydroxylated 4,3-triamine, and cyclohexylene-containing triamine] spacers. Two control compounds were also evaluated: N-(anthracen-9-ylmethyl)-butylamine and N-(anthracen-9-ylmethyl)-butanediamine. Biological activities in L1210 (murine leukemia), alpha-difluoromethylornithine (DFMO)-treated L1210, and Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) and its polyamine transport-deficient mutant (CHO-MG) cell lines were investigated via IC(50) cytotoxicity determinations. K(i) values for spermidine uptake were also determined in L1210 cells. Of the series studied, the N(1)-benzyl-4,4-triamine system 6 had significantly higher IC(50) values (lower cytotoxicity) in the L1210, CHO, and CHO-MG cell lines. A cellular debenzylation process was observed in L1210 cells with 6 and generated "free" homospermidine. The size of the N(1)-arylmethyl substituent had direct bearing on the observed cytotoxicity in CHO-MG cells. The N(1)-naphthalenylmethyl, N(1)-anthracenylmethyl, and N(1)-pyrenylmethyl 4,4-triamines had similar toxicity (IC(50)s: approximately 0.5 microM) in CHO cells, which have an active polyamine transporter (PAT). However, this series had IC(50) values of >100 microM, 66.7 microM, and 15.5 microM, respectively, in CHO-MG cells, which are PAT-deficient. The observed lower cytotoxicity in the PAT-deficient CHO-MG cell line supported the premise that the conjugates use PAT for cellular entry. In general, moderate affinities for the polyamine transporter were observed for the N-arylmethyl 4,4-triamine series with their L1210 K(i) values all near 3 microM. In summary, the 4,4-triamine motif was shown to facilitate entry of polyamine conjugates into cells containing active polyamine transporters.
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- Chaojie Wang
- Groupe de Recherche en Therapeutique Anticancéreuse, Faculté de Médecine, 2, Avenue du Professeur Léon Bernard, University of Rennes 1, 35043 Rennes, France
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A modular synthetic approach was developed to access triamines with varying tether lengths from commercially available aminoalkanols. Initial N-alkylation via reductive amination with anthracene-9-carbaldehyde provided the secondary amines in good yield. Subsequent ditosylation with excess TsCl yielded the respective bis-N,O-tosylates. The tosylates were reacted with excess putrescine to give the final triamines. X-ray crystallography revealed that the polyamine tail is preferentially oriented over the shielding cone of the anthracene ring.
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- Chaojie Wang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville 32611, USA
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Several primary amines (R-NH(2)) were converted to their corresponding O-benzoyl protected hydroxamates under biphasic conditions. The intermediate (benzoyloxy)amines (R-NHOCOPh) were generated using benzoyl peroxide dissolved in CH(2)Cl(2) and an aqueous carbonate buffer (pH 10.5) at room temperature. Subsequent acylation with R'COCl gave the protected hydroxamates (R'CONROCOPh) in good overall yields (56-89%).
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