Title
Interface between breast cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment using platelet-rich plasma to promote tumor angiogenesis - Influence of platelets and fibrin bundles on the behavior of breast tumor cells
Date Issued
01 January 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Andrade S.S.
Sumikawa J.T.
Castro E.D.
Batista F.P.
Oliveira L.C.
Guerra I.M.
Peres G.B.
Cavalheiro R.P.
Juliano L.
Nazário A.P.
Facina G.
Tsai S.M.
Oliva M.L.V.
Girão M.J.B.C.
Federal University of São Paulo
Publisher(s)
Impact Journals LLC
Abstract
Cancer progression is associated with an evolving tissue interface of direct epithelial-tumor microenvironment interactions. In biopsies of human breast tumors, extensive alterations in molecular pathways are correlated with cancer staging on both sides of the tumor-stroma interface. These interactions provide a pivotal paracrine signaling to induce malignant phenotype transition, the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). We explored how the direct contact between platelets-fibrin bundles primes metastasis using platelet-rich plasma (PRP) as a source of growth factors and mimics the provisional fibrin matrix between actively growing breast cancer cells and the tumor stroma. We have demonstrated PRP functions, modulating cell proliferation that is tumor-subtype and cancer cell-type-specific. Epithelial and stromal primary cells were prepared from breast cancer biopsies from 21 women with different cancer subtypes. Cells supplemented with PRP were immunoblotted with anti-phospho and total Src-Tyr-416, FAK-Try-925, E-cadherin, N-cadherin, TGF-β, Smad2, and Snail monoclonal antibodies. Breast tumor cells from luminal B and HER2 subtypes showed the most malignant profiles and the expression of thrombin and other classes of proteases at levels that were detectable through FRET peptide libraries. The angiogenesis process was investigated in the interface obtained between platelet-fibrin-breast tumor cells co-cultured with HUVEC cells. Luminal B and HER2 cells showed robust endothelial cell capillary-like tubes ex vivo. The studied interface contributes to the attachment of endothelial cells, provides a source of growth factors, and is a solid substrate. Thus, replacement of FBS supplementation with PRP supplementation represents an efficient and simple approach for mimicking the real multifactorial tumor microenvironment.
Start page
16851
End page
16874
Volume
8
Issue
10
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Oncología
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85014599648
PubMed ID
Source
Oncotarget
ISSN of the container
19492553
Sponsor(s)
This study was supported by the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP-Process 2012/19780-3, 2012/19851-8, and 2009/53766-5), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES), and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq-Process 445229/2014-4). We are thankful to Magda Theodoro for the technical assistance.
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