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ArticleJournal of translational medicine2024

Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen-like 1 from cancer-associated fibroblasts contribute to the progression of diffuse-type gastric cancers through the interaction with integrin β1.

Dagyeong Lee, In-Hye Ham, Hye Jeong Oh, Dong Min Lee, Jung Hwan Yoon, Sang-Yong Son, Tae-Min Kim, Jae-Young Kim, Sang-Uk Han, Hoon Hur

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Article in Journal of translational medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Chinese journal of cancer research = Chung-kuo yen cheng yen chiu · 2025
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dagyeong LeeDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-6542-6526
In-Hye HamDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Hye Jeong OhDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Dong Min LeeInflamm-Aging Translational Research Center, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Jung Hwan YoonDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Yong SonDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Tae-Min KimDepartment of Medical Informatics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jae-Young KimGraduate School of Analytical Science and Technology (GRAST), Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Sang-Uk HanDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Hoon HurDepartment of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Republic of Korea. hhcmc75@ajou.ac.kr.ORCID 0000-0002-5435-5363
Ajou University · KRCatholic University of Korea · KRChungnam National University · KR

Funding

Ministry of Education 2020R1A6A1A03043539Ministry of Education RS-2023-00242183Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea RS-2023-00221174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTumor cells of diffuse-type gastric cancer (DGC) are discohesive and infiltrate into the stroma as single cells or small subgroups, so the stroma significantly impacts DGC progression. Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are major components of the tumor stroma. Here, we identified CAF-specific secreted molecules and investigated the mechanism underlying CAF-induced DGC progression.

methodsWe conducted transcriptome analysis for paired normal fibroblast (NF)-CAF isolated from DGC patient tissues and proteomics for conditioned media (CM) of fibroblasts. The effects of fibroblasts on cancer cells were examined by transwell migration and soft agar assays, western blotting, and in vivo. We confirmed the effect of blocking tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen-like 1 (TINAGL1) in CAFs using siRNA or shRNA. We evaluated the expression of TINAGL1 protein in frozen tissues of DGC and paired normal stomach and mRNA in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue using RNA in-situ hybridization (RNA-ISH).

resultsCAFs more highly expressed TINAGL1 than NFs. The co-culture of CAFs increased migration and tumorigenesis of DGC. Moreover, CAFs enhanced the phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and mesenchymal marker expression in DGC cells. In an animal study, DGC tumors co-injected with CAFs showed aggressive phenotypes, including lymph node metastasis. However, increased phosphorylation of FAK and migration were reduced by blocking TINAGL1 in CAFs. In the tissues of DGC patients, TINAGL1 was higher in cancer than paired normal tissues and detected with collagen type I alpha 1 chain (COL1A1) in the same spot. Furthermore, high TINAGL1 expression was significantly correlated with poor prognosis in several public databases and our patient cohort diagnosed with DGC.

conclusionsThese results indicate that TINAGL1 secreted by CAFs induces phosphorylation of FAK in DGC cells and promotes tumor progression. Thus, targeting TINAGL1 in CAFs can be a novel therapeutic strategy for DGC.

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Cancer-Associated FibroblastsNephritis, InterstitialStomach NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorCell MovementExtracellular Matrix ProteinsFibroblastsHumansIntegrin beta1LipocalinsRNA, Small InterferingTumor MicroenvironmentExtracellular Matrix ProteinsIntegrin beta1LipocalinsRNA, Small InterferingTINAGL1 protein, humanCancer-associated fibroblastsDiffuse-type gastric cancerIntegrin beta 1Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen-like 1Tumor microenvironment

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PMID38355577
PMCPMC10868052
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