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EYA3 regulation of NF-κB and CCL2 suppresses cytotoxic NK cells in the premetastatic niche to promote TNBC metastasis.

Sheera R Rosenbaum, Connor J Hughes, Kaiah M Fields, Stephen Connor Purdy, Annika L Gustafson, Arthur Wolin, Drake Hampton, Natasha M Shrivastava, Nicholas Turner, Etienne Danis and 7 more

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5 · Who and what money

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17 authors.

Sheera R RosenbaumDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7917-2969
Connor J HughesDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6295-8167
Kaiah M FieldsDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7701-7009
Stephen Connor PurdyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9640-5501
Annika L GustafsonMedical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3796-1222
Arthur WolinDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1881-390X
Drake HamptonDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6646-5206
Natasha M ShrivastavaDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.
Nicholas TurnerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.
Etienne DanisDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5651-8111
Christopher EbmeierDepartment of Biochemistry and BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7940-6190
Nicole SpoelstraDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-3981-5960
Jennifer RicherDepartment of Pathology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9960-0991
Paul JedlickaMedical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7839-6912
James C CostelloDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3158-9682
Rui ZhaoMedical Scientist Training Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.
Heide L FordDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC), Aurora, CO, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2860-9841

Funding

Deciphering Mechanisms by which Tumor Cells Collaborate to Mediate MetastasisR01CA224867 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FORD, HEIDE L., LEWIS, MICHAEL T. · 2019 to 2023
$3.2M
Role of Eya3 in regulating the immune microenvironment to promote breast tumor progressionR01CA221282 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI FORD, HEIDE L., ZHAO, RUI · 2017 to 2021
$3.2M
Reprogramming myogenic regulatory factors in RMS to promote differentiation and halt growthR01CA275187 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Kristin Artinger, Heide L. Ford · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Deciphering the role of EYA3/PP2A in triple negative breast cancer metastasisR01CA301267 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Heide L. Ford, RUI ZHAO · 2025 to 2026
$1.3M
Tumor Intrinsic Regulation of Immune Evasion Pathways in Breast CancerK00CA245552 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI ROSENBAUM, SHEERA · 2021 to 2024
$453k
Investigating the role of Eya3 in the regulation of innate immune signaling cascades in Triple Negative Breast CancerF30CA257215 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HUGHES, CONNOR J · 2021 to 2023
$108k
Elucidating the role of EYA2 at centrosomes in glioblastoma stem cellsF31CA275314 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI WOLIN, ARTHUR R · 2023 to 2024
$68k
NCI NIH HHS F30 CA257215NCI NIH HHS F31 CA275314NCI NIH HHS K00 CA245552NCI NIH HHS R01 CA221282NCI NIH HHS R01 CA224867NCI NIH HHS R01 CA275187NCI NIH HHS R01 CA301267
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer cells must evade immune surveillance to metastasize to distant sites, yet this process is not well understood. The Eyes absent (EYA) family of proteins, which are crucial for embryonic development, become dysregulated in cancer, where they have been shown to mediate proliferation, migration, and invasion. Our study reveals an unusual mechanism by which EYA3 reduces the presence of cytotoxic natural killer (NK) cells in the premetastatic niche (PMN) to enhance metastasis, independent of its effects on the primary tumor. We find that EYA3 up-regulates nuclear factor κB signaling to enhance CCL2 expression, which, in contrast to previous findings, suppresses cytotoxic NK cell activation in vitro and their infiltration into the PMN in vivo. These findings uncover an unexpected role for CCL2 in inhibiting NK cell responses at the PMN and suggest that targeting EYA3 could be an effective strategy to reactivate antitumor immune responses to inhibit metastasis.

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Chemokine CCL2Killer Cells, NaturalNF-kappa BTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsAnimalsCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceNeoplasm MetastasisSignal TransductionCCL2 protein, humanChemokine CCL2NF-kappa B

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PMID40333987
PMCPMC12057687

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