| First Author | van Deventer HW | Year | 2008 |
| Journal | Am J Pathol | Volume | 173 |
| Issue | 1 | Pages | 253-64 |
| PubMed ID | 18535183 | Mgi Jnum | J:137381 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3799411 | Doi | 10.2353/ajpath.2008.070732 |
| Citation | van Deventer HW, et al. (2008) C-C chemokine receptor 5 on pulmonary fibrocytes facilitates migration and promotes metastasis via matrix metalloproteinase 9. Am J Pathol 173(1):253-64 |
| abstractText | Previously, our group has used a B16-F10 melanoma model to show that C-C chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) knockout (CCR5(-/-)) mice form fewer pulmonary metastases than wild-type mice. This advantage can be eliminated by injecting CCR5(-/-) mice with wild-type pulmonary mesenchymal cells before tumor injection. In this article, we present the mechanisms underlying this finding. First, we demonstrate that wild-type mesenchymal cells migrate to CCL4 more efficiently in vitro than CCR5(-/-) cells. Wild-type mesenchymal cells were also 3.6 (1.85 to 5.85) times more efficient than CCR5(-/-) cells at migrating into the lung after intravenous injection (P < 0.01). The injection of wild-type but not CCR5(-/-) mesenchymal cells led to a 7.0 +/- 1.6 (P < 0.05)-fold induction of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP9) in the host lung. Neither wild-type nor CCR5(-/-) cells caused significant increases in MMP2, MMP3, or MMP8. Inhibition of the gelatinase activity of MMP9 decreased the number of metastases and restored the advantage that CCR5(-/-) mice have over wild-type mice. Further analysis showed that the CCR5(+) mesenchymal cells expressed CD45(+) and CD13(+) but did not express alpha-smooth muscle actin. This phenotype is characteristic of a subset of mesenchymal cells called fibrocytes. Together, these data suggest a novel role for CCR5 in the migration of pulmonary fibrocytes and the promotion of metastasis. |
