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Collagen type I expression in experimental anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: regulation and relevance for tumorigenicity
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology. Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology.
Uppsala University, Disciplinary Domain of Medicine and Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Genetics and Pathology. (Rudbeck Laboratory)
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2002 (English)In: International Journal of Cancer, ISSN 0020-7136, E-ISSN 1097-0215, Vol. 98, no 2, p. 186-192Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Fibrosis in solid malignancies plays a significant role in tumor pathophysiology. Potential mechanisms for collagen type I deposition in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) were investigated using 6 characterized ATC cell lines. Three of these cell lines, which produced collagen type I, had, as a group, a poor tumorigenicity when inoculated in athymic mice. This group of cells generated tumors in 4 of 24 injected animals (17%). Pro-alpha 1(I) collagen mRNA-expressing carcinoma and stromal cells were interdispersed in the tumors generated by these ATC cells. By contrast, the 3 noncollagen-producing ATC cell lines were all tumorigenic with a tumor take of 60% in the whole group. In the latter tumors, pro-alpha 1(I) collagen mRNA-expressing cells were confined to the stromal compartment, well delineated from carcinoma cell islets. To study the influence of ATC cells on collagen type I synthesis by fibroblasts, we used AG 1518 diploid human fibroblasts cultured on poly-(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (poly[HEMA])-coated plates. This culture condition allows the study of the effect of collagen mRNA translation in the regulation of collagen type I synthesis. Conditioned media from the 6 ATC cell lines did not influence collagen synthesis. The ATC cell line KAT-4 stimulated fibroblast synthesis of collagen type I when the two cell types were cocultured on poly[HEMA]-coated substrates. Specific inhibitors of PDGF and TGF-beta reduced the KAT 4 carcinoma cell-induced stimulation of collagen type I synthesis. Our data suggest that collagen type I production by carcinoma cells correlates negatively with tumorigenicity and that the formation of a well-defined stroma is of importance for tumor growth. Furthermore, our data suggest that tumor cells are able to stimulate collagen mRNA translation in stromal fibroblasts in direct cell-cell contact by, at least in part, transferring PDGF or TGF-beta.

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2002. Vol. 98, no 2, p. 186-192
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URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-89579DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10181PubMedID: 11857406OAI: oai:DiVA.org:uu-89579DiVA, id: diva2:161182
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Available from: 2001-12-17 Created: 2001-12-17 Last updated: 2017-12-14Bibliographically approved
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1. Tumor Stroma in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Interstitial Collagen and Tumor Interstitial Fluid Pressure
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Tumor Stroma in Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma: Interstitial Collagen and Tumor Interstitial Fluid Pressure
2001 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is an aggressive malignancy in man with stromal fibrosis as one of the main features. Carcinoma cells synthesized no or little collagen I protein. Pro-α1(I) collagen mRNA was expressed by stromal cells throughout the tumor, but expression of procollagen type I protein was restricted to stromal cells situated close to nests of carcinoma cells. These data suggest that the carcinoma cells stimulated collagen type I deposition by increasing pro-α1(1) collagen mRNA translation.

Cocultures, of the human ATC cell line KAT-4, with fibroblasts under conditions that allow the study of stimulatory factors on collagen mRNA translation, showed that the KAT-4 cells stimulated collagen type I protein synthesis in fibroblasts. Specific inhibitors of PDGF and TGF-β1 and -β3 were able to inhibit this carcinoma cell-induced stimulation of collagen type I synthesis. These findings suggest that tumor cells were able to stimulate collagen mRNA translation in stromal fibroblasts by, at least in part, transferring PDGF and/or TGF-β1 and -β3.

Xenograft transplantation of different ATC cell lines into athymic mice demonstrated that the low collagen producing carcinoma cell lines were less tumorigenic compared to non-collagen producing carcinoma cell lines. The morphology of tumors derived from non-collagen producing ATC cell lines showed a well demarked stroma surrounding carcinoma cell nests.

TGF-β1 and -β3 were found to play a role in generating a high tumor interstitial fluid pressure (TIPF) in experimental KAT-4 tumors. A specific inhibitor of TGF-β1 and -β3 was able to lower TIPF and reduce tumor growth after a prolonged period of treatment, suggesting that TGF-β1 and -β3 have a role in maintaining a stroma that support tumor growth.

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Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2001. p. 50
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Comprehensive Summaries of Uppsala Dissertations from the Faculty of Medicine, ISSN 0282-7476 ; 1106
Keywords
Biochemistry, Collagen I synthesis, Fibrosis, Tumor - stroma interactions, PDGF, TGF-β, Inhibitor, Cell cycle, Tumor growth, Hyaluronan, Biokemi
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Medical Biotechnology (with a focus on Cell Biology (including Stem Cell Biology), Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or Biopharmacy)
Research subject
Medical Biochemistry
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urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-1594 (URN)91-554-5198-5 (ISBN)
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2002-01-07, Lecture hall B21 Uppsala Biomedical Center, Uppsala, 09:15
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