TY - JOUR
T1 - Notch suppresses angiogenesis and progression of hepatic metastases
AU - Banerjee, Debarshi
AU - Hernandez, Sonia L.
AU - Garcia, Alejandro
AU - Kangsamaksin, Thaned
AU - Sbiroli, Emily
AU - Andrews, John
AU - Forrester, Lynn Ann
AU - Wei, Na
AU - Kadenhe-Chiweshe, Angela
AU - Shawber, Carrie J.
AU - Kitajewski, Jan K.
AU - Kandel, Jessica J.
AU - Yamashiro, Darrell J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Association for Cancer Research.
PY - 2015/4/15
Y1 - 2015/4/15
N2 - The Notch pathway plays multiple key roles in tumorigenesis, and its signaling components have therefore aroused great interest as targets for emerging therapies. Here, we show that inhibition of Notch, using a soluble receptor Notch1 decoy, unexpectedly caused a remarkable increase in liver metastases from neuroblastoma and breast cancer cells. Increased liver metastases were also seen after treatment with the γ-secretase inhibitor PF-03084014. Transgenic mice with heterozygous loss of Notch1 demonstrated a marked increase in hepatic metastases, indicating that Notch1 signaling acts as metastatic suppressor in the liver microenvironment. Inhibition of DLL1/4 with ligand-specific Notch1 decoys increased sprouting of sinusoidal endothelial cells into micrometastases, thereby supporting early metastatic angiogenic growth. Inhibition of tumor-derived JAG1 signaling activated hepatic stellate cells, increasing their recruitment to vasculature of micrometastases, thereby supporting progression to macrometastases. These results demonstrate that inhibition of Notch causes pathologic activation of liver stromal cells, promoting angiogenesis and growth of hepatic metastases. Our findings have potentially serious implications for Notch inhibition therapy.
AB - The Notch pathway plays multiple key roles in tumorigenesis, and its signaling components have therefore aroused great interest as targets for emerging therapies. Here, we show that inhibition of Notch, using a soluble receptor Notch1 decoy, unexpectedly caused a remarkable increase in liver metastases from neuroblastoma and breast cancer cells. Increased liver metastases were also seen after treatment with the γ-secretase inhibitor PF-03084014. Transgenic mice with heterozygous loss of Notch1 demonstrated a marked increase in hepatic metastases, indicating that Notch1 signaling acts as metastatic suppressor in the liver microenvironment. Inhibition of DLL1/4 with ligand-specific Notch1 decoys increased sprouting of sinusoidal endothelial cells into micrometastases, thereby supporting early metastatic angiogenic growth. Inhibition of tumor-derived JAG1 signaling activated hepatic stellate cells, increasing their recruitment to vasculature of micrometastases, thereby supporting progression to macrometastases. These results demonstrate that inhibition of Notch causes pathologic activation of liver stromal cells, promoting angiogenesis and growth of hepatic metastases. Our findings have potentially serious implications for Notch inhibition therapy.
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U2 - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1493
DO - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-1493
M3 - Article
C2 - 25744722
AN - SCOPUS:84932600015
SN - 0008-5472
VL - 75
SP - 1592
EP - 1602
JO - Cancer Research
JF - Cancer Research
IS - 8
ER -