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SCIENCE ADVANCES
卷 8, 期 39, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abo5525
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- JSPS KAKENHI [JP21K07968]
- JSPS [JP19H03641, JP20H04110]
- Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) [JP22fk0210107]
- AMED-CREST [JP21gm1010009]
This study discovered that cancer cells induce intracellular gap formation in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) through proinflammatory paracrine mechanisms, and proposed MMP9 as a favorable target for blocking cancer cell metastasis to the liver.
Intracellular gap (iGap) formation in liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs) is caused by the destruction of fenestrae and appears under pathological conditions; nevertheless, their role in metastasis of cancer cells to the liver remained unexplored. We elucidated that hepatotoxin-damaged and fibrotic livers gave rise to LSECs-iGap formation, which was positively correlated with increased numbers of metastatic liver foci after intrasplenic injection of Hepa1-6 cells. Hepa1-6 cells induced interleukin-23-dependent tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) secretion by LSECs and triggered LSECs-iGap formation, toward which their processes protruded to transmigrate into the liver parenchyma. TNF-alpha triggered depolymerization of F-actin and induced matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9), intracellular adhesion molecule 1, and CXCL expression in LSECs. Blocking MMP9 activity by doxycycline or an MMP2/9 inhibitor eliminated LSECs-iGap formation and attenuated liver metastasis of Hepa1-6 cells. Overall, this study revealed that cancer cells induced LSEC-iGap formation via proinflammatory paracrine mechanisms and proposed MMP9 as a favorable target for blocking cancer cell metastasis to the liver.
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