TY - JOUR T1 - Pro-tumoural CXCL10/CXCR3-A autocrine loop in invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinoma JF - ERJ Open Research JO - erjor DO - 10.1183/23120541.00047-2016 VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 00047-2016 AU - Michaƫl Duruisseaux AU - Nathalie Rabbe AU - Martine Antoine AU - Thibault Vieira AU - Virginie Poulot AU - Jacques Cadranel AU - Marie Wislez Y1 - 2017/01/01 UR - http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/3/1/00047-2016.abstract N2 - Invasive mucinous adenocarcinoma (IMA) is a mucinous variant of lepidic predominant lung adenocarcinoma (LPA) and associated with a worse prognosis. We postulated that cytokine expression would enable us to differentiate IMA from LPA in terms of prognosis and acquisition of pro-tumoural capacities.A 30-cytokine panel was assessed in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) from IMA (n=38), LPA (n=25) and control samples (n=7). We investigated the expression of differentially expressed cytokines and splice variants of their receptors in surgical samples. The presence of EGFR and KRAS mutations were determined. We also examined the expression of cytokines and splice variants of their receptors in different cell lines, exploring their functional impact on signalling pathways, proliferation and migration.Only C-X-C motif chemokine 10 (CXCL10) was differentially expressed, namely overexpressed in IMA BALF compared with LPA. CXCL10 overexpression in BALF was linked to a worse prognosis. In surgical samples, CXCL10 and its receptor C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3 (CXCR3) were overexpressed in IMA compared to LPA. A pro-tumoural CXCR3-A splice variant was overexpressed in IMA, suggesting a CXCL10/CXCR3-A autocrine loop in IMA. CXCL10 and CXCR3 expression were not correlated with EGFR or KRAS status. CXCL10 up-regulated CXCR3-A expression, Erk1/2 phosphorylation and enhanced migration in the mucinous H2228 cell line.CXCL10/CXCR3-A may play a pro-tumoural role in IMA via an autocrine mechanism.Invasive mucinous lung adenocarcinoma derived pro-tumoural advantages by means of a CXCL10/CXCR3-A autocrine loop http://ow.ly/2Gjj308QxwK ER -