[PDF][PDF] Angiocrine factors deployed by tumor vascular niche induce B cell lymphoma invasiveness and chemoresistance

Z Cao, BS Ding, P Guo, SB Lee, JM Butler, SC Casey… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Z Cao, BS Ding, P Guo, SB Lee, JM Butler, SC Casey, M Simons, W Tam, DW Felsher
Cancer cell, 2014cell.com
Tumor endothelial cells (ECs) promote cancer progression in ways beyond their role as
conduits supporting metabolism. However, it is unknown how vascular niche-derived
paracrine factors, defined as angiocrine factors, provoke tumor aggressiveness. Here, we
show that FGF4 produced by B cell lymphoma cells (LCs) through activating FGFR1
upregulates the Notch ligand Jagged1 (Jag1) on neighboring ECs. In turn, upregulation of
Jag1 on ECs reciprocally induces Notch2-Hey1 in LCs. This crosstalk enforces aggressive …
Summary
Tumor endothelial cells (ECs) promote cancer progression in ways beyond their role as conduits supporting metabolism. However, it is unknown how vascular niche-derived paracrine factors, defined as angiocrine factors, provoke tumor aggressiveness. Here, we show that FGF4 produced by B cell lymphoma cells (LCs) through activating FGFR1 upregulates the Notch ligand Jagged1 (Jag1) on neighboring ECs. In turn, upregulation of Jag1 on ECs reciprocally induces Notch2-Hey1 in LCs. This crosstalk enforces aggressive CD44+IGF1R+CSF1R+ LC phenotypes, including extranodal invasion and chemoresistance. Inducible EC-selective deletion of Fgfr1 or Jag1 in the Eμ-Myc lymphoma model or impairing Notch2 signaling in mouse and human LCs diminished lymphoma aggressiveness and prolonged mouse survival. Thus, targeting the angiocrine FGF4-FGFR1/Jag1-Notch2 loop inhibits LC aggressiveness and enhances chemosensitivity.
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