Article ; Online: TAZ facilitates breast tumor growth by promoting an immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment.
2023 Volume 17, Issue 12, Page(s) 2675–2693
Abstract: The core Hippo pathway module consists of a tumour-suppressive kinase cascade that inhibits the transcriptional coactivators Yes-associated protein (YAP) and WW domain-containing transcription regulator protein 1 (WWTR1; also known as TAZ). When the ... ...
| Abstract | The core Hippo pathway module consists of a tumour-suppressive kinase cascade that inhibits the transcriptional coactivators Yes-associated protein (YAP) and WW domain-containing transcription regulator protein 1 (WWTR1; also known as TAZ). When the Hippo pathway is downregulated, as often occurs in breast cancer, YAP/TAZ activity is induced. To elaborate the roles of TAZ in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), we depleted Taz in murine TNBC 4T1 cells, using either CRISPR/Cas9 or small hairpin RNA (shRNA). TAZ-depleted cells and their controls, harbouring wild-type levels of TAZ, were orthotopically injected into the mammary fat pads of syngeneic BALB/c female mice, and mice were monitored for tumour growth. TAZ depletion resulted in smaller tumours compared to the tumours generated by control cells, in line with the notion that TAZ functions as an oncogene in breast cancer. Tumours, as well as their corresponding in vitro cultured cells, were then subjected to gene expression profiling by RNA sequencing (RNA-seq). Interestingly, pathway analysis of the RNA-seq data indicated a TAZ-dependent enrichment of 'Inflammatory Response', a pathway correlated with TAZ expression levels also in human breast cancer tumours. Specifically, the RNA-seq analysis predicted a significant depletion of regulatory T cells (Tregs) in TAZ-deficient tumours, which was experimentally validated by the staining of tumour sections and by quantitative cytometry by time of flight (CyTOF). Strikingly, the differences in tumour size were completely abolished in immune-deficient mice, demonstrating that the immune-modulatory capacity of TAZ is critical for its oncogenic activity in this setting. Cytokine array analysis of conditioned medium from cultured cells revealed that TAZ increased the abundance of a small group of cytokines, including plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (Serpin E1; also known as PAI-1), CCN family member 4 (CCN4; also known as WISP-1) and interleukin-23 (IL-23), suggesting a potential mechanistic explanation for its in vivo immunomodulatory effect. Together, our results imply that TAZ functions in a non-cell-autonomous manner to modify the tumour immune microenvironment and dampen the anti-tumour immune response, thereby facilitating tumour growth. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Female ; Humans ; Mice ; Hippo Signaling Pathway ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics ; Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/metabolism ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/genetics ; Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms/pathology ; Tumor Microenvironment ; Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins/metabolism |
| Chemical Substances | Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins ; Transcription Factors ; WWTR1 protein, human ; Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-Binding Motif Proteins |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2023-10-16 |
| Publishing country | United States |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2415106-3 |
| ISSN | 1878-0261 ; 1574-7891 |
| ISSN (online) | 1878-0261 |
| ISSN | 1574-7891 |
| DOI | 10.1002/1878-0261.13525 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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