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Cancer-associated mesothelial cell-derived ANGPTL4 and STC1 promote the early steps of ovarian cancer metastasis.
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- The role of ANGPTL4 in cancer: A meta-analysis of observational studies and multi-omics investigation.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Targeting cancer-associated fibroblasts: therapeutic strategies, translational challenges, and future perspectives.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2026Review
- Peritoneal ovarian cancer growth in the omentum proceeds independently of mature adipocytes.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Prenatal Exposure to PFOA Induces Ovarian Function Impairment via the Disruption of the PPARγ/ANGPTL4 Pathway.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
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- Propofol upregulates ANGPTL4 gene and protein expression to inhibit biological behavior of colon cancer cells.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- TAMs in the Gynecological Tumor Microenvironment: Insights from Cross-Cancer Studies for Immunotherapy.Cancers · 2026Review
- STC1 promotes colorectal cancer invasion and migration by regulating M2 macrophage polarization via TGF-β1/Smad signaling pathway.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Targeting OxLDL-mediated CD36 + CAF reprogramming potentiates PD-1 immunotherapy in osteosarcoma.Molecular cancer · 2025Article
- Adipocytes are dispensable in shaping the ovarian cancer tumor microenvironment in the omentum.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- STC1-Based Activation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway Induces Epthithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Thus Promotes Progression and Temozolomide Resistance of Glioblastoma.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2025Article
- Targeting macrophages in cancer immunotherapy: Frontiers and challenges.Journal of advanced research · 2025Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts regulate mitochondrial metabolism and inhibit chemosensitivity via ANGPTL4-IQGAP1 axis in prostate cancer.Journal of advanced research · 2025Article
- Integration of cell-type resolved spatial proteomics and transcriptomics reveals novel mechanisms in early ovarian cancer.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- Adipocytes-induced ANGPTL4/KLF4 axis drives glycolysis and metastasis in triple-negative breast cancer.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2025Article
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- Role of tumor microenvironment in ovarian cancer metastasis and clinical advancements.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
- Basal cell adhesion molecule (BCAM) promotes mesothelial-to-mesenchymal transition and tumor angiogenesis through paracrine signaling.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2025Article
- The Tie2 antagonist rebastinib reduces ovarian cancer growth in a syngeneic murine model.BMC cancer · 2025Article
- Emerging roles of angiopoietin‑like 4 in human tumors (Review).International journal of oncology · 2025Review
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Abstract
Ovarian cancer (OvCa) preferentially metastasizes in association with mesothelial cell-lined surfaces. We sought to determine if mesothelial cells are required for OvCa metastasis and detect alterations in mesothelial cell gene expression and cytokine secretion upon interaction with OvCa cells. Using omental samples from patients with high-grade serous OvCa and mouse models with Wt1-driven GFP-expressing mesothelial cells, we validated the intratumoral localization of mesothelial cells during human and mouse OvCa omental metastasis. Removing mesothelial cells ex vivo from human and mouse omenta or in vivo using diphtheria toxin-mediated ablation in Msln-Cre mice significantly inhibited OvCa cell adhesion and colonization. Human ascites induced angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) and stanniocalcin 1 (STC1) expression and secretion by mesothelial cells. Inhibition of STC1 or ANGPTL4 via RNAi obstructed OvCa cell-induced mesothelial cell to mesenchymal transition while inhibition of ANGPTL4 alone obstructed OvCa cell-induced mesothelial cell migration and glycolysis. Inhibition of mesothelial cell ANGPTL4 secretion via RNAi prevented mesothelial cell-induced monocyte migration, endothelial cell vessel formation, and OvCa cell adhesion, migration, and proliferation. In contrast, inhibition of mesothelial cell STC1 secretion via RNAi prevented mesothelial cell-induced endothelial cell vessel formation and OvCa cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, and invasion. Additionally, blocking ANPTL4 function with Abs reduced the ex vivo colonization of 3 different OvCa cell lines on human omental tissue explants and in vivo colonization of ID8p53-/-Brca2-/- cells on mouse omenta. These findings indicate that mesothelial cells are important to the initial stages of OvCa metastasis and that the crosstalk between mesothelial cells and the tumor microenvironment promotes OvCa metastasis through the secretion of ANGPTL4.
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