UMMS Affiliation
Program in Molecular Medicine
Publication Date
2018-12-21
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Biochemical Phenomena, Metabolism, and Nutrition | Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Genetic Phenomena | Neoplasms | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms | Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Health | Therapeutics
Abstract
Cancer-induced cachexia, characterized by systemic inflammation, body weight loss, adipose tissue (AT) remodeling and muscle wasting, is a malignant metabolic syndrome with undefined etiology. Here, we show that both genetic ablation and pharmacological inhibition of TLR4 were able to attenuate the main clinical markers of cachexia in mice bearing Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC). AT remodelling was not found in LLC tumor-bearing (TB) TLR4(-/-) mice due to reduced macrophage infiltration and adipocyte atrophy. TLR4(-/-) mice were also resistant to cold-induced browning of subcutaneous AT (scAT). Importantly, pharmacological inhibition of TLR4 (Atorvastatin) reproduced the main protective effect against AT remodeling found in TLR4(-/-) TB mice. Moreover, the treatment was effective in prolonging survival and attenuating tumor mass growth when compared to non-treated-TB animals. Furthermore, tumor-induced elevation of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines was similarly abolished in both genetic ablation and pharmacological inhibition of TLR4. These data suggest that TLR4 is a critical mediator and a promising target for novel anti-cachexia therapies.
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DOI of Published Version
10.1038/s41598-018-36626-3
Source
Sci Rep. 2018 Dec 21;8(1):18024. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-36626-3. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Scientific reports
Related Resources
PubMed ID
30575787
Repository Citation
Henriques F, Lopes MA, Franco FO, Knobl P, Santos KB, Bueno LL, Correa VA, Bedard AH, Guilherme AL, Birbrair A, Peres SB, Farmer SR, Batista ML. (2018). Toll-Like Receptor-4 Disruption Suppresses Adipose Tissue Remodeling and Increases Survival in Cancer Cachexia Syndrome. Open Access Articles. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-36626-3. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3694
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