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(American Journal of Pathology. 2006;168:1155-1168.)
© 2006 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Possible Regulation of Migration of Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma Cells by Interaction of CXCR4 Expressed in Carcinoma Cells with Tumor Necrosis Factor- and Stromal-Derived Factor-1 Released in Stroma

Shusaku Ohira^*, Motoko Sasaki^*, Kenichi Harada^*, Yasunori Sato^*, Yoh Zen^*, Kumiko Isse^*, Kazuto Kozaka^*, Akira Ishikawa, Koji Oda, Yuji Nimura and Yasuni Nakanuma^*

From the Department of Human Pathology,^* Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa; and the Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is highly fatal because of early invasion, widespread metastasis, and lack of an effective therapy. We examined roles of CXCR4 and its ligand, stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1, in migration of ICC with respect to tumor-stromal interaction by using two ICC cell lines, a fibroblast cell line (WI-38), and 28 human ICC tissues. The two ICC cell lines expressed CXCR4 mRNA and protein, and WI-38 fibroblasts expressed SDF-1 mRNA and protein. Migration of cultured ICC cells in Matrigel was induced by co-culture with WI-38 fibroblasts and by incubation with SDF-1. Anti-SDF-1 antibody suppressed migration, demonstrating that SDF-1 released from WI-38 fibroblasts was responsible for this migration. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)- pretreatment of ICC cells up-regulated CXCR4 mRNA and protein expression in a concentration-dependent manner. Administration of SDF-1 and TNF- increased synergistically ICC cell migration, which was suppressed by the CXCR4 antagonist AMD3100. In ICC tissue, TNF- was mainly expressed in infiltrated macrophages, CXCR4 in ICC cells, and SDF-1 in stromal fibroblasts. In conclusion, the interaction of SDF-1 released from fibroblasts and CXCR4 expressed on ICC cells may be actively involved in ICC migration, and TNF- may enhance ICC cell migration by increasing CXCR4 expression. CXCR4 could be a therapeutic target to prevent ICC invasion.

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