ArticleNature communications2020
HIF1A signaling selectively supports proliferation of breast cancer in the brain.
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- SPP1+ macrophages polarized by lactate confer the progression of hypoxic adaptive tumor cells in brain.Neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- PR inhibition stimulates G6PD expression to enhance malignancy in luminal breast cancer.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
- HMGB3 promotes brain metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma by recruiting SSBP1 for nuclear translocation to remodel mitochondrial metabolism.Cancer communications (London, England) · 2025Article
- Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1-alpha (HIF1α), Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD+, NADH), and Nitric Oxide (NO) interplay in critically ill patients, with implications for patient safety and targeted therapies: a review.Patient safety in surgery · 2025Review
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- Circulating tumor cells: Blood-based detection, molecular biology, and clinical applications.Cancer cell · 2025Review
- Brain Metastasis: A Literary Review of the Possible Relationship Between Hypoxia and Angiogenesis in the Growth of Metastatic Brain Tumors.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- CDKN1B (p27/kip1) enhances drug-tolerant persister CTCs by restricting polyploidy following mitotic inhibitors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- HIF-1 promotes murine breast cancer brain metastasis by increasing production of integrin β3-containing extracellular vesicles.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2025Article
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- Integrated Network Pharmacology, Machine Learning and Experimental Validation to Identify the Key Targets and Compounds ofOncoTargets and therapy · 2025Article
- C/EBPβ Regulates HIF-1α-Driven Invasion of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Cells.Biomolecules · 2024Article
- A Network Pharmacology Identified Metastasis Target for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma Originating from Breast Cancer with a Potential Inhibitor fromPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Crosstalk between SUMOylation and other post-translational modifications in breast cancer.Cellular & molecular biology letters · 2024Review
- Mouse Models of Metastasis and Dormancy.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2024Review
- Myeloid Cell-Derived IL-1 Signaling Damps Neuregulin-1 from Fibroblasts to Suppress Colitis-Induced Early Repair of the Intestinal Epithelium.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- MicroRNA-561-3p indirectly regulates the PD-L1 expression by targeting ZEB1, HIF1A, and MYC genes in breast cancer.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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Abstract
Blood-borne metastasis to the brain is a major complication of breast cancer, but cellular pathways that enable cancer cells to selectively grow in the brain microenvironment are poorly understood. We find that cultured circulating tumor cells (CTCs), derived from blood samples of women with advanced breast cancer and directly inoculated into the mouse frontal lobe, exhibit striking differences in proliferative potential in the brain. Derivative cell lines generated by serial intracranial injections acquire selectively increased proliferative competency in the brain, with reduced orthotopic tumor growth. Increased Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1A (HIF1A)-associated signaling correlates with enhanced proliferation in the brain, and shRNA-mediated suppression of HIF1A or drug inhibition of HIF-associated glycolytic pathways selectively impairs brain tumor growth while minimally impacting mammary tumor growth. In clinical specimens, brain metastases have elevated HIF1A protein expression, compared with matched primary breast tumors, and in patients with brain metastases, hypoxic signaling within CTCs predicts decreased overall survival. The selective activation of hypoxic signaling by metastatic breast cancer in the brain may have therapeutic implications.
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