Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer.
Conceptual models of carcinogenesis typically consist of an evolutionary sequence of heritable changes in genes controlling proliferation, apoptosis, and senescence. We propose that these steps are necessary but not sufficient to produce invasive breast cancer because intraductal tumour growth is al...
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| author | Gatenby, R Smallbone, K Maini, P Rose, F Averill, J Nagle, R Worrall, L Gillies, R |
| author_facet | Gatenby, R Smallbone, K Maini, P Rose, F Averill, J Nagle, R Worrall, L Gillies, R |
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| description | Conceptual models of carcinogenesis typically consist of an evolutionary sequence of heritable changes in genes controlling proliferation, apoptosis, and senescence. We propose that these steps are necessary but not sufficient to produce invasive breast cancer because intraductal tumour growth is also constrained by hypoxia and acidosis that develop as cells proliferate into the lumen and away from the underlying vessels. This requires evolution of glycolytic and acid-resistant phenotypes that, we hypothesise, is critical for emergence of invasive cancer. Mathematical models demonstrate severe hypoxia and acidosis in regions of intraductal tumours more than 100 microm from the basement membrane. Subsequent evolution of glycolytic and acid-resistant phenotypes leads to invasive proliferation. Multicellular spheroids recapitulating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) microenvironmental conditions demonstrate upregulated glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) as adaptation to hypoxia followed by growth into normoxic regions in qualitative agreement with model predictions. Clinical specimens of DCIS exhibit periluminal distribution of GLUT-1 and Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) indicating transcriptional activation by hypoxia and clusters of the same phenotype in the peripheral, presumably normoxic regions similar to the pattern predicted by the models and observed in spheroids. Upregulated GLUT-1 and NHE-1 were observed in microinvasive foci and adjacent intraductal cells. Adaptation to hypoxia and acidosis may represent key events in transition from in situ to invasive cancer. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:9741b7c2-e063-425e-8fcb-ecf7e9265cab2022-03-26T23:58:15ZCellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:9741b7c2-e063-425e-8fcb-ecf7e9265cabEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Gatenby, RSmallbone, KMaini, PRose, FAverill, JNagle, RWorrall, LGillies, RConceptual models of carcinogenesis typically consist of an evolutionary sequence of heritable changes in genes controlling proliferation, apoptosis, and senescence. We propose that these steps are necessary but not sufficient to produce invasive breast cancer because intraductal tumour growth is also constrained by hypoxia and acidosis that develop as cells proliferate into the lumen and away from the underlying vessels. This requires evolution of glycolytic and acid-resistant phenotypes that, we hypothesise, is critical for emergence of invasive cancer. Mathematical models demonstrate severe hypoxia and acidosis in regions of intraductal tumours more than 100 microm from the basement membrane. Subsequent evolution of glycolytic and acid-resistant phenotypes leads to invasive proliferation. Multicellular spheroids recapitulating ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) microenvironmental conditions demonstrate upregulated glucose transporter 1 (GLUT1) as adaptation to hypoxia followed by growth into normoxic regions in qualitative agreement with model predictions. Clinical specimens of DCIS exhibit periluminal distribution of GLUT-1 and Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE) indicating transcriptional activation by hypoxia and clusters of the same phenotype in the peripheral, presumably normoxic regions similar to the pattern predicted by the models and observed in spheroids. Upregulated GLUT-1 and NHE-1 were observed in microinvasive foci and adjacent intraductal cells. Adaptation to hypoxia and acidosis may represent key events in transition from in situ to invasive cancer. |
| spellingShingle | Gatenby, R Smallbone, K Maini, P Rose, F Averill, J Nagle, R Worrall, L Gillies, R Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title | Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title_full | Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title_fullStr | Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title_short | Cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer. |
| title_sort | cellular adaptations to hypoxia and acidosis during somatic evolution of breast cancer |
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