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ArticleCancer science2025

Permeable Lung Vasculature Creates Chemoresistant Endothelial Niche by Producing SERPINE1 at Breast Cancer Metastatic Sites.

Tsunaki Hongu, Sarenqiqige, Shandan, Hirokazu Kusunoki, Akihiko Ishimura, Takeshi Suzuki, Thordur Oskarsson, Noriko Gotoh

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Article in Cancer science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Tsunaki HonguDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
SarenqiqigeDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
ShandanDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
Hirokazu KusunokiDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
Akihiko IshimuraDivision of Functional Genomics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
Takeshi SuzukiDivision of Functional Genomics, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.
Thordur OskarssonDepartment of Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffit Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, USA.
Noriko GotohDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa City, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-260X

Funding

Astellas Foundation for Research on Metabolic Disorders 2022A3360Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJSP2135Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP21H02761Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP22K20818Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP23K06630Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP23K18237Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP24K02304Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology JPMXP1323015484Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund 22-25432Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund 23-255016The Uehara Memorial Foundation 202220235
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy resistance remains a major obstacle for eradicating metastatic cancer cells in distant organs. We identified that endothelial cells (ECs) in the lungs, where breast cancer cells often metastasize, form a chemoresistant perivascular niche for disseminated breast cancer cells. By investigating the lung EC secretome activated by metastasis, we found that serine protease inhibitor family E member 1 (SERPINE1), encoded by Serpine1, is upregulated in metastasis-associated lung ECs. This upregulation shields cancer cells from paclitaxel-induced apoptosis and promotes cancer stem cell properties. Serpine1 expression appears to be driven by YAP-TEAD activation in lung ECs that lose cell-cell contact, a phenomenon associated with increased vascular permeability in lungs affected by metastasis. Crucially, pharmacological inhibition of SERPINE1 enhances the chemotherapy sensitivity of metastatic breast cancer cells in the lung. Overall, our findings underscore the pivotal role of the vascular niche, which produces SERPINE1, in conferring chemoresistance to breast cancer cells during metastatic progression in the lungs.

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Breast NeoplasmsDrug Resistance, NeoplasmEndothelial CellsLungLung NeoplasmsPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1AnimalsApoptosisCapillary PermeabilityCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceNeoplastic Stem CellsPaclitaxelTumor MicroenvironmentPaclitaxelPlasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1SERPINE1 protein, humanbreast cancerchemotherapy resistancemetastasisperivascular nichepermeability

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PMID40217581
PMCPMC12127090

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