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ArticleNature communications2023

HAPLN1 potentiates peritoneal metastasis in pancreatic cancer.

Lena Wiedmann, Francesca De Angelis Rigotti, Nuria Vaquero-Siguero, Elisa Donato, Elisa Espinet, Iris Moll, Elisenda Alsina-Sanchis, Hanibal Bohnenberger, Elena Fernandez-Florido, Ronja Mülfarth and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lena Wiedmann *Division Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9413-4346
Francesca De Angelis Rigotti *Division Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Nuria Vaquero-SigueroDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Elisa DonatoDivision of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3541-9170
Elisa EspinetDivision of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0690-9878
Iris MollDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Elisenda Alsina-SanchisDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5761-632X
Hanibal BohnenbergerInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1038-1030
Elena Fernandez-FloridoDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3034-5109
Ronja MülfarthDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Margherita VaccaDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jennifer GerwingDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Lena-Christin ConradiClinic of General, Visceral and Pediatric Surgery, University Medical Center Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Straβe 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Philipp StröbelInstitute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, 37075, Göttingen, Germany.
Andreas TrumppDivision of Stem Cells and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6212-3466
Carolin MoglerInstitute of Pathology, Technical University of Munich, 81675, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3400-7254
Andreas FischerDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. andreas.fischer@med.uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4889-0909
Juan Rodriguez-VitaDivision Vascular Signaling and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. jrodriguez@cipf.es.ORCID 0000-0001-9547-5508
German Cancer Research Center · DEUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DETechnical University of Munich · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) frequently metastasizes into the peritoneum, which contributes to poor prognosis. Metastatic spreading is promoted by cancer cell plasticity, yet its regulation by the microenvironment is incompletely understood. Here, we show that the presence of hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein-1 (HAPLN1) in the extracellular matrix enhances tumor cell plasticity and PDAC metastasis. Bioinformatic analysis showed that HAPLN1 expression is enriched in the basal PDAC subtype and associated with worse overall patient survival. In a mouse model for peritoneal carcinomatosis, HAPLN1-induced immunomodulation favors a more permissive microenvironment, which accelerates the peritoneal spread of tumor cells. Mechanistically, HAPLN1, via upregulation of tumor necrosis factor receptor 2 (TNFR2), promotes TNF-mediated upregulation of Hyaluronan (HA) production, facilitating EMT, stemness, invasion and immunomodulation. Extracellular HAPLN1 modifies cancer cells and fibroblasts, rendering them more immunomodulatory. As such, we identify HAPLN1 as a prognostic marker and as a driver for peritoneal metastasis in PDAC.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, Pancreatic DuctalPancreatic NeoplasmsPeritoneal NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHyaluronic AcidMiceNeoplasm MetastasisPeritoneumTumor MicroenvironmentHyaluronic Acid

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PMID37095087
PMCPMC10126109
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