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Liot S, Aubert A, Hervieu V, Kholti NE, Schalkwijk J, Verrier B, Valcourt U, Lambert E. Loss of Tenascin-X expression during tumor progression: A new pan-cancer marker. Matrix Biol Plus 2020; 6-7:100021. [PMID: 33543019 PMCID: PMC7852205 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2020.100021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer is a systemic disease involving multiple components produced from both tumor cells themselves and surrounding stromal cells. The pro- or anti-tumoral role of the stroma is still under debate. Indeed, it has long been considered the main physical barrier to the diffusion of chemotherapy by its dense and fibrous nature and its poor vascularization. However, in murine models, the depletion of fibroblasts, the main ExtraCellular Matrix (ECM)-producing cells, led to more aggressive tumors even though they were more susceptible to anti-angiogenic and immuno-modulators. Tenascin-C (TNC) is a multifunctional matricellular glycoprotein (i.e. an ECM protein also able to induce signaling pathway) and is considered as a marker of tumor expansion and metastasis. However, the status of other tenascin (TN) family members and particularly Tenascin-X (TNX) has been far less studied during this pathological process and is still controversial. Herein, through (1) in silico analyses of the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) and The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) databases and (2) immunohistochemistry staining of Tissue MicroArrays (TMA), we performed a large and extensive study of TNX expression at both mRNA and protein levels (1) in the 6 cancers with the highest incidence and mortality in the world (i.e. lung, breast, colorectal, prostate, stomach and liver) and (2) in the cancers for which sparse data regarding TNX expression already exist in the literature. We thus demonstrated that, in most cancers, TNX expression is significantly downregulated during cancer progression and we also highlighted, when data were available, that high TNXB mRNA expression in cancer is correlated with a good survival prognosis.
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Key Words
- CAF, Cancer-Associated Fibroblast
- Cancers
- D.E.G., Differentially Expressed Genes
- ECM, Extracellular Matrix
- EDS, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- FBG, fibrinogen
- FNIII, fibronectin type III
- GEO, Gene Expression Omnibus
- GSE, GEO Series
- HDAC1, histone deacetylase-1
- MMP, Matrix Metalloproteinase
- MPNST, Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
- Meta-analysis
- Prognosis marker
- TCGA, The Cancer Genome Atlas
- TMA, Tissue MicroArray
- TME, Tumor MicroEnvironment
- TN, Tenascin
- TNC, Tenascin-C
- TNR, Tenascin-R
- TNW, Tenascin-W
- TNX, Tenascin-X
- TSS, Transcription Start Site
- Tenascin-X
- Tissue MicroArray
- lncRNA, long non-coding RNA
- mRNA and protein levels
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Affiliation(s)
- Sophie Liot
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
| | - Alexandre Aubert
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
| | - Valérie Hervieu
- Service d'Anatomopathologie, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - Naïma El Kholti
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
| | - Joost Schalkwijk
- Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, 370 Geert Grooteplein-Zuid 26 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, Netherlands
| | - Bernard Verrier
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
| | - Ulrich Valcourt
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
| | - Elise Lambert
- Laboratoire de Biologie Tissulaire et Ingénierie Thérapeutique (LBTI), UMR CNRS 5305, Université Lyon 1, Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines, 7, passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France
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