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Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute
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Tumor-Educated-Platelets interact with Breast Cancer-Stem-Cells via P-selectin- PSGL1 and ensure stemness and metastasis through WNT-β-Catenin-VEGF-VEGFR2 intra-cellular signaling: Therapeutic modulation by aspirin

Guha, A.Open in Google Scholar•Sultana, J.Open in Google Scholar•Bhuniya, A.Open in Google Scholar•Chakravarti, M.Open in Google Scholar•Bera, S.Open in Google Scholar•Sarkar, A.Open in Google Scholar•Dhar, S.Open in Google Scholar•Roy Choudhury, P.Open in Google Scholar•Das, J.Open in Google Scholar•Ganguly, N.Open in Google Scholaret al.

Background: Protagonistic role of platelets promote capillary infiltration of tumors for distant metastasis along with immunosurveillance. Despite existing reports highlighting role of platelets in tumorigenesis, its impact on breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) remain underexplored. Our first ever report on murine and human system, accentuate that, tumor educated platelets (TEPs) of luminal A and TNBC subtypes are distinct from healthy counterparts, collaborating with BCSCs to generate sub-variants that elevate tumor aggressiveness. Methods: Impact of TEPs on BCSCs was evaluated from primary breast tumor and blood samples of luminal A/TNBC patients along with EC/4T1 murine breast tumor models and MCF-7/MDA-MB-231 cell lines. For downstream assays, TEPs were co-cultured with breast tumor samples or cell lines, followed by magnetic sorting of lin-CD44+CD24- BCSCs. TEP induced alterations of BCSCs were evaluated from 3D tumorsphere, colony formation, transwell migration, scratch-wound healing, matrigel invasion, in-vitro tube formation assays. Fluorescence-confocal microscopy, RT-PCR, flow-cytometry, western-blotting was utilized to decipher the role of genes and protein involved in stemness, metastasis along with the transcription factors in the downstream signaling cascade, followed by verifications by RNAi. Results: TEPs have elevated expression of P-selectin and interacts with BCSCs via P-selectin and PSGL1 on BCSCs surface. Treatment with aspirin had restorative impact on P-selectin level, converting TEPs from active to resting platelet (RP) state. Under TEPs influence, BCSCs were tumorigenic, clonogenic, multidrug resistant, invasive with numerous invadopodia and remained skewed towards mesenchymal phenotype. Administration of RP reduced TEP associated BCSC virulence both in-vivo and in-vitro. P-selectin-PSGL1 interaction results in binding of WNT to FRIZZLED followed by stabilization and nuclear translocation of {beta}-Catenin. Nuclear {beta}-Catenin promotes stemness-EMT (Epithelial to mesenchymal transition)-metastasis, along with stimulation of autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 cascade. Inhibition of WNT and VEGFR2 by RNAi confirmed the critical role of this axis in regulating TEPs influence on BCSCs. Conclusion: These insights into TEPs-BCSC interplay, acknowledges TEPs, as-well-as unveils novel receptor-ligand signaling cascade between TEPs and BCSCs, that could be a beneficial therapeutic strategy to target cancer metastasis.

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