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1557-326525182019Sep15Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer ResearchClin Cancer ResVEGFR1+ Metastasis-Associated Macrophages Contribute to Metastatic Angiogenesis and Influence Colorectal Cancer Patient Outcome.567456855674-568510.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-2123To investigate the clinical relevance of macrophages in liver metastasis of colorectal cancer and their influence on angiogenesis and patient survival. Moreover to evaluate specific blood monocytes as markers of disease recurrence.Experimental design: In a mouse model with spontaneous liver metastasis, the angiogenic characteristics of tumor- and metastasis (MAM)-associated macrophages were evaluated. Macrophages and the vasculature from 130 primary tumor (pTU) and 123 patients with liver metastasis were assessed. In vivo and in human samples, the clinical relevance of macrophage VEGFR1 expression was analyzed. Blood samples from patients (n = 157, 80 pTU and 77 liver metastasis) were analyzed for assessing VEGFR1-positive (VEGFR1+) cells as suitable biomarkers of disease recurrence.The number of macrophages positively correlated with vascularization in metastasis. Both in the murine model as well as in primary isolated human cells, a subpopulation of MAMs expressing VEGFR1 were found highly angiogenic. While VEGFR1 expression in pTU patients did not predict prognosis; high percentage of VEGFR1+ cells in liver metastasis was associated with worse patient outcome. Interestingly, VEGFR1+-circulating monocytes in blood samples from patients with liver metastasis not only predicted progression but also site of recurrence.Our findings identify a new subset of proangiogenic VEGFR1+ MAMs in colorectal cancer that support metastatic growth and may become a liquid biomarker to predict disease recurrence in the liver.©2019 American Association for Cancer Research.Freire VallsAidaADepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.Biochemistry Center Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.KnipperKarlKDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.GiannakouriEvangeliaEDivision of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.SarachagaVíctorVBiochemistry Center Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.HinterkopfSaschaS0000-0001-5371-5737Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.WuehrlMichaelMDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.ShenYingYDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.RadhakrishnanPraveenkumarPDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.KloseJohannesJDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.UlrichAlexisADepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.SchneiderMartinMDepartment of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.AugustinHellmut GHG0000-0002-7173-4242Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.Ruiz de AlmodovarCarmenCBiochemistry Center Heidelberg (BZH), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.European Center for Angioscience (ECAS), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.SchmidtThomasT0000-0002-7166-3675Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. thomas1.schmidt@med.uni-heidelberg.de.engJournal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't20190625
United StatesClin Cancer Res95025001078-04320Biomarkers, Tumor0FITM1 protein, human0Membrane ProteinsEC 2.7.10.1Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1IMAnimalsBiomarkers, TumorCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsetiologymetabolismmortalitypathologyDisease Models, AnimalFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansImmunohistochemistryLiver NeoplasmssecondaryMacrophagesdrug effectsmetabolismMembrane ProteinsgeneticsmetabolismMiceMice, KnockoutNeovascularization, PathologicmetabolismPrognosisRecurrenceVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-1metabolismXenograft Model Antitumor Assays
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