IKKβ acts as a tumor suppressor in cancer-associated fibroblasts during intestinal tumorigenesis

  • Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) comprise one of the most important cell types in the tumor microenvironment. A proinflammatory NF-κB gene signature in CAFs has been suggested to promote tumorigenesis in models of pancreatic and mammary skin cancer. Using an autochthonous model of colitis-associated cancer (CAC) and sporadic cancer, we now provide evidence for a tumor-suppressive function of IKKβ/NF-κB in CAFs. Fibroblast-restricted deletion of Ikkβ stimulates intestinal epithelial cell proliferation, suppresses tumor cell death, enhances accumulation of CD4+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells, and induces angiogenesis, ultimately promoting colonic tumor growth. In Ikkβ-deficient fibroblasts, transcription of negative regulators of TGFβ signaling, including Smad7 and Smurf1, is impaired, causing up-regulation of a TGFβ gene signature and elevated hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) secretion. Overexpression of Smad7 in Ikkβ-deficient fibroblasts prevents HGF secretion, and pharmacological inhibition of Met during the CAC model confirms that enhanced tumor promotion is dependent on HGF–Met signaling in mucosa of Ikkβ-mutant animals. Collectively, these results highlight an unexpected tumor suppressive function of IKKβ/NF-κB in CAFs linked to HGF release and raise potential concerns about the use of IKK inhibitors in colorectal cancer patients.

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Author:Charles Pallangyo, Paul K. Ziegler, Florian GretenORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-506049
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20150576
ISSN:1540-9538
ISSN:1540-9358
ISSN:0022-1007
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26621452
Parent Title (English):Journal of experimental medicine
Publisher:Rockefeller Univ. Press
Place of publication:New York, NY
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2015
Date of first Publication:2015/11/30
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2019/07/04
Volume:212
Issue:13
Page Number:14
First Page:2253
Last Page:2266
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HeBIS-PPN:452214149
Institutes:Medizin / Medizin
Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Georg-Speyer-Haus
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
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