Cancer‑associated fibroblasts regulate the biological behavior of cancer cells and stroma in gastric cancer (Review)
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- Published online on: November 9, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2017.7385
- Pages: 691-698
Abstract
Introduction
Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the four most common types of cancer in China, and is associated with a high mortality rate. Between 33 and 50% of worldwide GC diagnoses occur in China (1). GC exhibits significant heterogeneity regarding its biological behavior and results in differing prognoses, independent of clinical stage (2). Despite cancer cells being extensively studied, advances in cancer research have highlighted that cancer progression is primarily determined by individual biological behaviors that are modulated via the cross-talk between cancer cells and the tumor microenvironment (TME) (3). Numerous studies have demonstrated the pivotal function of TME in GC progression (4–6). TMEs are heterogeneous in nature, containing a surrounding extracellular matrix (ECM) and several different types of cell including fibroblasts, endothelial cells, immune cells, local and bone marrow-derived stromal stem and progenitor cells (7). In the present review, the current knowledge of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), which are important components in the TME, are summarized in order to elucidate the exact function(s) of CAFs in the regulation of different biological behaviors which occur in GC progression (8–11).
CAFs are spindle-shaped blast-like cells with an unclear origin; however, a previous study demonstrated that bone marrow-derived stromal cells are a major source of CAFs, as well as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) (12). Several factors mediate the differentiation of CAFs, and certain markers, including α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), fibroblast activation protein (FAP) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) receptor α/β, have been used to distinguish CAF from other types of fibroblast (Fig. 1) (10,13–15).
CAFs regulate the biological behavior of GC cells
CAFs promote GC cell proliferation
The interaction between cancer cells and adjacent stroma may motivate specific TMEs to promote GC tumor progression (16,17). Accumulating evidence has suggested that CAFs may increase the proliferation rate of GC cells through a variety of mechanisms, for example by targeting PTEN via microRNA-106b in CAFs or by targeting the TGF-β/Smad pathway (18–21). It has been demonstrated previously that bone marrow-derived fibrocytes may migrate into the GC TME using the stromal cell-derived factor 1 (SDF-1)/CXC chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) system, and may increase cancer cell proliferation and the rate of fibrosis, in a similar manner to CAFs (18). In addition, Han et al (22) demonstrated that neuregulin 1, secreted by GC stem cells (GCSCs), regulated the activation of the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling pathway, and modulated the proliferation and invasion of GC cells by culturing GCSCs and CAFs directly from patients with GC. Kikuchi et al (23) demonstrated that periostin (POSTN) was overexpressed due to CAF, and POSTN may regulate the primary tumor niche by supporting cancer cell proliferation through the extracellular-signal-related kinase (ERK) signaling pathway in GC when testified in the mouse fibroblast cell line NIH3T3 C57BL/6 POSTN−/− and human diffuse-type GC cell lines OCUM-2MLN and OCUM-12.
CAFs promote GC cell migration and invasion
CAFs directly and indirectly improve the ability of invasion and metastasis, fundamental behaviors in cancer cells (24,25). CAFs are able to induce an aggressive phenotype and cause functional changes in GC cells in order to enhance the ability of cells to invade directly. This biological behavior is termed the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) (12). It has been reported previously that HSC-39 cells modulate EMT by communicating with CAFs during the process of cancer metastasis (26). Tsukada et al (27) demonstrated, using a GC mouse xenograft model, that human peritoneal mesothelial cells may be an origin of CAFs, and are activated by transforming growth factor β (TGFβ)-1 signaling, leading to the acquirement of the ability to invade basement membranes in GC.
In addition to the direct effects of CAFs on GC cells, accumulating evidence focused primarily on the invasion ability of GC cells has demonstrated that CAFs are able to indirectly improve the ability of GC cells to invade and metastasize by secreting numerous functional molecules (24,25,27). Yang et al (19) used conditioned media from CAFs and normal fibroblasts (NFs) to stimulate GC cells, and demonstrated that GC cell invasion rates were significantly increased in the CAF group compared with the NF group. Furthermore, by utilizing a co-culturing system containing chromatic assembly factor 1 and atypical glandular cells (gastric cell line) as an in vitro model for an invasion study, Fukui et al (28) demonstrated that interleukin (IL)-22 is produced by CAFs and promotes GC cell invasion via signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 and ERK signaling pathways. Similarly, He et al (29) co-cultured GC cells with CAFs that were transfected with galectin (Gal)-1 small interfering RNA, and demonstrated that CAFs increased the capability for GC cells to migrate into and invade the stroma through the overexpression of Gal-1 protein. Sun et al (30) demonstrated that glia-activating factor 9 secreted from CAFs may upregulate the expression of matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs) dose-dependently, and resulted in an increase in the number of invasive cells. Results from a previous study suggest that the proportion of CAFs in scirrhous GC is increased and results in a poor clinical prognosis as cancer cells are able to invade the submucosa, which contains an abundance of stromal cells (21). Additionally, Sung et al (31) demonstrated that the expression of Twist-related protein 1 was observed more frequently in GC CAFs compared with other cells, and also led to a significant increase in the invasive ability of GC cells in vitro.
It is well-known that cancer cells generate a supportive microenvironment in order to activate fibroblasts and facilitate the secretion of growth factors and proteases at the peritoneal dissemination site through numerous stroma-modulating growth factors, including fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family members, PDGF, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family members, epidermal growth factor ligands, ILs and TGF-β1 (32–34). Comparatively, the potential invasive and metastatic ability of cancer cells may be enhanced by the transdifferentiation process via EMT. In this process, MSCs promote tumor growth by differentiating into CAFs and remodeling the TME, and facilitate invasion and metastasis observed in GC (20,35). Karnoub et al (36) compared growth kinetics between MSC-containing tumors [breast cancer cells (BCCs) and MSCs]. BCCs were injected into a xenograft model of immunocompromised mice, and results demonstrated that chemokine ligand 5-chemokine receptor 5 paracrine interactions serve a pivotal function in the process of enabling MSCs to induce metastasis. Furthermore, a previous study suggested that MSCs acquired a CAF phenotype when exposed to GC-derived exosomes, and the differentiation of MSCs to CAFs was associated with the activation of the TGF-β/Smad signaling pathway (20). Additionally, this study demonstrated that tumor exosomes are able to promote the migration of human umbilical cord MSCs in vitro. Xu et al (37) demonstrated that MSC-like cells are able to be isolated from human GC tissues (hGC-MSCs) and adjacent non-cancerous tissues (hGCN-MSCs) from the same patient, and results demonstrated several characteristic discrepancies between the cell surface markers, the pluripotency and the proliferation-associated gene expression in these two cell types. Notably, another study used a Transwell migration assay to confirm the difference in the migration abilities of hGCN-MSCs and hGC-MSCs, which may partially result from the difference in the cluster of differentiation (CD) 44 expression level, as CD44 is one of the most important adhesion molecules and serves a crucial function in cell migration and invasion processes (38). Tsukada et al (27) demonstrated that TGF-β, derived from cancer cells in the peritoneal TME was able to activate human peritoneal mesothelial cells (HPMCs) and lead to the progression and fibrosis of GC. However, it was suggested that HPMCs are one of the origins of CAFs and contribute to the EMT mechanism (26). Yu et al (39) demonstrated that CAFs promoted GC cell migration and invasion by upregulating transgelin (TAGLN) levels and TAGLN-induced MMP-2 production in human GC stroma. Furthermore, it was also demonstrated that TAGLN promoted tumor metastasis by upregulating MMP-2 enzymes that are capable of degrading the basement membrane.
CAFs regulate the biological behavior of the stroma
Interaction between CAFs and ECM in GC
Cancer is a highly complex process, involving numerous cancer cells and the surrounding stroma, which is constructed of various different types of mesenchymal cell and the ECM (40). The ECM is a complex ecosystem scaffold populated by different types of stromal cell, including fibroblast-like cells, endothelial cells and immune cells, and is morphologically defined by desmoplasia, angiogenesis, inflammation and the immune response (41,42). Histopathological and genetic evidence suggests that tumor-associated stromal proportions or signatures may refine the prognostic assessment of tumors, therefore CAF-induced desmoplasia may serve a pivotal function in cancer progression (43–45). Within a tumor, the tissue structure becomes disordered and the ECM is remodeled by mesenchymal cells, including CAFs (46). CAFs serve fundamental functions in ECM remodeling, metabolic and immune reprogramming of the TME, and have a marked effect on adaptive resistance to chemotherapy. Numerous ECM and basement membrane constituents are produced by activated fibroblasts or myofibroblasts (47). Furthermore, myofibroblasts are a major source of ECM-degrading proteases, including MMPs, and serve a vital function in the contribution of ECM desmoplasia by expressing α-SMA, an important marker for myofibroblasts, and serves as a prognostic marker in multiple types of cancer (48,49). CAFs maintain the mesenchymal phenotype in breast cancer cells by producing linear bundles in the ECM, which is a radial alignment of type I collagen fibers relative to tumors associated with local invasion and poor disease-free survival (DFS) (50). Furthermore, the ECM may be modified by interstitial flow and enzymes including lipoxygenase, which is secreted by CAFs. It has been demonstrated previously that CAFs are able to express a wide range of factors including cytokines, growth factors and chemokines, all of which are critical to induce the degradation of the ECM, promote angiogenesis and EMT, regulate metabolic reprogramming, and increase proliferation rates and chemotherapy resistance (51). In GC, invading the surrounding tissue and the ECM via enzymatic degradation is the first step of migration away from the primary tumor (52).
CAFs associated with GC stage
Cancer is associated with fibroblasts throughout all stages of disease progression, including metastasis, and CAFs are a key component of the general host response to tissue damage caused by cancer cells (12,53). CAFs are activated and respond to cross-talk with cancer cells during carcinogenesis, and create a suitable niche for tumor growth and metastasis (54). A previous study has demonstrated that the quantity of CAFs in tumor stroma is associated with the stage of the tumor and may provide prognostic information (55). Shan et al (56) demonstrated the association between quantitative levels of FAP in GC stromal and clinicopathological characteristics. FAPs are secreted by CAFs and act as a regulator of GC cell invasion and migration, and are highly expressed in advanced-stage disease (stages III–IV). FAP expression is markedly increased in patients with lymph node involvement and metastases compared with patients without metastases. Furthermore, the study also demonstrated that stromal fibroblasts from the GC invasion front (the interface zone fibroblasts) had a marked positive FAP expression compared with NFs and CAFs (56).
It has been demonstrated previously that the predominant cell type in desmoplastic tumor is CAFs (57). De Monte et al (58) demonstrated the association between the quantity of T helper cell (Th) 2 and Th1 tumor immune infiltrate present in the tumor stroma, and determined a poor prognosis in patients with pancreatic cancer who had R0 or R1 resection at stage IB-III. In addition, it was demonstrated that the CAFs served a significant function in Th2 immune deviation, which led to the secretion of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) and activated myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) with features of TSLP-conditioned DCs with Th2-polarizing capability. Berdiel-Acer et al (59) observed the fibroblast migratory potential between normal colonic fibroblasts (NCFs) obtained from normal colonic mucosa between 5 and 10 cm from the surgical margin, and CAFs from primary tumors and hepatic metastasis (CAF-LM) obtained from fresh liver metastases. Results demonstrated that the transcriptomic signature of fibroblasts, which were defined in the study, was able to function as an independent predictor of patient outcome and facilitate the selection of patients at risk of disease recurrence, particularly high-risk patients. Furthermore, genetic analysis demonstrated that the ZEB1, SNAI1, SLUG1, E-cadherin and N-cadherin genes exhibited a gradual increase in expression during cancer progression from ECM to liver metastasis, which may regulate CAF-LM to induce EMT phenotypes in epithelial cells more efficiently compared with other types of myofibroblasts.
CAFs promote pathological angiogenesis in GC
Pathological angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer (60). Growth, invasion and metastasis of malignant tumors, including GC, depend upon microvessels that are regulated by pro-angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors (61,62). The degree of tumor angiogenesis is associated with clinical outcome and as angiogenic properties are associated with tumor aggressiveness (63,64). CAFs serve critical functions in cancer progression by inducing the remodeling of ECM, facilitating EMT, regulating metabolic reprogramming and also promoting angiogenesis (65,66). Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the secretion of chemokines by CAFs may assist in recruiting bone marrow-derived angiogenic cells (67). CAFs are a major source of angiogenic factors including VEGF, angiopoietin 1, basic fibroblast proliferation factor, TGF-β1, PDGF, tumor necrosis factor α, hepatocyte growth factor, insulin-like growth factor-1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) (68,69). Accumulating evidence demonstrated that hypoxia serves a critical function in the angiogenic process of GC by upregulating the secretion of angiogenic factors from CAFs, including VEGF and angiopoietin (53,67,70,71). Additionally, angiogenesis at the primary and metastatic site may be associated with SDF-1 and thrombospondin-1 secretion from CAFs (66,72). It has also been demonstrated that Gal-1 is highly expressed in GC CAFs, which is also associated with VEGF and CD31 expression, resulting in the promotion of tumor growth and angiogenesis (73). Hara et al (74) demonstrated that itraconazole modulated the suppression of CAFs and endothelial cells in bevacizumab-resistant gastrointestinal cancer cell lines (HT-29, MKN-28 and MKN-45), human umbilical vein endothelial cells and modulated the suppression of CAFs in human colon cancer. Bai et al (75) demonstrated that the overexpression of FGF-1/−3 was increased compared with NFs and pericarcinoma fibroblasts (PFs) in human colon cancer, leading to an increase in the rate of angiogenesis and the formation of a tumor accompanied by an increase in MMP-7 and mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK production.
CAFs promote immune cell infiltration in GC
Previous studies have demonstrated that the inflammatory status and the immune microenvironment promote the progression of cancer (76–78). Numerous studies have demonstrated that inflammatory cells, mediators (including chemokines and TNF-α/IL-1β) and key transcription factors are present in the cancer TME in experimental animal models and human tissues (79–81). Notably, simultaneous acute recruitment of immune cell infiltration and fibrosis has been reported previously, which may demonstrate the association between CAF and the immune microenvironment (82,83).
The coevolution between cancer cells and stromal cells increases the number of inflammatory mediators and leads to the formation of a cancer-associated immune microenvironment (79,84,85). There have been previous attempts to classify the tumor stroma into three groups, Collagen-dominant, fibroblast-dominant or lymphocyte-dominant, on the basis of the stromal status. Notably, the dominant stromal type may serve as an independent predictor of DFS, particularly in patients with high-grade tumors. Furthermore, lymphocyte-dominant types predicted the longest DFS compared with the two other types; this suggested that lymphocytic infiltration is associated with a favorable prognosis (83,86–88). Notably, a previous study (89) has provided evidence that CAFs produce pro-inflammatory factors including IL-6, cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and CXC chemokine ligand 1 that drive leukocyte infiltration. Thus, CAFs may promote tumor progression by facilitating immune cell infiltration. Macrophages are derived from CD34+ bone marrow progenitors which continually proliferate and differentiate into specific types of resident tissue macrophages, and are prominent components in the stroma accounting for almost all types of malignancy (90). Additionally, macrophages at the tumor periphery are able to foster local invasion by supplying matrix-degrading enzymes, including MMPs and cysteine cathepsin proteases (91). It has been demonstrated previously that tumor-associated macrophage (TAM) infiltration is associated with poor prognostic features, higher tumor grades and decreased DFS in patients with cancer (91–93). Herrera et al (94) demonstrated that the combination of CAFs and M2 macrophages were associated with poor disease-free survival and overall survival rates in advanced-stage patients, and also provided evidence of the prognostic potential of combining these two cells types of cell. The mechanism of action described previously indicated that histidine-rich glycoprotein suppressed placental growth factor-dependent polarization of the tumor immune environment, and regulated the suppression of macrophages from a pro-tumor (M2) to an anti-tumor (M1) phenotype (95). VEGF, secreted by CAFs, served an immunosuppressive function by affecting T-cell progenitors and leading to an increase in the infiltration of regulatory T cells and myeloid-derived suppressor cells, triggering immunosuppression (96). When investigating the function of CAF-rich desmoplastic stroma in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, results demonstrated that there was an increase in the number of inflammatory markers including MCP-1, also termed chemokine ligand (CCL) 2 (CCL20, TGFβ, indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3-dioxygenase, IL-6 and COX-2 were also identified) (97). MCP-1 is a well-characterized chemokine involved in attracting macrophages into the TME, and inducing the differentiation of macrophages into an immunosuppressive M2 type (98). CAFs that are isolated from pre-neoplastic skin lesions expressed a pro-inflammatory gene signature and promoted macrophage recruitment in vivo in an NF-κB-dependent manner (99). It has been previously demonstrated that CCL2 and CXCL14 (secretions from CAFs) are able to increase the recruitment of macrophages and promote their intravasive ability (100,101). A previous study also demonstrated that TGF-β (a product of TAMs and MDSCs including CAFs) possesses the ability to improve the phagocytic ability of TAMs and limit the ability of DC to internalize, present the antigen and transport the antigen to the draining lymphatic system (102). Additionally, TGF-β attenuated interferon-γ secretion by natural killer (NK) cells, resulting in the impairment of Th1 differentiation, and inhibited the expression of NK cell-activating receptors including NK group 2, member D, NKp6, NKp44 and NKp30 (103,104). Essentially, the direct action of CAFs may be able to mediate the infiltration of immune cells for a sustained anticancer immune response (Fig. 2).
Conclusion and prospects
CAFs are an important component in the TME in GC, the research of which is becoming increasingly important. In the present review, the potential origin of CAFs in GC, their distinctive secretions that may be used to identify CAFs and how CAFs are able to influence GC progression have been discussed. The studies discussed in the present review demonstrate that CAFs may modulate several aspects of tumor biological behavior in GC including the ability to proliferate, metastasize and invade. Additionally, CAFs increase the infiltration of immune cells into GC stroma and increase the rate of angiogenesis by secreting VEGF. However, further investigation is required in order to determine the precise origin of CAFs in GC and the mechanisms underlying the role of CAFs in regulating the evolution of cancer cells in GC.
Acknowledgements
The present review was supported by the Science Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 81401515 and 81230031), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Ministry of Education of China (grant no. 2042014kf0096) and the 351 Talent Project (Luojia Young Scholars) of Wuhan University.
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