Journal Article

Wound Healing Fluid Reflects the Inflammatory Nature and Aggressiveness of Breast Tumors

Agresti, Roberto, Sasso, Marianna, Ghirelli, Cristina, Rybinska, Ilona, Campiglio, Manuela, Triulzi, Tiziana, Sfondrini, Lucia, Aiello, Piera, Bianchi, Francesca, Tagliabue, Elda

2019

Overview

Wound healing fluid that originates from breast surgery increases the aggressiveness of cancer cells that remain after the surgery. We determined the effects of the extent of surgery and tumor-driven remodeling of the surrounding microenvironment on the ability of wound-healing to promote breast cancer progression. In our analysis of a panel of 34 cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in wound healing fluid, obtained from 27 breast carcinoma patients after surgery, the levels of several small molecules were associated with the extent of cellular damage that was induced by surgery. In addition, the composition of the resulting wound healing fluid was associated with molecular features of the removed tumor. Specifically, IP-10, IL-6, G-CSF, osteopontin, MIP-1a, MIP-1b, and MCP1-MCAF were higher in more aggressive tumors. Altogether, our findings indicate that the release of factors that are induced by removal of the primary tumor and subsequent wound healing is influenced by the extent of damage due to surgery and the reactive stroma that is derived from the continuously evolving network of interactions between neoplastic cells and the microenvironment, based on the molecular characteristics of breast carcinoma cells.

• Publisher: MDPI AG,MDPI
• Subject: Blood & organ donations / Body Fluids - metabolism / Breast cancer / Breast carcinoma / Breast Neoplasms - pathology / Breast Neoplasms - surgery / Cancer surgery / Cancer therapies / Cell adhesion & migration / Cell growth / Cell Line, Tumor / Cell Movement / Cell Proliferation / Chemokines / Cytokines / extracellular matrix / Female / G-CSF / Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor / Growth factors / Humans / IL-6 / Inflammation / Inflammation - pathology / Interleukin 6 / IP-10 protein / Laboratories / Macrophage inflammatory protein / Macrophage inflammatory protein 1 / Medical prognosis / Metastasis / Microenvironments / Neoplasm Invasiveness / Osteopontin / Stroma / Surgery / Survival analysis / Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms - pathology / Tumors / wound / Wound Healing