ArticleCancers2020
Zoledronic Acid Abrogates Restraint Stress-Induced Macrophage Infiltration, PDGF-AA Expression, and Ovarian Cancer Growth.
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- Catecholamines Promote Ovarian Cancer Progression through Secretion of CXC-Chemokines.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Glucocorticoid regulation of cancer development and progression.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Tumor-associated macrophages: an effective player of the tumor microenvironment.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Stress hormones are associated with inflammatory cytokines and attenuation of T-cell function in the ascites from patients with high grade serous ovarian cancer.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2022Article
- Andrographolide suppresses breast cancer progression by modulating tumor-associated macrophage polarization through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2022Article
- CXC Chemokine Signaling in Progression of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: Theranostic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Stress and cancer: The mechanisms of immune dysregulation and management.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Therapeutic strategies for gastric cancer targeting immune cells: Future directions.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- Machine learning to reveal an astute risk predictive framework for Gynecologic Cancer and its impact on women psychology: Bangladeshi perspective.BMC bioinformatics · 2021Article
- Chronic Stress: Impacts on Tumor Microenvironment and Implications for Anti-Cancer Treatments.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Stress Hormones: Emerging Targets in Gynecological Cancers.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Multiple studies suggest that chronic stress accelerates the growth of existing tumors by activating the sympathetic nervous system. Data suggest that sustained adrenergic signaling can induce tumor growth, secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, and macrophage infiltration. Our goal was to study the role of adrenergic-stimulated macrophages in ovarian cancer biology. Cytokine arrays were used to assess the effect of adrenergic stimulation in pro-tumoral cytokine networks. An orthotopic model of ovarian cancer was used to assess the in vivo effect of daily restraint stress on tumor growth and adrenergic-induced macrophages. Cytokine analyses showed that adrenergic stimulation modulated pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion in a SKOV3ip1 ovarian cancer cell/U937 macrophage co-culture system. Among these, platelet-derived growth factor AA (PDGF-AA), epithelial cell-derived neutrophil-activating peptide (ENA-78), Angiogenin, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interleukin-5 (IL-5), Lipocalin-2, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF), and transferrin receptor (TfR) were upregulated. Enriched biological processes included cytokine-mediated signaling pathways and positive regulation of cell proliferation. In addition, daily restraint stress increased ovarian cancer growth, infiltration of CD68+ macrophages, and expression of PDGF-AA in orthotopic models of ovarian cancer (SKOV3ip1 and HeyT30), while zoledronic acid, a macrophage-depleting agent, abrogated this effect. Furthermore, in ovarian cancer patients, high
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