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| Title: | Cyclooxygenase-2 Induces Ep1- and Her-2/Neu-Dependent Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor-C up-Regulation |
| Authors: | 蘇振良;施金元;嚴孟祿;鄭永銘;張正琪;謝長堯;魏凌鴻;楊泮池;郭明良
SU, JEN-LIANG;SHIH, JIN-YUAN;YEN, MENG-LUH;JENG, YUNG-MING;CHANG, CHENG-CHI;HSIEH, CHANG-YAO;WEI, LIN-HUNG;YANG, PAN-CHYR;KUO, MIN-LIANG |
| Contributors: | 內科部 |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Issue Date: | 2009-09-23T19:33:41Z
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| Abstract: | Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, the inducible isoform of prostaglandin H synthase , has been implicated in the progression of human lung adenocarcinoma. However, the mechanism underlying COX-2's effect on tumor progression remains largely unknown. Lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new lymphatic vessels, has recently received considerable attention and become a new frontier of tumor metastasis research. Here, we study the interaction between COX-2 and the lymphangiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-C, in human lung cancer cells and their implication in patient outcomes. We developed an isopropyl- beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside- inducible COX-2 gene expression system in human lung adenocarcinoma CL1.0 cells. We found that VEGF-C gene expression but not VEGF-D was significantly elevated in cells overexpressing COX-2. COX-2-mediated VEGF -C up-regulation was commonly observed in a broad array of non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. The use of pharmacological inhibitors or activators and genetic inhibition by EP receptor-antisense oligonucleotides revealed that prostaglandin EP, receptor but not other prostaglandin receptors is involved in COX-2-mediated VEGF-C up-regulation . At the mechanistic level, we found that COX- 2 expression or prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) treatment could activate the HER-2/Neu tyrosine kinase receptor through the EP1 receptor-dependent pathway and that this activation was essential for VEGF-C induction. The transactivation of HER- 2 /Neu by PGE2 was inhibited by way of blocking the Src kinase signaling using the specific Src family inhibitor, PP1, or transfection with the mutant dominant negative src plasmid. Src kinase was involved in not only the HER-2/Neu transactivation but also the following VEGF-C up-regulation by PGE2 treatment. In addition, immunohistochemical staining of 59 lung adenocarcinoma specimens showed that COX-2 level was highly correlated with VEGF-C, lymphatic vessels density, and other clinicopathological parameters. Taken together, our results provided evidence that COX-2 up- regulated VEGF-C and promotes lymphangiogenesis in human lung adenocarcinoma via the EP1/Src/HER-2/Neu signaling pathway. |
| Relation: | CANCER RESEARCH v.64 n.2 pp.554~564 |
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