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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) metastasizes to the lymph nodes and lungs. We have generated previously an orthotopic mouse model for head and neck metastasis and did in vivo selection of SCCHN cells through four rounds of serial metastases. A subpopulation of 686LN cells with high metastatic potential (686LN-Ms) was isolated. When the highly metastatic cells were compared with their low metastatic parental cells (686LN-Ps), we found that CXC chemokine receptor-4 (CXCR4) mRNA levels were significantly higher in the 686LN-Ms cells than the 686LN-Ps cells. Interestingly, the metastatic subclones had lost epithelial morphology and acquired mesenchymal features, which were maintained during cell expansion in vitro. This was featured by decreased E-cadherin and involucrin and increased vimentin and integrin beta(1). These results imply that CXCR4 and epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers can be potential biomarkers to identify the subpopulation of cells with high metastatic potential. Using the orthotopic SCCHN animal model, we showed that anti-CXCR4 treatment suppressed primary tumor growth by inhibiting tumor angiogenesis and prevented lung metastasis. Because the reduction of metastasis seen in the treated group could have resulted from 2-fold reduction in primary tumor size compared with that in the control group, we examined the effects of the CXCR4 antagonist in an experimental metastatic animal model in which 686LN-Ms cells were i.v. injected. 686LN-Ms cells failed to metastasize in the CXCR4 antagonist-treated group, whereas they metastasized to the lungs in the control group. Our data indicate that CXCR4 is an important target to inhibit tumor progression in SCCHN.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7518-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Head and Neck Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Receptors, CXCR4, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Transduction, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17671223-Tumor Markers, Biological
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
CXC chemokine receptor-4 antagonist blocks both growth of primary tumor and metastasis of head and neck cancer in xenograft mouse models.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology/Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural