PMID- 25611571 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151216 LR - 20181113 IS - 1933-6926 (Electronic) IS - 1933-6918 (Print) IS - 1933-6918 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1-2 DP - 2015 TI - Spatial organization of the tenascin-C microenvironment in experimental and human cancer. PG - 4-13 LID - 10.1080/19336918.2015.1005452 [doi] AB - The extracellular matrix (ECM) molecule tenascin-C (TNC) promotes tumor progression. This has recently been demonstrated in the stochastic murine RIP1-Tag2 insulinoma model, engineered to either express TNC abundantly or to be devoid of TNC. However, our knowledge about organization of the TNC microenvironment is scant. Here we determined the spatial distribution of TNC together with other ECM molecules in murine RIP1-Tag2 insulinoma and human cancer tissue (insulinoma and colorectal carcinoma). We found that TNC is organized in matrix tracks together with other ECM molecules of the AngioMatrix signature, a previously described gene expression profile that characterizes the angiogenic switch. Moreover, stromal cells including endothelial cells, fibroblasts and leukocytes were enriched in the TNC tracks. Thus, TNC tracks may provide niches for stromal cells and regulate their behavior. Given similarities of TNC rich niches for stromal cells in human insulinoma and colon cancer, we propose that the RIP1-Tag2 model may be useful for providing insights into the contribution of the tumor stroma specific ECM as promoter of cancer progression. FAU - Spenle, Caroline AU - Spenle C AD - a Inserm U1109 ; The Microenvironmental Niche in Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy ; (MN3T) ; Strasbourg , France. FAU - Gasser, Isabelle AU - Gasser I FAU - Saupe, Falk AU - Saupe F FAU - Janssen, Klaus-Peter AU - Janssen KP FAU - Arnold, Christiane AU - Arnold C FAU - Klein, Annick AU - Klein A FAU - van der Heyden, Michael AU - van der Heyden M FAU - Mutterer, Jerome AU - Mutterer J FAU - Neuville-Mechine, Agnes AU - Neuville-Mechine A FAU - Chenard, Marie-Pierre AU - Chenard MP FAU - Guenot, Dominique AU - Guenot D FAU - Esposito, Irene AU - Esposito I FAU - Slotta-Huspenina, Julia AU - Slotta-Huspenina J FAU - Ambartsumian, Noona AU - Ambartsumian N FAU - Simon-Assmann, Patricia AU - Simon-Assmann P FAU - Orend, Gertraud AU - Orend G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell Adh Migr JT - Cell adhesion & migration JID - 101469464 RN - 0 (Tenascin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement/*physiology MH - Colorectal Neoplasms/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Stromal Cells/*pathology MH - Tenascin/*metabolism PMC - PMC4594615 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer OT - collagen OT - colorectal carcinoma OT - extracellular matrix OT - insulinoma OT - laminin OT - neuroendocrine tumor model OT - stromal cells OT - tenascin-C OT - tumor microenvironment EDAT- 2015/01/23 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/19 06:00 PMCR- 2016/01/22 CRDT- 2015/01/23 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/01/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/01/22 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1005452 [pii] AID - 10.1080/19336918.2015.1005452 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Adh Migr. 2015;9(1-2):4-13. doi: 10.1080/19336918.2015.1005452.