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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research2021

Adipocyte-driven unfolded protein response is a shared transcriptomic signature of metastatic prostate carcinoma cells.

Mackenzie K Herroon, Shane Mecca, Alex Haimbaugh, Laimar C Garmo, Erandi Rajagurubandara, Sokol V Todi, Tracie R Baker, Izabela Podgorski

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular cell research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mackenzie K HerroonDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Shane MeccaDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Alex HaimbaughDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America; Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Laimar C GarmoDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Erandi RajagurubandaraDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Sokol V TodiDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America; Department of Neurology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Tracie R BakerDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America; Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, United States of America.
Izabela PodgorskiDepartment of Pharmacology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, United States of America; Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine and Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, United States of America. Electronic address: ipodgors@med.wayne.edu.
Wayne State University · US

Funding

Protection against Alzheimer's Disease proteins by novel ubiquitin processesR01NS086778 · NINDS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI Sokol Todi · 2014 to 2026
$4.9M
Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of infertility caused by endocrine disrupting chemicalsR01ES030722 · NIEHS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BAKER, TRACIE R · 2020 to 2025
$2.1M
Adipocyte regulation of tumor survival in metastatic prostate cancer: new targets for therapyR01CA251394 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PODGORSKI, IZABELA · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
Functional Role of Bone Marrow Adipocytes in Metastatic Prostate CancerR01CA181189 · NCI · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI PODGORSKI, IZABELA · 2014 to 2018
$1.6M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA181189NCI NIH HHS R01 CA251394NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES030722NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS086778
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A critical unknown in the field of skeletal metastases is how cancer cells find a way to thrive under harsh conditions, as exemplified by metastatic colonization of adipocyte-rich bone marrow by prostate carcinoma cells. To begin understanding molecular processes that enable tumor cells to survive and progress in difficult microenvironments such as bone, we performed unbiased examination of the transcriptome of two different prostate cancer cell lines in the absence or presence of bone marrow adipocytes. Our RNAseq analyses and subsequent quantitative PCR and protein-based assays reveal that upregulation of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and unfolded protein response (UPR) genes is a shared signature between metastatic prostate carcinoma cell lines of different origin. Pathway analyses and pharmacological examinations highlight the ER chaperone BIP as an upstream coordinator of this transcriptomic signature. Additional patient-based data support our overall conclusion that ER stress and UPR induction are shared, important factors in the response and adaptation of metastatic tumor cells to their micro-environment. Our studies pave the way for additional mechanistic investigations and offer new clues towards effective therapeutic interventions in metastatic disease.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAnimalsCells, CulturedEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPEndoplasmic Reticulum StressHumansMaleMiceProstatic NeoplasmsRNA-SeqTranscriptomeUnfolded Protein ResponseEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPBIPBone marrow adipocyteBone metastasisER stressHSPA5Prostate cancerUnfolded protein response

Identifiers

PMID34280426
PMCPMC8475945
OpenAlexW3185858266

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