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ArticleMolecular oncology2021

Cancer-associated fibroblast migration in non-small cell lung cancers is modulated by increased integrin α11 expression.

Moe Iwai, Miniwan Tulafu, Shinsaku Togo, Hideya Kawaji, Kotaro Kadoya, Yukiko Namba, Jin Jin, Junko Watanabe, Takahiro Okabe, Moulid Hidayat and 11 more

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Article in Molecular oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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34 citing papers in PubMed, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Moe IwaiDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7068-3626
Miniwan TulafuLeading Center for the Development and Research of Cancer Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Shinsaku TogoDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Hideya KawajiTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Japan.
Kotaro KadoyaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yukiko NambaDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Jin JinDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Junko WatanabeDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Takahiro OkabeLeading Center for the Development and Research of Cancer Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Moulid HidayatDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Issei SumiyoshiDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Masayoshi ItohRIKEN Preventive Medicine and Diagnosis Innovation Program, Saitama, Japan.
Yu KoyamaDepartments of Molecular Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuhiko ItoDepartments of Molecular Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.
Akira OrimoDepartments of Molecular Pathogenesis, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5330-7282
Kazuya TakamochiDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Shiaki OhDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenji SuzukiDepartment of General Thoracic Surgery, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshihide HayashizakiRIKEN Preventive Medicine and Diagnosis Innovation Program, Saitama, Japan.
Koji YoshidaFaculty of Biology-Oriented Science and Technology, Kindai University, Wakayama, Japan.
Kazuhisa TakahashiDivision of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine & Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Juntendo University · JPRIKEN · JPKindai University · JPTokyo Dental College · JPTokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science · JPUniversity of Indonesia · ID

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) regulate cancer progression through the modulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) and cancer cell adhesion. While undergoing a series of phenotypic changes, CAFs control cancer-stroma interactions through integrin receptor signaling. Here, we isolated CAFs from patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and examined their gene expression profiles. We identified collagen type XI α1 (COL11A1), integrin α11 (ITGA11), and the ITGA11 major ligand collagen type I α1 (COL1A1) among the 390 genes that were significantly enriched in NSCLC-associated CAFs. Increased ITGA11 expression in cancer stroma was correlated with a poor clinical outcome in patients with NSCLC. Increased expression of fibronectin and collagen type I induced ITGA11 expression in CAFs. The cellular migration of CAFs toward collagen type I and fibronectin was promoted via ERK1/2 signaling, independently of the fibronectin receptor integrin α5β1. Additionally, ERK1/2 signaling induced ITGA11 and COL11A1 expression in cancer stroma. We, therefore, propose that targeting ITGA11 and COL11A1 expressing CAFs to block cancer-stroma interactions may serve as a novel, promising anti-tumor strategy.

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A549 CellsAdultAgedCancer-Associated FibroblastsCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCase-Control StudiesCell MovementCells, CulturedCollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainExtracellular MatrixFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansIntegrin alpha ChainsLung NeoplasmsMaleCOL1A1 protein, humanCollagen Type I, alpha 1 ChainIntegrin alpha ChainsITGA11 protein, humancancercancer-associated fibroblastcollagen type Icollagen type XI α1integrin alpha-11non-small-cell lung cancerstroma interactiontransforming growth factor beta

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PMID33682233
PMCPMC8096795
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