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The discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) is overexpressed in breast carcinoma cells. Low DDR1 expression is associated with worse relapse-free survival, reflecting its controversial role in cancer progression. We detected DDR1 on luminal cells but not on myoepithelial cells of DDR1 +/+  mice. We found that DDR1 loss compromises cell adhesion, consistent with data that older DDR1 −/−  mammary glands had more basal/myoepithelial cells. Basal cells isolated from older mice exerted higher traction forces than the luminal cells, in agreement with increased mammary branches observed in older DDR1 −/−  mice and higher branching by their isolated organoids. When we crossed DDR1 −/−  mice with MMTV-PyMT mice, the PyMT/DDR1 −/−  mammary tumors grew faster and had increased epithelial tension and matricellular fibrosis with a more basal phenotype and increased lung metastases. DDR1 deletion induced basal differentiation of CD90 + CD24 +  cancer cells, and the increase in basal cells correlated with tumor cell mitoses. K14 +  basal cells, including K8 + K14 +  cells, were increased adjacent to necrotic fields. These data suggest that the absence of DDR1 provides a growth and adhesion advantage that favors the expansion of basal cells, potentiates fibrosis, and enhances necrosis/hypoxia and basal differentiation of transformed cells to increase their aggression and metastatic potential.

Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) ablation promotes tissue fibrosis and hypoxia to induce aggressive basal-like breast cancers