Lysyl oxidases suppress pancreatic cancer progression and inhibit FAK and ERK signaling

Shields, M., Maguin, P., Giuliano, C., Dallas, S., Wilkinson, J. E., Egeblad, M. (May 2018) Lysyl oxidases suppress pancreatic cancer progression and inhibit FAK and ERK signaling. Cancer Research, 78 (10 Sup). pp. 76-77. ISSN 0008-5472

URL: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/78/10_Su...
DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.MOUSEMODELS17-B44

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer carries a dismal prognosis, as most patients present with locally advanced and metastatic disease at time of diagnosis. High levels of type I collagen extracellular matrix in pancreatic tumor specimens are associated with poor survival and resistance to therapy. Furthermore, the expression of lysyl oxidases (LOXs), enzymes that mediate cross-linking and linearization of collagen type I, correlate with poor prognosis in breast and pancreatic cancer. However, a clinical trial targeting LOX-like (LOXL) 2 in pancreatic cancer did not show any survival benefits, pointing to a limited understanding of the context in which these enzymes function in cancer progression. To understand how collagen structure influences cancer cell behavior, we used host mice that expressed GFPtopaz fused to collagen type I and performed intravital microscopy after orthotopic injection of fluorescently labeled cancer cells (derived from the KPC mouse models of pancreatic cancer). Strikingly, we observed that invasive cancer cells migrated out of the tumors on linear type I collagen. Surprisingly, inhibition of LOX and LOXL2, using a pharmacologic inhibitor or shRNA-mediated knockdown, had the opposite results of what we expected with increased metastasis, collagen linearization, and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) activity. Indicating a mechanism independently of collagen crosslinking, LOX inhibition promoted invasion and increased FAK and Ras/ERK-MAPK signaling in vitro, when cells were grown on plastic. We demonstrated that the FAK activity was required for the increased metastasis induced by LOX inhibition, using a clinical stage pharmacologic inhibitor. Our data highlight that LOXs in pancreatic cancer play an important role in suppression of the ERK and FAK signaling pathways, and metastasis. Indeed, the earliest report of lysyl oxidase function in cancer was as a tumor suppressor in Ras transformed cells.

Item Type: Paper
Additional Information: Meeting Abstract
Subjects: diseases & disorders > cancer > cancer types > pancreatic cancer
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Communities: CSHL labs > Egeblad lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: May 2018
Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2018 16:42
Last Modified: 01 Jun 2018 16:42
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/36713

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