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Record W4410219770 · doi:10.1002/ijc.35471

Inhibition of autotaxin activity with <scp>IOA</scp>‐289 decreases fibrosis in mouse <scp>E0771</scp> breast tumors

2025· article· en· W4410219770 on OpenAlexafffund
Xiaoyun Tang, Humayara Khan, Karolina Niewola‐Staszkowska, Frank Wuest, David N. Brindley

Bibliographic record

VenueInternational Journal of Cancer · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling
Canadian institutionsUniversity of Alberta
FundersCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchMitacs
KeywordsCancer researchAutotaxinTumor microenvironmentFibrosisExtracellular matrixFibronectinBiologyChemistryImmunologyMedicineLysophosphatidic acidReceptorPathologyCell biologyInternal medicine

Abstract

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Abstract Tumor‐associated fibrosis contributes to an immunosuppressive microenvironment that hinders effective anti‐tumor immune responses. This study investigates the potential of IOA‐289, a novel autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor, which blocks lysophosphatidate (LPA) production and signaling, in modulating fibrosis in breast tumors. Bioinformatic analysis of human breast tumors revealed a strong correlation between levels of LPA 1,‐4 receptors and extracellular matrix (ECM) genes. Interaction of ECM molecules and integrin β1/CD44 between myofibroblasts and other cell types had the highest contribution to cell–cell communication. We showed that LPA induced α‐smooth muscle actin mRNA in mouse mammary fibroblasts and increased expressions of collagen type‐I α1 chain ( COL1A1 ) and lamininγ1. IOA‐289 decreased the expressions of COL1A1 , fibronectin‐1, and transforming growth factor β1 (TGFβ1) in E0771 breast tumors in mice. Masson's trichrome staining revealed a marked decrease in collagen deposition within breast tumors of IOA‐289‐treated mice. Decreased tumor fibrosis aligns with previous findings that IOA‐289 enhanced the infiltration of CD8 + cytotoxic T cells and decreased fibrotic factors including leukemia inhibitory factor and transforming growth factor‐beta1 in tumors. We also demonstrated that E0771 cells express negligible ATX and LPA receptors. Therefore, ATX inhibition did not affect cancer cells directly in our model. These results underscore the potential of ATX inhibitors in reprogramming the tumor microenvironment to favor anti‐tumor immunity and attenuate fibrosis. ATX inhibitors are in clinical trials for treating idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and pancreatic cancer. Our results support the development of ATX inhibitors as a strategy for improving the treatment of breast cancer and other diseases involving fibrosis.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: Bench or experimental
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.005

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.005
GPT teacher head0.262
Teacher spread0.256 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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