Re iew A icle
Deco in: A G ow h Fac o An agonis o
Tumo G ow h Inhibi ion
Te o A. H. Jä inen1,2 and S ua P ince1
1Schoolo Medicine,Uni e si yo Tampe e,33014Tampe e,Finland
2Depa men o O hopedics & T auma ology, Tampe e Uni e si y Hospi al, 33521 Tampe e, Finland
Co espondence should be add essed o Te o A. H. J¨
a inen; bl [email p o ec ed]
Recei ed 27 July 2015; Accep ed 21 Oc obe 2015
Academic Edi o : Jean Claude Dussaule
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Deco in (DCN) is he bes cha ac e ized membe o he ex acellula small leucine- ich p o eoglycan amily p esen in connec i e
issues, ypically in associa ion wi h o “deco a ing” collagen ib ils. I has subs an ial in e es o clinical medicine owing o i s
an i ib o ic, an i-in lamma o y, and an icance e ec s. S udies on DCN knockou mice ha e es ablished ha a lack o DCN is
pe missi e o umo de elopmen and i is ega ded as a umo supp esso gene. A educed exp ession o a o al disappea ance o
DCN has been epo ed o ake place in a ious o ms o human cance s du ing umo p og ession. Fu he mo e, when used as
a he apeu ic molecule, DCN has been shown o inhibi umo p og ession and me as ases in expe imen al cance models. DCN
a ec s he biology o a ious ypes o cance by a ge ing a numbe o c ucial signaling molecules in ol ed in cell g ow h, su i al,
me as asis, and angiogenesis. The ac i e si es o he neu aliza ion o di e en g ow h ac o s all eside in di e en pa s o he DCN
molecule. An eme ging concep ha mul iple p o eases, especially hose p oduced by in lamma o y cells, a e capable o clea ing
DCN sugges s ha na i e DCN could be inac i a ed in a numbe o pa hological in lamma o y condi ions. In his pape , we e iew
he ole o DCN in cance .
1. In oduc ion
Deco in (DCN) is he bes cha ac e ized membe o he
small leucine- ich p o eoglycan (SLRP) amily o ex acel-
lula ma ix (ECM) p o eins. Due o i s close in e ac ions
wi h collagen ibe s in he ECM— ha is, DCN “deco a es”
collagen ibe s— he p o eoglycan was named deco in ea ly
on [1]. DCN was ini ially cloned in 1986 and hough a he
ime o be a s uc u al cons i uen o he ECM [1]. Howe e ,
soon i was es ablished ha DCN had a ole beyond jus
a s uc u al componen o he ECM, as i became e iden
ha i in luenced cellula unc ions such as p oli e a ion,
sp eading, mig a ion, and di e en ia ion, as well as being a
physiological egula o o in lamma ion [2–5]. Some o hese
ea ly indings we e de i ed om umo cells [2–5], whe e i
was shown ha DCN inhibi ed cance cell p oli e a ion and
sp eading. These s udies spa ked a wo-decade-long ques
ha es ablished DCN as a p omising an i umo agen o ea
human cance pa ien s [6].
Mammalian DCN con ains a monome ic p o ein co e
o 42 kDa and a single chond oi in/de ma an sul a e gly-
cosaminoglycan (GAG) chain, a ached o a se ine esidue
nea he N e minus [1, 7] (Figu es 1 and 2). DCN exis s as
a dime in physiological solu ions [8, 9] and as a monome
whenbound ocollagen[10](Figu es1and2)andis he
bes cha ac e ized membe o he g owing amily o SLRPs
[8, 9]. S uc u ally, i has a domain o andem leucine- ich
epea s (LRRs, al oge he 12 LRRs), lanked on bo h sides
by wo cys eine- ich egions [8, 9] (Figu es 1 and 2). SLRPs
ha e been g ouped in o h ee di e en classes on he basis o
gene o ganiza ion, amino acid sequence simila i y, numbe
o LRRs, and he spacing o cys eine esidues in he N-
e minal segmen [8]. DCN belongs o class I SLRPs wi h
biglycan (BGN) and aspo in [8, 11]. The s uc u al simila i ies
be ween di e en SLRPs p o ide an explana ion as o why
hey sha e some o hei biological unc ions [11–13]. DCN
has been implica ed o play a ole in he de elopmen and
p og ession o cance and a subs an ial amoun o wo k has
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Figu e 1: S uc u e o deco in: mammalian deco in (DCN) con ains a monome ic p o ein co e o 42 kDa and a single chond oi in/de ma an
sul a e glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chain. DCN exis s as a dime in physiological solu ions and is he bes cha ac e ized membe o he g owing
amily o SLRPs. S uc u ally, i has a domain o andem leucine- ich epea s (LRRs, al oge he 12 LRRs), lanked on bo h sides by wo cys eine-
ich egions. Deco in dime s uc u e ( om PDB 1XKU). Images p epa ed wi h JMOL p og am. The N- e minus is in he “middle” o he
an ipa allel homodime .
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Figu e 2: Deco in in e ac s wi h mul iple g ow h ac o signaling pa hways c ucial o cance g ow h. Schema ic d awing o he molecula
s uc u e o deco in (DCN). All ou domains, I–IV, o deco in co e p o ein a e indica ed. DCN has a monome ic p o ein co e and a
single chond oi in/de ma an sul a e glycosaminoglycan (GAG) chain. S uc u ally, i has a domain o andem leucine- ich epea s (LRRs),
lanked on bo h sides by wo cys eine- ich egions. DCN in e ac s wi h a wide se o di e en signaling molecules; among hem a e di e en
iso o ms o ans o ming g ow h ac o -𝛽(TGF-𝛽), pla ele -de i ed g ow h ac o (PDGF), epide mal g ow h ac o ecep o (EGFR), and
E bB1–4 ecep o y osine kinases, myos a in (MyoS), connec i e issue g ow h ac o /CCN2 (CTGF), h ombospondin (Thbs), collagen
(Col), and ib onec in (FN), implica ed in cance p og ession. The ac i e/binding si es o DCN o TGF-𝛽, CCN2, c-Me , and EGFR
neu aliza ion/binding all eside in di e en pa s o he DCN molecule. Thus, in heo y, a single DCN molecule could simul aneously
seques e mul iple impo an media o s o umo g ow h and an agonize mul iple signaling pa hways c ucial o umo g ow h and
p og ession. Thus, owing o his mul i unc ionali y, DCN may exe i s an icance e ec s h ough mul iple molecula app oaches ha all
con ibu e o a ying deg ee o i s biological e ec s on cance cells and umo en i onmen .
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been published on i s he apeu ic an icance e ec s. We will
e iew he ole o DCN in cance de elopmen and highligh
i s as he apeu ic an icance po en ial in his e iew a icle.
2. Loss o DCN Leads o
Spon aneous Tumo De elopmen
DCNknock-ou (KO)micea e e ileandshownoob ious
mal o ma ions in hei issues [14]. Thei skin and endons a e
mechanically agileowing o heDCN unc iono egula ing
collagen ib illogenesis [14]. When a double KO o DCN
and ano he closely ela ed SLRP, BGN, was gene a ed, he
pheno ype in he double-KO mice was mo e se e e han
in he DCN KO mice [12]. The DCN-BGN double-KO
pheno ype is eminiscen o a speci ic sub ype o Ehle s-
Danlos synd ome (EDS), he p oge oid a ian , a clinically
and gene ically he e ogeneous connec i e issue diso de
cha ac e ized by skin hype ex ensibili y, join hype mobili y,
and issue agili y [12, 15]. Taken al oge he , he p esence
o BGN compensa es o he loss o DCN in he DCN KO.
In his con ex , i is wo h no ing ha aspo in sha es he
collagen binding si e wi h DCN [11]. Theo e ically, aspo in
couldcompensa e o bo hDCNandBGNindouble-KO
animalandalle ia e hepheno ypecausedby heabsenceo
i s wo amily membe s.
Despi e he compensa o y e ec o BGN (and he po en-
ial compensa o y ole o aspo in) in he absence o DCN,
30% o DCN KO mice de eloped spon aneous in es inal
umo s and a high- isk die en iched in a ampli ied and
accele a ed he umo de elopmen and g ow h ini ia ed
by DCN de iciency [16]. In e es ingly, E-cadhe in, a p o-
ein ha egula es cell-cell adhesion, epi helial-mesenchymal
ansi ion, and me as asis, was almos comple ely los om
he DCN KO in es ine, and loss o DCN and E-cadhe in
accele a ed colon cance cell g ow h and in asion [16]. DCN
and p53 umo supp esso double-KO mice, in u n, ha e a
signi ican ly as e a e o lymphoma de elopmen han p53
KO alone and succumb o hymic lymphomas mon hs ea lie
hanp53KOmice[17].Mos ecen ly, heabsenceo DCN
in KO mice has been shown o p omo e chemically induced
hepa ic ca cinogenesis [18, 19]. Gene ic abla ion o DCN led
o enhanced umo occu ence as compa ed o wild- ype
animals in di e en models o hepa ic cance [18, 19]. Taken
oge he , all o he da a gene a ed on DCN KO mice sugges
ha DCN is a po en umo supp esso gene [6, 16–19].
The e ha e no been any mu a ions epo ed o DCN in
human malignancies, whe eas such mu a ions cause human
diseasecalledcongeni als omalco nealdys ophy(CSCD),
hediseasecha ac e izedbyco nealopaci iesand ision
impai men [20].
3. Reduced Exp ession o
DCN in Human Tumo s
A la ge numbe o publica ions om di e en ypes o human
cance s ha e shown ha DCN exp ession in umo s is signi -
ican ly educed om he le els exp essed in no mal issues o
e yo en o allylos om umo issue[21,22].The educed
o o al absence o DCN exp ession has been epo ed o
ake place in b eas , colon, p os a e, ascula , and bladde
cance s, liposa comas, myelomas, and malignan pe iphe ial
ne e shea h umo s [21–26]. In line wi h hese indings, he e
is also e idence om human cance s ha DCN exp ession
dec eases wi h he malignan ans o ma ion o umo cells,
i s exp ession being los in he ans o ma ion om benign
o malignan umo s o i s exp ession being lowes o o ally
absen in hemos agg essi e umo s[21–25,27].Insuppo
o hisconcep ,lowle elso DCNincance sa eassocia ed
wi h signi ican ly poo e ou come and a sho e ime o p o-
g ession han wi h pa ien s exp essing highe le els o DCN
in b eas , lung, and so issue cance s as well as in myeloma
[21–23, 28]. The educed exp ession o DCN is no es ic ed
only o umo cells in cance p og ession; s omal exp ession
o DCN is also dec eased by soluble ac o s sec e ed by
umo cells [29–31]. Myeloma cells sec e e CCL3 chemokine
ha supp esses DCN exp ession in he su ounding bone
ma ow s oma [31] because s omal/os eoblas de i ed DCN
isknown oinhibi myelomacellp oli e a ionandsu i al
[29,31,32].B eas cance cells,in u n,sec e epe ios in ha
seques e s DCN and by doing so he cance cells p o ide
hemsel es an oppo uni y o g ow in asi ely and mig a e
wi hou inhibi o y ac i i y om DCN [30].
Ve y ecen ly, he educed DCN exp ession has been
linked o os eosa coma de elopmen in Li-F aumeni syn-
d ome (LFS) [33]. I was shown ha he LFS-cells exhibi
impai ed exp ession o he imp in ed gene H19 [33]. Res o a-
ion o H19 exp ession in LFS-cells acili a ed no mal cell
di e en ia ion and ep essed umo igenic po en ial. I was
ound ha H19 media es supp ession o LFS-associa ed
os eosa coma o ma ion h ough DCN [33].
4. DCN Seques e s
T ans o ming G ow h Fac o -𝛽
T ans o ming g ow h ac o -𝛽(TGF-𝛽)was he i s g ow h
ac o DCN was iden i ied o in e ac wi h [5] (Figu e 2),
and i became e iden ha DCN e ec i ely inhibi s TGF-𝛽
induced cance cell sp eading and p oli e a ion in di e en
cance cell lines [5]. La e i was shown in di e en animal
models ha DCN is e y capable o educing issue ib osis
and in lamma ion caused by TGF-𝛽[4, 34–38]. The DCN
co e p o ein binds o all iso o ms o TGF-𝛽,namely,TGF-𝛽1,
TGF-𝛽2, and TGF-𝛽3(Figu e2),al hough hechond oi in
sul a e GAG side chain o DCN sligh ly in e e es wi h he
co e p o ein’s binding o TGF-𝛽[39]. Thus, DCN aps TGF-
𝛽in he ECM be o e i can bind o i s ecep o s on he
cell su ace [36]. In addi ion o neu alizing all iso o ms o
TGF-𝛽, DCN also binds and neu alizes ano he membe
o he TGF-𝛽supe amily capable o inducing ib osis and
es ic ing issue egene a ion, myos a in [37, 40] (Figu e 2).
In he case o myos a in inhibi ion, DCN seques a ion shu s
down myos a in’s g ow h inhibi o y e ec s on myo ibe s
and hus DCN s imula es skele al muscle egene a ion [37,
40, 41]. Due o i s po ency in educing in lamma ion and
ib osis, DCN has been p oposed o be a physiological TGF-
𝛽inhibi o ha limi s he du a ion o TGF-𝛽 esponses in
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in lamma ion and issue epai [4, 36]. This claim is sup-
po ed by he p o-in lamma o y pheno ype iden i ied in
DCN KO in di e en ib o ic disease models as well as
he in lamma ion supp essi e e ec s o exogenous DCN
supplemen ed in expe imen al ea men ials [4, 34, 36, 42,
43].
5. DCN: A Pan-Recep o
Ty osine Kinase Inhibi o
E bB ecep o y osine kinases (RTKs) a e hea ily in ol ed in
he g ow h o se e al common human ca cinomas [44, 45].
These ecep o s a e ampli ied and o e exp essed in a la ge
numbe o umo s, mos no ably in b eas cance , whe e he
E bB2 gene a 17q12 is known o be ampli ied in 20% o he
ca cinomas and known o d i e cance p og ession [44, 45].
DCN binds di ec ly o he epide mal g ow h ac o ecep o
(EGFR/E bB1) and inhibi s i s ac i i y as well as he ac i i y
o ano he membe o he E bB RTKs, namely, E bBs2–4
[46–50] (Figu e 2). A e binding DCN, he E bB ecep o s
dime ize and subsequen ly unde go ca eolin-media ed in e -
naliza ion and deg ada ion [50].
DCN is a pan-RTK inhibi o as i also inhibi s o he RTKs
ou side o he E bB amily. I in e ac s wi h c-Me , hepa ocy e
g ow h ac o (HGF) ecep o y osine kinase (Figu e 2).
By binding o he c-Me ecep o DCN induces a sho
ac i a ion, which is hen ollowed by a apid inac i a ion
o he ecep o by in acellula deg ada ion [51, 52]. DCN
also binds and inhibi s he biological unc ion o ascula
endo helial g ow h ac o ecep o 2 (VEGFR2) (please see
Sec ion 7 o mo e de ails) and insulin-like g ow h ac o -1
ecep o (IGF-IR) [53, 54].
6. O he Signaling Molecules A ec ed by DCN
In addi ion o TGF-𝛽and he RTKs, DCN also in e ac s
wi h a wide se o di e en signaling molecules implica ed
in cance p og ession. In an analogous an agonism o TGF-
𝛽, DCN seques e s pla ele -de i ed g ow h ac o (PDGF)
be o e i can bind o i s ecep o s on he su ace o a ge
cells[55](Figu e2).TheDCN-p o okedinhibi ionon he
PDGF-dependen phospho yla ion o he PDGF ecep o
esul s in he a enua ion o cance cell mig a ion [19, 55].
DCN also binds and neu alizes molecules such as connec i e
issue g ow h ac o (CTGF/CCN2), low-densi y lipop o-
ein ecep o - ela ed p o ein 1 (LRP-1), h ombospondin
(THBS), and Wn -1-induced sec e ed p o ein 1 (WISP) [56–
59] (Figu e 2). All o hese molecules ha e been di ec ly
shown o enhance cance g ow h and p og ession in di e en
cance models and human cance s [56–59]. The ECM p o ein
pe ios in, which is abundan ly exp essed by a la ge numbe o
di e en human cance s, binds and neu alizes DCN [30].
The ac i e/binding si es o DCN o TGF-𝛽,CCN2,c-
Me and EGFR neu aliza ion/binding all eside in di e -
en pa s o he DCN molecule [57, 59] (Figu e 2). Thus,
in heo y, a single DCN molecule could simul aneously
seques e mul iple impo an media o s o umo g ow h and
an agonize mul iple signaling pa hways c ucial o umo
g ow h and p og ession [36] (Figu e 2). Thus, owing o his
mul i unc ionali y, DCN may exe i s an icance e ec s
h ough mul iple molecula app oaches ha all con ibu e o
a ying deg ee o i s biological e ec s on cance cells and
umo en i onmen [6] (Figu e 2).
7. DCN in Angiogenesis
Tumo s induce heg ow h o new blood essels om p eex-
is ing ones. This p ocess, angiogenesis, is a i al equi emen
o umo g ow h because he o ma ion o new blood
essels allows a a ie y o media o s, nu ien s, and oxygen
o each he apidlyg owing umo cells[60,61].DCN
hasbeenimplica ed obein ol edin he egula iono
angiogenesis wi h con lic ing ou comes. In e ms o cance ,
DCNhasbeenshown oha eanan iangiogenice ec on
umo angiogenesis [62]. Among he RTKs DCN inhibi s,
VEGFR2 inhibi ion is he mos signi ican o DCN induced
inhibi ion o umo angiogenesis [54]. DCN binds di ec ly o
he ec odomain o VEGFR2 a a si e ha pa ially o e laps
wi h he canonical binding si e o VEGF-A [54]. DCN
has been shown o inhibi umo cell-media ed p oduc ion
o he angiogenic molecules ascula endo helial g ow h
ac o A (VEGF-A), hypoxia inducible ac o -1𝛼(HIF-1𝛼),
and c-Me , whils simul aneously inducing he p oduc ion o
he an iangiogenic, angios a ic molecules h ombospondin-
1 and issue inhibi o o me allop o einases 3 (TIMP3) [63,
64]. In addi ion o in luencing he balance o an i- and
p oangiogenic ac o s, he an iangiogenic mechanisms o
DCNin umo angiogenesisin ol eau ophagy[62].Namely,
DCN induces he exp ession o pa e nally exp essed gene
3 (Peg3), an imp in ed umo supp esso gene, and Peg3
eloca esin oau ophagosomes[65].DCNe okesPeg3-
dependen au ophagy in bo h mic o ascula and mac o as-
cula endo helial cells leading o supp ession o angiogenesis
[65].
On he o he hand, he e is also e idence o DCN
suppo ing angiogenesis ou side o umo angiogenesis [66,
67]. DCN has been shown o play a p oangiogenic ole
by suppo ing endo helial cell adhesion o ype I collagen
(Figu e 2) and o 𝛼1𝛽2-in eg in and hus p omo ing he
in eg in-collagen in e ac ion [68]. DCN de iciency, in u n,
leads o impai ed angiogenesis in he inju ed co nea [66],
while a deco in mimic suppo s endo helial cell p oli e a ion
and mig a ion [69]. Fu he mo e, DCN was also iden i ied
as an angioc ine (endo helial cell de i ed g ow h ac o o
o gan-speci ic issue egene a ion) ac o o endo helial cell-
d i en li e egene a ion [70]. Thus, depending on he cel-
lula and molecula mic oen i onmen whe e angiogenesis
occu s, DCN can exhibi ei he a p oangiogenic o an an ian-
giogenic ac i i y [71]. Ne e heless, DCN exhibi s exclusi ely
an iangiogenic ac i i y in umo igenesis-associa ed angio-
genesis and in a ious in lamma o y p ocesses [70, 71].
8. DCN as a The apeu ic
An icance D ug In Vi o
Vas amoun s o scien i ic da a ha e shown ha he
adminis a ion o DCN can inhibi umo g ow h and
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p og ession in i o. Ea ly s udies u ilizing i us-media ed
gene he apy showed DCN ansduced in o umo cells inhib-
i ed he g ow h o lung, colon, and squamous cell ca cinomas
in i o [72]. DCN exp ession by os eosa coma cells, in u n,
inhibi ed hei capabili y o send dis an me as ases o he
lungs [73]. Simila ly, i us-deli e ed DCN slowed he g ow h
o b eas cance and p e en ed i s dis an sp eading, ha
is, me as asis o a ious o gans [74–76]. The exp ession o
DCN by i us-media ed gene he apy in an expe imen al
glioma model p olonged su i al and inhibi ed umo g ow h
[77, 78]. The size o he umo s was di ec ly p opo ional
o he iming o he DCN gene ans e as well as o he
exp ession le els o DCN a ained by he gene ans e [77].
The umo g ow h inhibi o y ac i i y o DCN gene he apy
has also been shown in p os a e and panc ea ic cance models
[79, 80].
In addi ion o in i o gene he apy s udies, whe e DCN
has been exp essed om wi hin i us-in ec ed cells, in i o
umo ea men s udies wi h a ecombinan DCN co e
p o ein ha e been ca ied ou wi h conside able success.
T ea men o A431 squamous cell ca cinoma and b eas
ca cinomas ans ec ed wi h DCN cDNA esul ed in umo
cell apop osis, educed EGFR signaling, and e a ded umo
g ow h [46, 49, 81]. Sys emic adminis a ion o DCN p o ein
o ea b eas cance inhibi ed umo g ow h e ec i ely and
educed me as a ic sp eading o he umo cells [52, 82].
9. Inac i a ion o DCN by P o ease Media ed
Clea age in Human Pa hologies
The mul i unc ional oles o DCN a e due o i s capaci y o
modula e he ac i i y o a wide a ie y o p o eins, such as
g ow h ac o s o hei cell su ace ecep o s, and s uc u al
ma ix p o eins, ia di ec binding. Impai men o DCN
binding o i s pa ne s due o abe an DCN deg ada ion is
linked o ib o ic diseases and ib o ic wound healing. Se e al
p o eases as well as g ow h ac o s a e known o be capable
o clea ing DCN making i inac i e agains some o he
g ow h ac o s o collagen i is capable o binding o. Amongs
di e en p o eases, DCN has been shown o be clea ed
by ma ix me allop o einases-2 (MMP-2), MMP-3, MMP-
7, memb ane ype 1-ma ix me allop o einase (MT1-MMP),
ca hepsin D, ADAMST-4 (adamalysin wi h h ombospondin
ype 1 mo i s), ADAMST-5, and in e leukin-1𝛽[83–86].
Fu he mo e, in lamma o y cells p oduce p o eases capable
o clea ing DCN. Cy o oxic lymphocy es p oduce g anzyme
B, a se ine p o ease, while neu ophils p oduce neu ophil
elas ase, bo h o which a e capable o clea ing DCN [87–90].
The clea age o DCN by p o eases de i ed om in lamma o y
cells is o special signi icance, because ecen e idence sug-
ges s ha DCN agmen s can unc ion as p oin lamma o y
signaling molecules, so-called damage-associa ed molecula
pa e ns (DAMPs), capable o inducing s e ile in lamma ion
[91]. DAMPs a e ecognized by pa e n ecogni ion ecep o s
(PRRs), such as Toll-like ecep o s (TLR), and can igge
an in lamma o y esponse [91]. Whe he he DCN-induced
s e ile in lamma ion has any clinical signi icance is a ele an
ques ion, as an o e whelming amoun o e idence poin s
o DCN ha ing a subs an ial an i-in lamma o y e ec in
in lamma o y, ib o ic diseases; pheno ype in he absence o
DCN(KO)isalwaysbo hp oin lamma o yandp o ib o ic,
whe eas he in i o ea men ials wi h exogenous DCN
exclusi ely epo bo h an i-in lamma o y as well as an i i-
b o ic e ec s [2, 4, 34, 36–38, 92].
Inac i e DCN agmen s gene a ed by p o ease clea age
as well as he gene al educed exp ession o DCN ha e
been linked o human pa hologies [93]. Namely, ca abolic
agmen so humanDCNha ebeeniden i ied omsca s
and ib o ic diseases, and he impai men o DCN binding
o i s pa ne s due o abe an DCN deg ada ion has been
di ec ly linked o ib o ic wound healing [94, 95]. Recen ly,
i wasshown ha UVligh exposu eonskincaninduce
he exp ession o g anzyme B, which clea es DCN and
leads o he appea ance o w inkles and he loss o no mal
collagen densi y in he skin [87]. In a simila ashion, i
has been shown ha DCN clea age by g anzyme B leads o
aneu ysm up u es and subsequen dea hs o he animals in
an expe imen al ao al aneu ysm model [88]. Fu he mo e,
g anzyme B can ac i a e TGF-𝛽[87]. In o he wo ds, he
simul aneous clea age o an i ib o ic DCN and he ac i a ion
o p o ib o ic TGF-𝛽by g anzyme B u n on a “p o ib o ic
p og am” in in lamma o y si ua ions.
Fu he mo e, i has been shown ha he majo i y o DCN
exis s in a clea ed, inac i e o m called “deco un ” in aged
humanskin,whe easmos o heDCNinyounghuman
skin is in i s ull size [94, 95]. As DCN is in ol ed in he
egula ion o collagen ib illogenesis, i has been pos ula ed
ha he loss o skin ex ensibili y and agili y associa ed
wi h aging is ela ed o DCN being clea ed in o inac i e
“deco un ” agmen s [94, 95]. In e es ingly, none o he
DCN clea age si es epo ed o di e en p o eases gene a e
heDCN agmen siden i iedin“deco un ”[94,95].Thus,
one can pos ula e on he exis ence o as ye uniden i ied
p o ease(s) capable o clea ing and inac i a ing DCN [94, 95].
10. Limi a ions o DCN
Despi e he as amoun o posi i e an icance and an i i-
b o ic esul s ob ained wi h DCN ea men in a ious
animal models, lack o any de ec able oxici y, and ex ensi e
p eclinical wo k conduc ed on i , DCN has no eached he
clinic as a d ug. The e migh be se e al easons o ha , such
as an inadequa e hal -li e in he ci cula ion and he need o
highdosing,bu ano he easonis he ac ha DCNisha d o
mass-p oduce in a ashion ha mee s he egula o y c i e ia
o human d ugs. Namely, DCN is a p o eoglycan, and he
he e ogenei y o i s single GAG chain makes ecombinan
DCN p oduced in mammalian cells he e ogeneous in size
and composi ion [5]. The GAG chain is no needed o he
an i ib o ic ac i i y o DCN [39], mos o he an icance
e ec s o DCN ha e been gene a ed wi h ecombinan DCN
wi h no GAG a ached o i , and mos o he in e ac ions DCN
has wi h g ow h ac o s o hei ecep o s a e h ough di ec
binding o heDCNco ep o ein.TheGAGisa ached o
a se ine esidue a posi ion 4 o DCN [1], and i is possible
o p oduce ecombinan DCN wi hou GAG a ached o i

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Deco in CAR
TGF-𝛽1
HSPG
S-S
TGF-𝛽RII
TGF-𝛽RI
Figu e 3: Schema ic ep esen a ion o he mechanism o ac ion o he mul i unc ional he apeu ic molecule CAR-deco in. CAR-deco in Ais
a sys emically adminis e ed, a ge -seeking, mul i unc ional bio he apeu ic ha inhibi s nume ous g ow h ac o s in ol ed in umo g ow h
and p og ession. The molecule can be a ge ed o he angiogenic ascula u e, whe he i is induced by inju y o by apid cance g ow h,
aking place a any o gan o he body B(o mul iple o gans, i.e., me as ases, simul aneously). The CAR homing pep ide a ge s angiogenic
ascula u e Band as i is a po en cell and issue pene a ing pep ide, i can pene a e deep in o a ge o gan C.Thus, hepep ide(and
any payload a ached o i ) hen ex a asa es in o su ounding issue C, whe e i binds o i s ecep o (s) on he cell su ace o he a ge
cells C. CAR binding o hepa an sul a e p o eoglycans p o ides docking si es in he p oximi y o such g ow h ac o s as TGF-𝛽1andTGF-
𝛽2D, acili a ing he neu aliza ion o hese g ow h ac o s by he he apeu ic pa o he molecule, deco in D. This mechanism esul s in a
he apeu ic esponse. Pic u e by Helena Schmid ; ep oduced wi h pe mission om Finnish Medical Jou nal Duodecim (o iginally published
in [96]).
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by simply mu a ing he se ine esidue c i ical o he GAG
a achmen [7, 97].
11. Recombinan DCN Va ian wi h
Enhanced Biological Ac i i y
As hemanu ac u ingissueso DCNcanbesol ed ai ly
easily by a simple si e-di ec ed mu agenesis [7], u he
enhancemen o i s biological ac i i y could make i an
e en mo e appealing d ug candida e o pu sue as a human
he apeu ic d ug. We ha e ecen ly a ained ha goal by
de eloping a sys emically adminis e ed, a ge ed, o exam-
ple, in lamma ion- and angiogenesis-homing e sion o DCN
co e p o ein [34, 36, 98] (Figu e 3). The angiogenesis- and
in lamma ion-speci ici y o ou enhanced DCN co e p o ein
is ob ained by usion o a small pep ide ha unc ions
as an add ess ag and deli e s sys emically adminis e ed
DCN o angiogenic and in lamma o y ascula u e [34, 36]
(Figu e 3). This small pep ide, dubbed “CAR” (i s sequence
being CARSKNKDC) homes speci ically o angiogenic blood
essels o ming in umo s and egene a ing issues (such as
wounds) [99, 100] and can deli e inc eased amoun s o DCN
in a issue-speci ic manne wi h a signi ican he apeu ic
ad an age o e o dina y DCN co e p o ein [34] (Figu e 3).
Fu he mo e, he usion o CAR o ecombinan DCN u he
enhances i s neu aliza ion o TGF-𝛽s imula ed cance cell
p oli e a ion and sp eading signi ican ly [34] (Figu e 3). The
molecula explana ion o he enhanced biological ac i i y
o CAR-DCN is ha he CAR pep ide binds o hepa an
sul a e p o eoglycans (HSPGs) on cells [34, 99]. TGF-𝛽1
and TGF-𝛽2, in u n, also bind hepa an sul a e and HSPG
binding inc eases hei biological ac i i y (Figu e 3). Thus,
CAR media ed binding o CAR-DCN o HSPGs may enhance
he neu alizing e ec o he usion p o ein by b inging i
in o he p oximi y o he HSPG-binding TGF-𝛽s[34,36,97]
(Figu e 3). The CAR pep ide has also been ecen ly shown o
a ge in lamma o y ascula u e, bu no no mal ascula u e,
in diseases a ec ing lungs [100–105] and o deli e di e en
pha maceu ical agen s (e en la ge nanopa icle conjuga es
con aining d ugs) in a ge o gan-speci ic ashion o diseased
lungs [101–105]. Fu he mo e, CAR pep ide has been used
success ully o a ge mesenchymal s em cells o in a c ed
myoca dium [106, 107]. Thus, CAR- a ge ed DCN could also
be use ul in he ea men o o he condi ions ou side o
cance and healing wounds in which non a ge ed DCN has
shown ac i i y and whe e he e is angiogenesis o in lamma-
ion a ec ing nea by ascula u e (Figu e 3).
12. Conclusion
DCN is a well-s udied membe o he ex acellula small
leucine- ich p o eoglycan amily p esen in a a ie y o issues
and has subs an ial in e es o clinical medicine owing o i s
an i ib o ic and an icance e ec s. S udies on DCN knockou
miceha ees ablished ha alacko DCNispe missi e o
umo de elopmen and i is ega ded as a umo supp esso
gene. A educed exp ession o a o al disappea ance o DCN
has been epo ed o ake place in a ious o ms o human
cance s du ing umo p og ession. Fu he mo e, when used
as a he apeu ic molecule, DCN has been shown o inhibi
umo p og ession and me as asis in expe imen al cance
models. DCN a ec s he biology o a ious ypes o cance
by di ec ly o indi ec ly a ge ing la ge numbe s o c ucial
signaling molecules in ol ed in cell g ow h, su i al, me as-
asis, au ophagy, and angiogenesis. The ac i e si es o he
neu aliza ion/binding o di e en g ow h ac o s all eside
in di e en pa s o he DCN molecule. Mul iple p o eases,
especially hose p oduced by in lamma o y cells, a e capable
o clea ing and inac i a ing DCN, indica ing ha DCN could
be inac i e in a numbe o pa hological diseases in ol ing an
in lamma o y componen . Thus, he e ec i e applica ion o
DCN co e p o ein in human medicine will equi e s a egies
o deli e la ge amoun s o he in ac and unc ional p o ein
speci ically o whe e i is mos needed, as well as o he
possible enhancemen s a egies. The usion o DCN co e
p o ein oge he wi h he angiogenesis- and in lamma ion-
homing pep ide “CAR” is a signi ican s ep in his di ec ion.
Con lic o In e es s
The au ho s decla e ha he e is no con lic o in e es s
ega ding he publica ion o his pape .
Acknowledgmen s
The au ho s hank P o esso E kki Ruoslah i (San o d-
Bu nham-P ebys Medical Disco e y Ins i u e, La Jolla, CA,
USA) o his hough ul commen s on hei pape . The
wo k was suppo ed by he Sig id Juselius Founda ion, he
Academy o Finland, P¨
ai ikki and Saka i Sohlbe g Foun-
da ion, Ins umen a ium Resea ch Founda ion, Pi kanmaa
Hospi al Dis ic Resea ch Founda ion, and Tampe e Tube -
culosis Founda ion.
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