Co-culture of in vitro polarized bone marrow derived macrophages and B16F10 cells helps reveal the mechanism driving the pro-tumoral function of M2 macrophages in melanoma. In order to investigate the involvement of selleck chemical macrophage receptors in the establishment of a metastatic environment, we used macrophage receptor deficient mice. Preliminary results show that scavenger and mannose receptors might be involved in lung metastasis formation in a tumor cell specific manner. The effect of macrophage receptor deficiency on macrophage polarization will be

discussed. Poster No. 75 An Extracellular Hsp90α-LRP1 Signaling Axis is Required for EphA2 Signaling and Cell Migration in Glioblastoma Udhayakumar Gopal 1 , Venkatesababa Samanna1, Jennifer S. Isaacs1 1 Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive type of brain tumor, robustly infiltrates into normal brain parenchyma. This diffuse infiltration precludes complete tumor removal, and contributes

to treatment failure and death. Therefore, approaches that target cell Capmatinib migration would be expected to provide a therapeutic benefit. The receptor tyrosine kinase EphA2 is highly overexpressed in GBM tumor cells and its expression serves as a negative prognostic factor. Functionally, EphA2 plays an essential role in regulating GBM cell motility. We have found that GBM cells secrete the intracellular chaperone protein heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90). Extracellular (eHsp90) possess distinct cellular functions from the intracellular Hsp90 chaperone, and has been implicated in promoting

cell motility. Importantly, we now identify a unique relationship between eHsp90-dependent signaling and EphA2 activity. Interference with extracellular Hsp90 (eHsp90) suppresses EphA2 signaling and dramatically inhibits IKBKE GBM motility. eHsp90 has been proposed to signal via LRP1, a multi-functional endocytic receptor. LRP1 is upregulated in GBM cells and its expression correlates with cell migration and invasion. Silencing of LRP1 also suppressed EphA2 signaling and dramatically reduced cell motility, implicating an eHsp90-LRP1 signaling axis in regulation of EphA2 activity. EphA2 is phosphorylated by src and we show that perturbation of src signaling mimics the effects of eHsp90 targeting or LRP1 silencing, thereby implicating Src as a critical effector in EphA2 signaling. We Selleckchem Mocetinostat propose that eHsp90-LRP1 signaling crosstalks with EphA2 signaling via src. Our results identify a novel mechanism by which GBM tumors secrete Hsp90, which acts in a paracrine manner to induce motility. We anticipate that interference with the eHsp90-LRP1 signaling axis will attenuate GBM infiltration in vivo. Experiments are underway to elucidate whether other components of the brain parenchyma may secrete eHsp90, thereby further contributing to GBM aggressiveness. Poster No.