PMID- 30808244 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200512 LR - 20200512 IS - 1530-6860 (Electronic) IS - 0892-6638 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 5 DP - 2019 May TI - Integrin alpha11 in pancreatic stellate cells regulates tumor stroma interaction in pancreatic cancer. PG - 6609-6621 LID - 10.1096/fj.201802336R [doi] AB - Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the deadliest tumor due to its highly abundant tumor stroma. Pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) are considered precursor cells of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which induce tumor progression, invasion, and metastasis. In this study, we investigated the role of integrin subunit alpha (ITGA) 11, the receptor for collagen type I, in tumor stroma interaction. Clinical sample analysis showed that ITGA11 was overexpressed by CAFs in PDAC stroma, as shown with colocalization immunostaining with alpha-smooth muscle actin. In contrast, there was no expression in healthy pancreas. Public transcriptomic data confirmed a reduced expression of ITGA11 in healthy pancreas and adjacent nontumoral tissues compared with human tumor tissues. Primary human PSCs (hPSCs) activated with either TGF-beta or pancreatic cancer cell (PANC-1)-conditioned medium (CM) resulted in the significant up-regulation of ITGA11 and various CAF markers. Furthermore, short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated stable ITGA11 knockdown (shITGA11) in hPSCs significantly inhibited TGF-beta- and PANC-1 CM-mediated activation at both gene and protein levels of extracellular matrix, cytokines, and adhesion molecules. Additionally, shITGA11 hPSCs had a reduced migration and contractility compared with shRNA control (shCTR) PSCs. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of ITGA11 on the paracrine effects of hPSCs. Interestingly, the CM from shITGA11 hPSCs, activated with either TGF-beta or PANC-1 CM, caused tumor cells to migrate and invade lesser compared with their counterpart, activated shCTR PSCs. In summary, this study presents ITGA11 as an interesting stromal therapeutic target that plays a crucial role in the regulation of the differentiation of PSCs into CAFs and paracrine effects.-Schnittert, J., Bansal, R., Mardhian, D. F., van Baarlen, J., Ostman, A., Prakash, J. Integrin alpha11 in pancreatic stellate cells regulates tumor stroma interaction in pancreatic cancer. FAU - Schnittert, Jonas AU - Schnittert J AD - Department of Biomaterials, Science, and Technology, TechMed Centre, Targeted Therapeutics Section, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. FAU - Bansal, Ruchi AU - Bansal R AD - Department of Biomaterials, Science, and Technology, TechMed Centre, Targeted Therapeutics Section, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. FAU - Mardhian, Deby F AU - Mardhian DF AD - Department of Biomaterials, Science, and Technology, TechMed Centre, Targeted Therapeutics Section, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. FAU - van Baarlen, Joop AU - van Baarlen J AD - Laboratory Pathology East Netherlands (LabPON), Hengelo, The Netherlands. FAU - Ostman, Arne AU - Ostman A AD - Department of Oncology-Pathology, Cancer Centre Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. FAU - Prakash, Jai AU - Prakash J AD - Department of Biomaterials, Science, and Technology, TechMed Centre, Targeted Therapeutics Section, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. AD - Department of Oncology-Pathology, Cancer Centre Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190226 PL - United States TA - FASEB J JT - FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology JID - 8804484 RN - 0 (ITGA11 protein, human) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha Chains) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) SB - IM MH - Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts/metabolism/pathology MH - Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Extracellular Matrix/*metabolism/pathology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha Chains/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Neoplasm Proteins/*metabolism MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/*metabolism/pathology MH - Pancreatic Stellate Cells/*metabolism/pathology MH - *Tumor Microenvironment OTO - NOTNLM OT - cancer-associated fibroblasts OT - cell migration OT - metastasis OT - transforming growth factor beta OT - tumor microenvironment EDAT- 2019/02/28 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/13 06:00 CRDT- 2019/02/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/02/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/13 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/02/28 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1096/fj.201802336R [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FASEB J. 2019 May;33(5):6609-6621. doi: 10.1096/fj.201802336R. Epub 2019 Feb 26.