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Cell Adhesion in Human Cancer
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Cell Adhesion in Human Cancer

A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Cancer Biology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 345

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Takashi Kojima

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Department of Cell Science, Research Institute for Frontier Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
Interests: tight junctions; p63; pathophysiology; cell biology; molecular pathology; oncology
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Prof. Dr. Makoto Osanai

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Department of Pathology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8556, Japan
Interests: vitamin D; tight junctions; pathophysiology; molecular pathology; oncology
Prof. Dr. Akira Ikari

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Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Gifu Pharmaceutical University, Gifu 501-1196, Japan
Interests: lung cancer; claudin; biological homeostasis; anticancer drug resistance; functional natural compounds; intercellular barrier

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Cell-to-cell adhesion is a key element in epithelial tissue integrity and homeostasis. The loss of cell adhesion promotes epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT). Cadherin–catenin complexes are integral components of the adherens junctions crucial for cell–cell adhesion. The dysregulation of these complexes is linked to cancer development. Furthermore, tight junctions (TJs) are cell adhesion complexes that exist on the most apical side of the intercellular space between epithelial cells. TJs are composed of membrane proteins such as claudin (CLDN), occludin, and junctional adhesion molecules (JAMs), the tricellular TJ proteins angulin-1/lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor (LSR) and tricellulin, and scaffold proteins such as zonula occludens. The scaffold proteins including cingulin (CGN) connect with microtubules and actin. TJ proteins play roles beyond permeability barrier functions and control cell proliferation and differentiation. The abnormality of TJ proteins closely contributes to EMT and the malignancy of various cancers. The relation between TJs and the signal transduction pathways affects cancer cell growth, invasion, migration, and metabolism. This Special Issue on “Cell Adhesion in Human Cancer” will comprise a selection of original research papers and reviews focusing on the molecular mechanisms and the pathophysiology of cancer for the development of novel therapeutic and diagnostic approaches.

Prof. Dr. Takashi Kojima
Prof. Dr. Makoto Osanai
Prof. Dr. Akira Ikari
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Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Cancers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2900 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • cell-to-cell adhesion
  • tight junctions
  • cytoskeleton
  • cancer
  • signal transduction pathways
  • transcriptional factors
  • EMT
  • cell metabolism
  • mechanical tension
  • human cells

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Cholesterol Dietary Intake and Tumor Cell Homeostasis Drive Early Epithelial Tumorigenesis: A Potential Modelization of Early Prostate Tumorigenesis
by Marine Vialat, Elissa Baabdaty, Amalia Trousson, Ayhan Kocer, Jean-Marc A. Lobaccaro, Silvère Baron, Laurent Morel and Cyrille de Joussineau
Cancers 2024, 16(11), 2153; https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16112153 - 6 Jun 2024
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Epidemiological studies point to cholesterol as a possible key factor for both prostate cancer incidence and progression. It could represent a targetable metabolite as the most aggressive tumors also appear to be sensitive to therapies designed to decrease hypercholesterolemia, such as statins. However, [...] Read more.
Epidemiological studies point to cholesterol as a possible key factor for both prostate cancer incidence and progression. It could represent a targetable metabolite as the most aggressive tumors also appear to be sensitive to therapies designed to decrease hypercholesterolemia, such as statins. However, it remains unknown whether and how cholesterol, through its dietary uptake and its metabolism, could be important for early tumorigenesis. Oncogene clonal induction in the Drosophila melanogaster accessory gland allows us to reproduce tumorigenesis from initiation to early progression, where tumor cells undergo basal extrusion to form extra-epithelial tumors. Here we show that these tumors accumulate lipids, and especially esterified cholesterol, as in human late carcinogenesis. Interestingly, a high-cholesterol diet has a limited effect on accessory gland tumorigenesis. On the contrary, cell-specific downregulation of cholesterol uptake, intracellular transport, or metabolic response impairs the formation of such tumors. Furthermore, in this context, a high-cholesterol diet suppresses this impairment. Interestingly, expression data from primary prostate cancer tissues indicate an early signature of redirection from cholesterol de novo synthesis to uptake. Taken together, these results reveal that during early tumorigenesis, tumor cells strongly increase their uptake and use of dietary cholesterol to specifically promote the step of basal extrusion. Hence, these results suggest the mechanism by which a reduction in dietary cholesterol could lower the risk and slow down the progression of prostate cancer. Full article
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