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MINI 35 - Biology (ID 161)
- Event: WCLC 2015
- Type: Mini Oral
- Track: Biology, Pathology, and Molecular Testing
- Presentations: 1
- Moderators:T.A. Boyle, M.G. Kris
- Coordinates: 9/09/2015, 18:30 - 20:00, Mile High Ballroom 2c-3c
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MINI35.08 - Functional Role of Cancer Associated Fibroblasts in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients (ID 3134)
19:05 - 19:10 | Author(s): J. Hao
- Abstract
Background:
Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are well known to strongly influence tumor development, progression and metastasis. Their characteristics and prognostic role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients have been recognized. However, the functional heterogeneity of CAFs between patients and their genetic basis are less understood.
Methods:
Primary cultures of CAFs and noncancer fibroblasts were established from 28 independent resected non-small cell lung cancers and their corresponding non-neoplastic lung parenchyma. Collagen gel contraction, xCELLigence Real-Time Cell Analysis of proliferation and in vivo tumorigenicity were studied to assess the CAF activity. Percent area of desmoplasia among total tumor stroma was used to define high desmoplasia (HD) versus low desmoplasia (LD). Gene expression data on RNA extracted from contracted gels following 8 hours incubation was obtained using Illumina Human HT-12v4 Bead Chips array and was preprocessed and normalized using RMA and values were log2 transformed. Two-fold change cutoff was applied to identify differentially expressed genes in CAF-HD versus CAF-LD.
Results:
High desmoplasia correlates with higher ability to contract collagen gel, increased cell proliferation and tumor growth. Microarray gene expression analysis of the 24 CAF cell lines identified 23 genes that were differentially expressed between 12 CAF-HD versus 12 CAF-LD lines and were correlated significantly (p ≤ 0.05) with the gel contraction. 23 differentially gene expression were evaluated in gene expression microarray data (Affymetrix HG-U133 Plus 2 Array) from 181 NSCLC patients. We found 7 out of 23 differential gene expression to be significantly in concordant with the cohort of 181 NSCLC patients. Taking 7 prioritized genes, we have generated physical protein-protein interaction network by quering I2D ver. 3 and visualizing it in NAViGaTOR ver 2.3 (http://ophid.utoronto.ca/navigator). To study the degree of desmoplasia and outcome, we used the cohort of 181 NSCLC patients data set. We observed that desmoplasia appears to be associated with the time to relapse in univariable analysis. The association was far stronger in the adenocarcioma group with significance for both univariable and multivariable analysis.
Conclusion:
We provide evidence for a functional heterogeneity of CAFs in NSCLC patients based on the level of desmoplasia in tumor stroma. Furthermore, we develop desmoplasia-specific gene signature that could subgroup CAFs and contribute to their functional heterogeneity.
