Role of (myo)fibroblasts in the development of vascular and connective tissue structure of the C38 colorectal cancer in mice

Cancer Communications

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József Tóvári¹  Viktória László²  Balázs Döme³  Edina Bugyik⁴  Vanessza Szabó⁴  Péter Nagy⁴  Sándor Paku⁴  Katalin Dezső⁴  András Rókusz⁴  Armanda Szücs⁴ 

[1] Department of Experimental Pharmacology, National Institute of Oncology;

[2] Department of Thoracic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna;

[3] Department of Thoracic Surgery, Semmelweis University-National Institute of Oncology;

[4] First Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis University;

关键词: Metastasis;    Vasculature;    Myofibroblasts;    Incorporation;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40880-018-0316-x

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background It remains unclear if the vascular and connective tissue structures of primary and metastatic tumors are intrinsically determined or whether these characteristics are defined by the host tissue. Therefore we examined the microanatomical steps of vasculature and connective tissue development of C38 colon carcinoma in different tissues. Methods Tumors produced in mice at five different locations (the cecal wall, skin, liver, lung, and brain) were analyzed using fluorescent immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Results We found that in the cecal wall, skin, liver, and lung, resident fibroblasts differentiate into collagenous matrix-producing myofibroblasts at the tumor periphery. These activated fibroblasts together with the produced matrix were incorporated by the tumor. The connective tissue development culminated in the appearance of intratumoral tissue columns (centrally located single microvessels embedded in connective tissue and smooth muscle actin-expressing myofibroblasts surrounded by basement membrane). Conversely, in the brain (which lacks fibroblasts), C38 metastases only induced the development of vascularized desmoplastic tissue columns when the growing tumor reached the fibroblast-containing meninges. Conclusions Our data suggest that the desmoplastic host tissue response is induced by tumor-derived fibrogenic molecules acting on host tissue fibroblasts. We concluded that not only the host tissue characteristics but also the tumor-derived fibrogenic signals determine the vascular and connective tissue structure of tumors.

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