PMID- 29483094 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190521 LR - 20190521 IS - 1538-7445 (Electronic) IS - 0008-5472 (Print) IS - 0008-5472 (Linking) VI - 78 IP - 9 DP - 2018 May 1 TI - A Soft Microenvironment Protects from Failure of Midbody Abscission and Multinucleation Downstream of the EMT-Promoting Transcription Factor Snail. PG - 2277-2289 LID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2899 [doi] AB - Multinucleation is found in more than one third of tumors and is linked to increased tolerance for mutation, resistance to chemotherapy, and invasive potential. The integrity of the genome depends on proper execution of the cell cycle, which can be altered through mechanotransduction pathways as the tumor microenvironment stiffens during tumorigenesis. Here, we show that signaling downstream of matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP3) or TGFbeta, known inducers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), also promotes multinucleation in stiff microenvironments through Snail-dependent expression of the filament-forming protein septin-6, resulting in midbody persistence, abscission failure, and multinucleation. Consistently, we observed elevated expression of Snail and septin-6 as well as multinucleation in a human patient sample of metaplastic carcinoma of the breast, a rare classification characterized by deposition of collagen fibers and active EMT. In contrast, a soft microenvironment protected mammary epithelial cells from becoming multinucleated by preventing Snail-induced upregulation of septin-6. Our data suggest that tissue stiffening during tumorigenesis synergizes with oncogenic signaling to promote genomic abnormalities that drive cancer progression.Significance: These findings reveal tissue stiffening during tumorigenesis synergizes with oncogenic signaling to promote genomic abnormalities that drive cancer progression. Cancer Res; 78(9); 2277-89. (c)2018 AACR. CI - (c)2018 American Association for Cancer Research. FAU - Simi, Allison K AU - Simi AK AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. FAU - Anlas, Alisya A AU - Anlas AA AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. FAU - Stallings-Mann, Melody AU - Stallings-Mann M AD - Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida. FAU - Zhang, Sherry AU - Zhang S AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. FAU - Hsia, Tiffaney AU - Hsia T AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. FAU - Cichon, Magdalena AU - Cichon M AD - Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida. FAU - Radisky, Derek C AU - Radisky DC AD - Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, Jacksonville, Florida. FAU - Nelson, Celeste M AU - Nelson CM AD - Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. celesten@princeton.edu. AD - Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. LA - eng GR - R21 HL110335/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA187692/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 HL118532/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM083997/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL120142/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HHMI/Howard Hughes Medical Institute/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20180226 PL - United States TA - Cancer Res JT - Cancer research JID - 2984705R RN - 0 (Biomarkers, Tumor) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0 (Snail Family Transcription Factors) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers, Tumor MH - Breast Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - *Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition MH - Genomic Instability MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/metabolism MH - Mechanotransduction, Cellular MH - Mice MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Snail Family Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - *Tumor Microenvironment PMC - PMC5932229 MID - NIHMS946857 COIS- Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2018/02/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/22 06:00 PMCR- 2019/05/01 CRDT- 2018/02/28 06:00 PHST- 2017/09/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/02/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/02/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 0008-5472.CAN-17-2899 [pii] AID - 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2899 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cancer Res. 2018 May 1;78(9):2277-2289. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-2899. Epub 2018 Feb 26.