Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive cancers, and the patients are generally diagnosed with distant metastasis. Liver is one of the preferred organs of distant metastasis, and liver metastasis is the leading cause of death in PDAC. Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is a ris...

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Main Authors: Yue Sun, Xiao-Xin Zhang, Shan Huang, Hong Pan, Yan-Zhi Gai, Yao-Qi Zhou, Lei Zhu, Hui-Zhen Nie, Dong-Xue Li
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Published: Wiley 2022-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5665964
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author Yue Sun
Xiao-Xin Zhang
Shan Huang
Hong Pan
Yan-Zhi Gai
Yao-Qi Zhou
Lei Zhu
Hui-Zhen Nie
Dong-Xue Li
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Xiao-Xin Zhang
Shan Huang
Hong Pan
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Hui-Zhen Nie
Dong-Xue Li
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description Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive cancers, and the patients are generally diagnosed with distant metastasis. Liver is one of the preferred organs of distant metastasis, and liver metastasis is the leading cause of death in PDAC. Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is a risk factor for PDAC, and it remains unclear whether and how DIO contributes to liver metastasis of PDAC. In our study, we found that DIO significantly promoted PDAC liver metastasis compared with normal diet (ND) in intrasplenic injection mouse model. RNA-seq analysis for liver metastasis nodules showed that the various chemokines and several chemokine receptors were altered between ND and DIO samples. The expression levels of CX3CL1 and CX3CR1 were significantly upregulated in DIO-induced liver metastasis of PDAC compared to ND. Increased CX3CL1 promoted the recruitment of CX3CR1-expressing pancreatic tumor cells. Taken together, our data demonstrated that DIO promoted PDAC liver metastasis via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 axis.
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spelling doaj-art-bebdbe9f70a1402b8d198ffe4c68867e2025-08-20T02:18:35ZengWileyJournal of Immunology Research2314-71562022-01-01202210.1155/2022/5665964Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 AxisYue Sun0Xiao-Xin Zhang1Shan Huang2Hong Pan3Yan-Zhi Gai4Yao-Qi Zhou5Lei Zhu6Hui-Zhen Nie7Dong-Xue Li8State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesJiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory MedicineState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesState Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related GenesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most aggressive cancers, and the patients are generally diagnosed with distant metastasis. Liver is one of the preferred organs of distant metastasis, and liver metastasis is the leading cause of death in PDAC. Diet-induced obesity (DIO) is a risk factor for PDAC, and it remains unclear whether and how DIO contributes to liver metastasis of PDAC. In our study, we found that DIO significantly promoted PDAC liver metastasis compared with normal diet (ND) in intrasplenic injection mouse model. RNA-seq analysis for liver metastasis nodules showed that the various chemokines and several chemokine receptors were altered between ND and DIO samples. The expression levels of CX3CL1 and CX3CR1 were significantly upregulated in DIO-induced liver metastasis of PDAC compared to ND. Increased CX3CL1 promoted the recruitment of CX3CR1-expressing pancreatic tumor cells. Taken together, our data demonstrated that DIO promoted PDAC liver metastasis via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 axis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5665964
spellingShingle Yue Sun
Xiao-Xin Zhang
Shan Huang
Hong Pan
Yan-Zhi Gai
Yao-Qi Zhou
Lei Zhu
Hui-Zhen Nie
Dong-Xue Li
Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
Journal of Immunology Research
title Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
title_full Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
title_fullStr Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
title_full_unstemmed Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
title_short Diet-Induced Obesity Promotes Liver Metastasis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma via CX3CL1/CX3CR1 Axis
title_sort diet induced obesity promotes liver metastasis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via cx3cl1 cx3cr1 axis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/5665964
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