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ArticleJCI insight2024

Blocking the angiopoietin-2-dependent integrin β-1 signaling axis abrogates small cell lung cancer invasion and metastasis.

Lydia Meder, Charlotte Isabelle Orschel, Christoph Julius Otto, Mirjam Koker, Johannes Brägelmann, Meryem S Ercanoglu, Sabrina Dähling, Anik Compes, Carolin Selenz, Marieke Nill and 12 more

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Article in JCI insight, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Lydia MederFriedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Experimental Medicine 1, Erlangen, Germany.
Charlotte Isabelle OrschelMildred Scheel School of Oncology and.
Christoph Julius OttoMildred Scheel School of Oncology and.
Mirjam KokerDepartment I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Johannes BrägelmannMildred Scheel School of Oncology and.
Meryem S ErcanogluInstitute of Virology, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sabrina DählingInstitute of Virology, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Anik CompesMildred Scheel School of Oncology and.
Carolin SelenzDepartment I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Marieke NillDepartment I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Felix DietleinDepartment of Medical Oncology, Dana-Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Alexandra FlorinInstitute for Pathology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Marie-Lisa EichInstitute for Pathology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sven BorchmannDepartment I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Margarete OdenthalCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Raquel BlazquezUniversity Hospital Regensburg, Department of Internal Medicine III, Hematology and Medical Oncology, Regensburg, Germany.
Frank HilbergDepartment of Pharmacology, Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria.
Florian KleinInstitute of Virology, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Michael HallekDepartment I of Internal Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine at the University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Reinhard BüttnerCenter for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
H Christian ReinhardtDepartment of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Essen, Germany.
Roland T UllrichMildred Scheel School of Oncology and.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is the most aggressive lung cancer entity with an extremely limited therapeutic outcome. Most patients are diagnosed at an extensive stage. However, the molecular mechanisms driving SCLC invasion and metastasis remain largely elusive. We used an autochthonous SCLC mouse model and matched samples from patients with primary and metastatic SCLC to investigate the molecular characteristics of tumor metastasis. We demonstrate that tumor cell invasion and liver metastasis in SCLC are triggered by an Angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2)/Integrin β-1-dependent pathway in tumor cells, mediated by focal adhesion kinase/Src kinase signaling. Strikingly, CRISPR-Cas9 KO of Integrin β-1 or blocking Integrin β-1 signaling by an anti-ANG-2 treatment abrogates liver metastasis formation in vivo. Interestingly, analysis of a unique collection of matched samples from patients with primary and metastatic SCLC confirmed a strong increase of Integrin β-1 in liver metastasis in comparison with the primary tumor. We further show that ANG-2 blockade combined with PD-1-targeted by anti-PD-1 treatment displays synergistic treatment effects in SCLC. Together, our data demonstrate a fundamental role of ANG-2/Integrin β-1 signaling in SCLC cells for tumor cell invasion and liver metastasis and provide a potentially new effective treatment strategy for patients with SCLC.

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Angiopoietin-2Integrin beta1Liver NeoplasmsLung NeoplasmsSignal TransductionSmall Cell Lung CarcinomaAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMaleMiceNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm MetastasisAngiopoietin-2ANGPT2 protein, humanAngpt2 protein, mouseIntegrin beta1Itgb1 protein, humanItgb1 protein, mouseLung cancerOncology

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PMID38775153
PMCPMC11141935

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