Abstract
Abstract Breast cancer cells can achieve protection from DNA damage both through cell-autonomous mechanisms and intercellular communication with the tumor microenvironment. Previously, we described an Interferon-Related DNA Damage Resistance Signature comprising of a network of interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs) that promotes and clinically predicts chemotherapy and radiation resistance in breast cancer. Here, we examine the heterotypic tumor-stroma interactions that regulate ISGs. We show that STAT1 and other ISGs are induced in breast cancer cells following interaction with stroma. STAT1 induces NOTCH3 expression, explaining a requirement for juxtacrine signaling. Moreover, we report that stroma upregulates ISG expression in breast cancer cells through exosomes. Exosomes transferred from the stroma and ISG induction are both dependent on RAB27B. In mice, targeting these pathways abrogate stroma-mediated resistance and results in long-term tumor-free survival. Analysis of primary human tumors supports the role of anti-viral/NOTCH3 pathways in NOTCH signaling and stroma-mediated resistance. To determine whether these observations can further predict clinical efficacy, cell lines derived from a genetically engineered mouse model for p53-induced breast cancer, K14cre;Brca1F/F;p53F/F, were tested. We show that stroma induces breast cancer ISGs through exosomes, which in turn can induce signaling to activate NOTCH3 and regulate DNA damage resistance. Citation Format: Tony J. Wu, Barzin Y. Nabet, Bihui Xu, Mirjam C. Boelens, Jos Jonkers, Andy J. Minn. Exosome transfer from stromal to breast cancer cells regulates therapy resistance pathways in triple-negative breast cancer. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference: Function of Tumor Microenvironment in Cancer Progression; 2016 Jan 7–10; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2016;76(15 Suppl):Abstract nr A45.
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