在人体组织中,结直肠腹膜转移的细胞外基质的生物和机械特性之间的相关性
Ewelina Lorenc1, Luca Varinelli2, Matteo Chighizola1
1Dipartimento di Fisica "Aldo Pontremoli" and CIMaINa, Università degli Studi di Milano, via G. Celoria 16, 20133, Milan, Italy.
Scientific reports
|July 27, 2023
概括
细胞外基质 (ECM) 的变化在结直肠癌 (CRC) 周周转移 (PM) 进展期间变硬. 瘤微环境的这种机械表型可能有助于预测CRC患者的结果.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 癌症生物学 癌症生物学
背景情况:
- 腹转移 (PM) 是结直肠癌 (CRC) 的常见和致命并发症.
- 细胞外基质 (ECM) 在癌症进展中起着关键作用,但其在CRC-PM中的机械性质尚不清楚.
- 了解ECM变化对于开发针对CRC转移的新治疗策略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 研究ECM在人类结直肠癌腹转移 (CRC-PM) 的弹性特性.
- 为了将ECM的机械特性与患者的临床数据和分子标记器相关联.
- 探索ECM硬化在CRC-PM发展和进展中的作用.
主要方法:
- 用原子力显微镜 (AFM) 来测量正常和瘤的人类CRC-PM样本中ECM的弹性特性.
- 分析了ECM组件和癌症相关纤维细胞 (CAF) 活动.
- 结果与患者的临床数据相关,包括年龄,性别,BRAF/KRAS突变和瘤等级.
主要成果:
- 腹膜转移 (PM) 的进展与增加的ECM硬化和交叉连接有关.
- 与癌症相关的纤维细胞 (CAF) 活性在新生病ECM中升高.
- 在瘤基质中也观察到更软的ECM区域.
- 在ECM机械特性和患者临床数据 (年龄,性别,BRAF/KRAS突变,瘤等级) 之间发现了显著的相关性.
结论:
- 正常ECM的局部变化可能会促进入侵转移细胞的生长和传播.
- 腹膜转移ECM的机械表型显示出预测瘤发育和患者结果的潜力.
- 准ECM机械性质可能代表着结直肠癌腹转移的新型治疗方法.
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