Autocrine regulation of tumor cell repopulation by Hsp70-HMGB1 alarmin complex

Background Cancer recurrence is regulated by a variety of factors, among which is the material of dying tumor cells; it is suggested that remaining after anti-cancer therapy tumor cells receive a signal from proteins called damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), one of which is heat shock pro...

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Published in:	Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 1 - 279
Main Authors:	Sverchinsky, Dmitry V, Alhasan, Bashar A, Mikeladze, Marina A, Lazarev, Vladimir F, Kuznetcova, Liubov S, Morshneva, Alisa V, Nikotina, Alina D, Ziewanah, Amr, Koludarova, Lidia V, Starkova, Tatiana Y, Margulis, Boris A, Guzhova, Irina V
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central Ltd 25-10-2023 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Alarmins Binding proteins Cancer Care and treatment Cell growth Chromatography Chromosomal proteins Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay Health aspects Heat shock proteins HMGB1 Hsp70 Peptides Protein binding Protein complex Protein-protein interactions Proteins Scientific equipment and supplies industry Synthetic prostaglandins E Tumor relapse United States Germany Russia Netherlands United States > US
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Summary:	Background Cancer recurrence is regulated by a variety of factors, among which is the material of dying tumor cells; it is suggested that remaining after anti-cancer therapy tumor cells receive a signal from proteins called damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), one of which is heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70). Methods Two models of tumor repopulation were employed, based on minimal population of cancer cells and application of conditioned medium (CM). To deplete the CMs of Hsp70 affinity chromatography on ATP-agarose and immunoprecipitation were used. Cell proliferation and the dynamics of cell growth were measured using MTT assay and xCELLigence technology; cell growth markers were estimated using qPCR and with the aid of ELISA for prostaglandin E detection. Immunoprecipitation followed by mass-spectrometry was employed to identify Hsp70-binding proteins and protein-protein interaction assays were developed to reveal the above protein complexes. Results It was found that CM of dying tumor cells contains tumor regrowth-initiating factors and the removal of one of them, Hsp70, caused a reduction in the relapse-activating capacity. The pull out of Hsp70 alone using ATP-agarose had no effect on repopulation, while the immunodepletion of Hsp70 dramatically reduced its repopulation activity. Using proteomic and immunochemical approaches, we showed that Hsp70 in conditioned medium binds and binds another abundant alarmin, the High Mobility Group B1 (HMGB1) protein; the complex is formed in tumor cells treated with anti-cancer drugs, persists in the cytosol and is further released from dying tumor cells. Recurrence-activating power of Hsp70-HMGB1 complex was proved by the enhanced expression of proliferation markers, Ki67, Aurka and MCM-10 as well as by increase of prostaglandin E production and autophagy activation. Accordingly, dissociating the complex with Hsp70 chaperone inhibitors significantly inhibited the pro-growth effects of the above complex, in both in vitro and in vivo tumor relapse models. Conclusions These data led us to suggest that the abundance of the Hsp70-HMGB1 complex in the extracellular matrix may serve as a novel marker of relapse state in cancer patients, while specific targeting of the complex may be promising in the treatment of cancers with a high risk of recurrence. Keywords: Tumor relapse, Alarmins, Hsp70, HMGB1, Protein complex
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ISSN:	1756-9966 0392-9078 1756-9966
DOI:	10.1186/s13046-023-02857-0