Supplementary Tables from Therapeutic Targeting of the Premetastatic Stage in Human Lung-to-Brain Metastasis
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posted on 2023-03-31, 03:40 authored by Mohini Singh, Chitra Venugopal, Tomas Tokar, Nicole McFarlane, Minomi K. Subapanditha, Maleeha Qazi, David Bakhshinyan, Parvez Vora, Naresh K. Murty, Igor Jurisica, Sheila K. SinghSupplementary information depicting n numbers of in vivo experiments, primer sequences, and top drug hits.
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Brain metastases (BM) result from the spread of primary tumors to the brain and are a leading cause of cancer mortality in adults. Secondary tissue colonization remains the main bottleneck in metastatic development, yet this “premetastatic” stage of the metastatic cascade, when primary tumor cells cross the blood–brain barrier and seed the brain before initiating a secondary tumor, remains poorly characterized. Current studies rely on specimens from fully developed macrometastases to identify therapeutic options in cancer treatment, overlooking the potentially more treatable “premetastatic” phase when colonizing cancer cells could be targeted before they initiate the secondary brain tumor. Here we use our established brain metastasis initiating cell (BMIC) models and gene expression analyses to characterize premetastasis in human lung-to-BM. Premetastatic BMIC engaged invasive and epithelial developmental mechanisms while simultaneously impeding proliferation and apoptosis. We identified the dopamine agonist apomorphine to be a potential premetastasis-targeting drug. In vivo treatment with apomorphine prevented BM formation, potentially by targeting premetastasis-associated genes KIF16B, SEPW1, and TESK2. Low expression of these genes was associated with poor survival of patients with lung adenocarcinoma. These results illuminate the cellular and molecular dynamics of premetastasis, which is subclinical and currently impossible to identify or interrogate in human patients with BM. These data present several novel therapeutic targets and associated pathways to prevent BM initiation.Significance: These findings unveil molecular features of the premetastatic stage of lung-to-brain metastases and offer a potential therapeutic strategy to prevent brain metastases. Cancer Res; 78(17); 5124–34. ©2018 AACR.Usage metrics
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