[en] Intercellular communication between cancer cells, especially between cancer and stromal cells, plays an important role in disease progression. We examined the intercellular transfer of organelles and proteins in vitro and in vivo and the role of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) in this process. TNTs are membrane bridges that facilitate intercellular transfer of organelles of unclear origin. Using 3-dimensional quantitative and qualitative confocal microscopy, we showed that TNTs contain green fluorescent protein (GFP)-early endosome antigen (EEA) 1, GFP Rab5, GFP Rab11, GFP Rab8, transferrin (Tf), and Tf receptor (Tf-R) fused to mCherry (Tf-RmCherry). Tf-RmCherry was transferred between cancer cells by a contact-dependent but secretion-independent mechanism. Live cell imaging showed TNT formation preceding the transfer of Tf-RmCherry and involving the function of the small guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) Rab8, which colocalized with Tf-RmCherry in the TNTs and was cotransferred to acceptor cells. Tf-RmCherry was transferred from cancer cells to fibroblasts, a noteworthy finding that suggests that this process occurs between tumor and stromal cells in vivo. We strengthened this hypothesis in a xenograft model of breast cancer using enhanced (e)GFP-expressing mice. Tf-RmCherry transferred from tumor to stromal cells and this process correlated with an increased opposite transfer of eGFP from stromal to tumor cells, together pointing toward complex intercellular communication at the tumor site.
Disciplines :
Oncology
Author, co-author :
Burtey, Anne; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg a.p.burtey@ibv.uio.no.
Wagner, Marek; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Hodneland, Erlend; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Skaftnesmo, Kai Ove; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Schoelermann, Julia; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Mondragon, Ivan Rios; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Espedal, Heidi; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
GOLEBIEWSKA, Anna ; NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
NICLOU, Simone P. ; NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Bjerkvig, Rolf; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Kögel, Tanja; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Gerdes, Hans-Hermann; *Department of Biomedicine, Biomaterials, Department of Clinical Dentistry, and K. G. Jebsen Brain Tumour Research Center, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Pathology and Department of Clinical Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, and NorLux Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Department of Oncology, Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Intercellular transfer of transferrin receptor by a contact-, Rab8-dependent mechanism involving tunneling nanotubes.
Publication date :
November 2015
Journal title :
FASEB Journal
ISSN :
0892-6638
eISSN :
1530-6860
Publisher :
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, United States - Maryland
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