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Zhang J, Zhang Z, Yang C, Liu Q, Song T. Development of a MVI associated HCC prognostic model through single cell transcriptomic analysis and 101 machine learning algorithms. Sci Rep 2025; 15:7977. [PMID: 40055377 PMCID: PMC11889200 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-91475-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2024] [Accepted: 02/20/2025] [Indexed: 03/12/2025] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is an exceedingly aggressive form of cancer that often carries a poor prognosis, especially when it is complicated by the presence of microvascular invasion (MVI). Identifying patients at high risk of MVI is crucial for personalized treatment strategies. Utilizing the single-cell RNA-sequencing dataset (GSE242889) of HCC, we identified malignant cell subtypes associated with microvascular invasion (MVI), in conjunction with the TCGA dataset, selected a set of MVI-related genes (MRGs). We developed an optimal prognostic model comprising 11 genes (NOP16, YIPF1, HMMR, NDC80, DYNLL1, CDC34, NLN, KHDRBS3, MED8, SLC35G2, RAB3B) based on MVI-related signature genes by integrating single-cell transcriptomic analysis with 101 machine learning algorithms. This model is meticulously crafted to forecast the prognosis of individuals afflicted with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Additionally, we affirmed the predictive precision and superiority of our model through a meta-analysis against existing HCC models. Furthermore, we explored the differences between high- and low-risk groups through mutation and immune infiltration analyses. Lastly, we investigated immunotherapy responses and drug sensitivities between risk groups, providing novel therapeutic insights for liver cancer.
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- Jiayi Zhang
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics Department, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China.
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, Shaanxi Province, China.
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Sandström K, Ehrsson YT, Sellberg F, Johansson H, Laurell G. Loco-Regional Control and Sustained Difference in Serum Immune Protein Expression in Patients Treated for p16-Positive and p16-Negative Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24043838. [PMID: 36835246 PMCID: PMC9961007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24043838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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The main prognostic factors for patients with head and neck cancer are the tumour site and stage, yet immunological and metabolic factors are certainly important, although knowledge is still limited. Expression of the biomarker p16INK4a (p16) in oropharyngeal cancer tumour tissue is one of the few biomarkers for the diagnosis and prognosis of head and neck cancer. The association between p16 expression in the tumour and the systemic immune response in the blood compartment has not been established. This study aimed to assess whether there is a difference in serum immune protein expression profiles between patients with p16+ and p16- head and squamous cell carcinoma (HNCC). The serum immune protein expression profiles, using the Olink® immunoassay, of 132 patients with p16+ and p16- tumours were compared before treatment and one year after treatment. A significant difference in the serum immune protein expression profile was observed both before and one year after treatment. In the p16- group, a low expression of four proteins: IL12RB1, CD28, CCL3, and GZMA before treatment conferred a higher rate of failure. Based on the sustained difference between serum immune proteins, we hypothesise that the immunological system is still adapted to the tumour p16 status one year after tumour eradication or that a fundamental difference exists in the immunological system between patients with p16+ and p16- tumours.
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- Karl Sandström
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, 751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
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Tanaka T, Basisty N, Fantoni G, Candia J, Moore AZ, Biancotto A, Schilling B, Bandinelli S, Ferrucci L. Plasma proteomic biomarker signature of age predicts health and life span. eLife 2020; 9:61073. [PMID: 33210602 PMCID: PMC7723412 DOI: 10.7554/elife.61073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Accepted: 11/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Older age is a strong shared risk factor for many chronic diseases, and there is increasing interest in identifying aging biomarkers. Here, a proteomic analysis of 1301 plasma proteins was conducted in 997 individuals between 21 and 102 years of age. We identified 651 proteins associated with age (506 over-represented, 145 underrepresented with age). Mediation analysis suggested a role for partial cis-epigenetic control of protein expression with age. Of the age-associated proteins, 33.5% and 45.3%, were associated with mortality and multimorbidity, respectively. There was enrichment of proteins associated with inflammation and extracellular matrix as well as senescence-associated secretory proteins. A 76-protein proteomic age signature predicted accumulation of chronic diseases and all-cause mortality. These data support the use of proteomic biomarkers to monitor aging trajectories and to identify individuals at higher risk of disease to be targeted for in depth diagnostic procedures and early interventions.
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- Toshiko Tanaka
- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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- The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, United States
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- National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Clinical Research Core, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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- Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, United States
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- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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- Precision Immunology, Immunology & Inflammation Research Therapeutic Area, Sanofi, Cambridge, United States
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- Translational Gerontology Branch, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, United States
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Xi G, Demambro VE, D’Costa S, Xia SK, Cox ZC, Rosen CJ, Clemmons DR. Estrogen Stimulation of Pleiotrophin Enhances Osteoblast Differentiation and Maintains Bone Mass in IGFBP-2 Null Mice. Endocrinology 2020; 161:5805123. [PMID: 32168373 PMCID: PMC7069688 DOI: 10.1210/endocr/bqz007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-2 (IGFBP-2) stimulates osteoblast differentiation but only male Igfbp2 null mice have a skeletal phenotype. The trophic actions of IGFBP-2 in bone are mediated through its binding to receptor tyrosine phosphatase beta (RPTPβ). Another important ligand for RPTPβ is pleiotrophin (PTN), which also stimulates osteoblast differentiation. We determined the change in PTN and RPTPβ in Igfbp2-/- mice. Analysis of whole bone mRNA in wild-type and knockout mice revealed increased expression of Ptn. Rptpβ increased in gene-deleted animals with females having greater expression than males. Knockdown of PTN expression in osteoblasts in vitro inhibited differentiation, and addition of PTN to the incubation medium rescued the response. Estradiol stimulated PTN secretion and PTN knockdown blocked estradiol-stimulated differentiation. PTN addition to IGFBP-2 silenced osteoblast stimulated differentiation, and an anti-fibronectin-3 antibody, which inhibits PTN binding to RPTPβ, inhibited this response. Estrogen stimulated PTN secretion and downstream signaling in the IGFBP-2 silenced osteoblasts and these effects were inhibited with anti-fibronectin-3. Administration of estrogen to wild-type and Igfbp2-/- male mice stimulated an increase in both areal bone mineral density and trabecular bone volume fraction but the increase was significantly greater in the Igfbp2-/- animals. Estrogen also stimulated RPTPβ expression in the null mice. We conclude that loss of IGFBP-2 expression is accompanied by upregulation of PTN and RPTPβ expression in osteoblasts, that the degree of increase is greater in females due to estrogen secretion, and that this compensatory change may account for some component of the maintenance of normal bone mass in female mice.
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- Gang Xi
- Department of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Medicine UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- Correspondence: David R. Clemmons, MD, CB#7170, 8024 Burnett-Womack, Division of Endocrinology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7170. E-mail:
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Hauser S, Kaminski A, Syring I, Holdenrieder S, Dieckmann KP, Muller SC, Ellinger J. Evaluation of Serum Biomarkers (FGF-2, HGF, MIF and PTN) in Patients With Testicular Germ Cell Cancer. In Vivo 2020; 33:1935-1940. [PMID: 31662522 DOI: 10.21873/invivo.11688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 07/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND/AIM FGF-2, HGF, MIF and PTN have been suggested as biomarkers for testicular germ cell cancer patients in earlier studies. Our study was designed to validate these potential novel tumor markers. MATERIALS AND METHODS Serum FGF-2, HGF, MIF and PTN levels were analysed using an ELISA technique in a screening cohort of 20 testicular germ cell cancer patients and 10 healthy men. MIF levels were measured in a validation cohort of 84 patients with testicular cancer, 24 with non-malignant testicular tumors and 64 healthy men. RESULTS Serum FGF-2, HGF and PTN levels did not differ in cancer patients and healthy males within the screening cohort, whereas MIF was significantly increased among cancer patients. Within the validation cohort, a modest but insignificant increase of serum MIF was observed in TGCT patients compared to healthy men. MIF levels were not correlated with adverse clinical-pathological parameters. CONCLUSION FGF-2, HGF, MIF and PTN are not suitable as non-invasive biomarkers for testicular germ cell cancer patients.
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- Stefan Hauser
- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Institut für Klinische Chemie und Klinische Pharmakologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Bonn, Germany
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- Universitätsklinikum Bonn, Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Bonn, Germany
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Background/Aims To date, numerous studies have demonstrated that several angiogenesis regulators circulate in the blood and may function as endocrine factors in cancer patients. This review aims to give a comprehensive insight into the possible clinical value of circulating angiogenesis regulators, mainly basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), angiogenin, pleiotrophin, thrombospondin (TSP) and endostatin (ES) in cancer patients. Methods A computerized (MEDLINE) and a manual search based on the reference lists of the publications were performed to identify articles published on this topic. Results In a detailed literature search, approximately 100 publications were found up to the end of 1999. Circulating angiogenic factors such as bFGF, VEGF, HGF and angiogenin have been evaluated not only as diagnostic and/or prognostic factors but also as predictive factors in cancer patients. On the other hand, little is known about the clinical significance of negative regulators. Neither the source nor the mechanism of protein externalization has been clarified in detail. Conclusions Although there are no known factors with established clinical utility, circulating angiogenesis regulators may be useful in several situations. They could be used to determine the risk of developing cancer, to screen for early detection, to distinguish benign from malignant disease, and to distinguish between different types of malignancies. In patients with established malignancies such factors might be used to determine prognosis, to predict the response to therapy, and to monitor the clinical course. Further investigations are warranted to assess the specific utility of each factor.
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- K Kuroi
- Department of Surgery, Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital, Japan.
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Ma J, Kong Y, Nan H, Qu S, Fu X, Jiang L, Wang W, Guo H, Zhao S, He J, Nan K. Pleiotrophin as a potential biomarker in breast cancer patients. Clin Chim Acta 2016; 466:6-12. [PMID: 28041942 DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pleiotrophin (PTN), a multifunctional growth factor, is up-regulated in many tumors. PTN is reported to play an important role in the regulation of several cellular processes. The objective of this study is to evaluate the clinical significance of PTN as a tumor marker in breast cancer (BC). METHODS Serum PTN levels were detected in 105 BC patients and 40 healthy volunteers using ELISA. In addition, PTN expression was examined in 80 BC tissues in a nested case-control study by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Serum PTN levels were elevated in BC patients compared to healthy controls. Area under receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was 0.878 (95% CI: 0.824-0.932). The sensitivity of serum PTN was superior to CEA and CA15-3. High serum PTN levels were associated with TNM stage, histology grade, and distant metastasis. Moreover, serum PTN levels decreased significantly after surgical treatment. In BC tissues, PTN expression was significantly higher in BC tissues relative to paired paracancerous tissues. Tissue PTN expression proved to be a prognostic factor for breast cancer according to multivariable logistic regression analysis. CONCLUSION PTN could be considered as a potential biomarker for the presence of breast cancer.
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- Jiequn Ma
- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China
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- Xi'an Institute for Health Education, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710004, PR China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China.
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- Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, PR China.
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Papadimitriou E, Pantazaka E, Castana P, Tsalios T, Polyzos A, Beis D. Pleiotrophin and its receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta as regulators of angiogenesis and cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2016; 1866:252-265. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2016.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2016] [Revised: 09/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Du ZY, Shi MH, Ji CH, Yu Y. Serum pleiotrophin could be an early indicator for diagnosis and prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2015; 16:1421-5. [PMID: 25743809 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2015.16.4.1421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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AIMS Pleiotrophin (PTN), an angiogenic factor, is associated with various types of cancer, including lung cancer. Our aim was to investigate the possibility of using serum PTN as an early indicator regarding disease diagnosis, classification and prognosis, for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). METHODS Significant differences among PTN levels in patients with small cell lung cancer (SCLC, n=40), NSCLC (n=136), and control subjects with benign pulmonary lesions (n=21), as well as patients with different pathological subtypes of NSCLC were observed. RESULTS A serum level of PTN of 300.1 ng/ml, was determined as the cutoff value differentiating lung cancer patients and controls, with a sensitivity and specificity of 78.4% and 66.7%, respectively. Negative correlations between serum PTN level and pathological differentiation level, stage, and survival time were observed in our cohort of patients with NSCLC. In addition, specific elevation of PTN levels in pulmonary tissue in and around NSCLC lesions in comparison to normal pulmonary tissue obtained from the same subjects was also observed (n=2). CONCLUSION This study suggests that the serum PTN level of patients with NSCLC could be an early indicator for diagnosis and prognosis. This conclusion should be further assessed in randomized clinical trials.
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- Zi-Yan Du
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China E-mail :
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Dianat N, Le Viet B, Gobbo E, Auger N, Bièche I, Bennaceur-Griscelli A, Griscelli F. Midkine lacking its last 40 amino acids acts on endothelial and neuroblastoma tumor cells and inhibits tumor development. Mol Cancer Ther 2014; 14:213-24. [PMID: 25492619 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-14-0226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Midkine (MDK) is a member of a new family of neurotrophic factors considered as rate-limiting growth and angiogenic factors implicated in the onset, invasion, and metastatic process of neuronal tumors, including neuroblastoma. We showed that all neuroblastoma cell lines highly expressed MDK, indicating that it is a critical player in tumor development, which may henceforth represent an attractive therapeutic target. We showed that the knockdown of MDK expression by siRNA led to a marked and significant decrease in neuroblastoma (IGR-N91 and SH-SY5Y) cell proliferation in vitro. Using a new strategy, we then evaluated the antitumor effect of a truncated MDK protein, lacking the C-terminal 81-121 portion of the molecule (MDKΔ81-121), which may act as a dominant-negative effector for its mitogenic, angiogenic, and tumorigenic activities by heterodimerizing with the wild-type protein. In vitro studies showed that MDKΔ81-121 selectively inhibited MDK-dependent tumor cells and was able to strongly reduce endothelial cell proliferation and migration and to induce ER stress-mediated apoptosis. We then investigated the effects of MDKΔ81-121 in vivo using electrotransfer of a plasmid encoding a secretable form of MDKΔ81-121 into tibialis cranialis muscles of nude mice. We showed that MDKΔ81-121 dramatically inhibited (up to 91%) tumor development and growth. This inhibition was correlated with the detection of the MDKΔ81-121 molecule in plasma and the suppression of intratumor neovascularization. Our findings demonstrate that MDK inhibition is a tractable therapeutic target for this lethal pediatric malignancy.
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- Noushin Dianat
- INSERM U745, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U745, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- INSERM U935, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, Villejuif, France
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- Départements de Biologie et Pathologie Médicale, Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Laboratoire d'Oncogénétique, Institut Curie, Hôpital René Huguenin, St-Cloud, France. Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France
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- INSERM U935, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, Villejuif, France. Université Paris-Sud 11, Campus Orsay, Orsay, France
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- INSERM U935, Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, Villejuif, France. Départements de Biologie et Pathologie Médicale, Institute Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France. Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Faculté de Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Paris, France.
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Sethi G, Kwon Y, Burkhalter RJ, Pathak HB, Madan R, McHugh S, Atay S, Murthy S, Tawfik OW, Godwin AK. PTN signaling: Components and mechanistic insights in human ovarian cancer. Mol Carcinog 2014; 54:1772-85. [PMID: 25418856 DOI: 10.1002/mc.22249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 09/30/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Molecular vulnerabilities represent promising candidates for the development of targeted therapies that hold the promise to overcome the challenges encountered with non-targeted chemotherapy for the treatment of ovarian cancer. Through a synthetic lethality screen, we previously identified pleiotrophin (PTN) as a molecular vulnerability in ovarian cancer and showed that siRNA-mediated PTN knockdown induced apoptotic cell death in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cells. Although, it is well known that PTN elicits its pro-tumorigenic effects through its receptor, protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor Z1 (PTPRZ1), little is known about the potential importance of this pathway in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. In this study, we show that PTN is expressed, produced, and secreted in a panel of EOC cell lines. PTN levels in serous ovarian tumor tissues are on average 3.5-fold higher relative to normal tissue and PTN is detectable in serum samples of patients with EOC. PTPRZ1 is also expressed and produced by EOC cells and is found to be up-regulated in serous ovarian tumor tissue relative to normal ovarian surface epithelial tissue (P < 0.05). Gene silencing of PTPRZ1 in EOC cell lines using siRNA-mediated knockdown shows that PTPRZ1 is essential for viability and results in significant apoptosis with no effect on the cell cycle phase distribution. In order to determine how PTN mediates survival, we silenced the gene using siRNA mediated knockdown and performed expression profiling of 36 survival-related genes. Through computational mapping of the differentially expressed genes, members of the MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) family were found to be likely effectors of PTN signaling in EOC cells. Our results provide the first experimental evidence that PTN and its signaling components may be of significance in the pathogenesis of epithelial ovarian cancer and provide a rationale for clinical evaluation of MAPK inhibitors in PTN and/or PTPRZ1 expressing ovarian tumors.
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- Geetika Sethi
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,Department of Biochemistry, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.,University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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Dos Santos C, Blanc C, Elahouel R, Prescott M, Carpentier G, Ori A, Courty J, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Fernig DG, Delbé J. Proliferation and migration activities of fibroblast growth factor-2 in endothelial cells are modulated by its direct interaction with heparin affin regulatory peptide. Biochimie 2014; 107 Pt B:350-7. [PMID: 25315978 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Angiogenesis is the physiological process involving the growth of new blood vessels from pre-existing vessels. In normal or pathological angiogenesis, angiogenic growth factors activate cognate receptors on endothelial cells. Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) are two heparin-binding growth factors and were described for their pro-angiogenic properties on human umbilical endothelial cells (HUVEC). We now show that HARP acts as a mediator of FGF-2's stimulatory effects, since it is able to inhibit the proliferation and migration of HUVEC induced by FGF-2. We demonstrate by ELISA and optical biosensor binding assay that HARP and FGF-2 interact through direct binding. We have adapted a previously developed structural proteomics method for the identification of residues involved in protein-protein interactions. Application of this method showed that two sequences in HARP were involved in binding FGF-2. One was in the C-thrombospondin type 1 repeat (C-TSR-1) domain and the other in the C-terminal domain of HARP. The identification of these regions as mediating the binding of FGF-2 was confirmed by ELISA using synthetic peptides, which are as well mediators of FGF-2-induced proliferation, migration and tubes formation on HUVEC in vitro. These results imply that besides a regulation of the proliferation, migration and angiogenesis of HUVEC by direct interaction of FGF-2 with its receptors, an alternative pathway exists involving its binding to growth factors such as HARP.
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- Célia Dos Santos
- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France.
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- IMRB INSERM, U955, Equipe 07, Faculté de Médecine, 8 rue du Général Sarrail, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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- Department of Structural and Chemical Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, Biosciences Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, UK
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- Laboratoire CRRET, CNRS, Université Paris Est, Avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Yao J, Li WY, Li SG, Feng XS, Gao SG. Recombinant lentivirus targeting the pleotrophin gene reduces pleotrophin protein expression in pancreatic cancer cells and inhibits neurite outgrowth of dorsal root ganglion neurons. Mol Med Rep 2014; 9:999-1004. [PMID: 24469464 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2014.1918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The objectives of the present study were to construct the recombinant primate lentivirus‑short hairpin RNA-pleiotrophin (pLV-shRNA-PTN) vector, to investigate the silencing effect of pLV-shRNA-PTN on PTN expression in MIA PaCa-2 cells and to observe the inhibition efficiency of pLV-shRNA‑PTN on neurite outgrowth from dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro. The construction procedure for recombinant lentivirus pLV-shRNA-PTN has been described previously. In the present study, pLV-shRNA‑PTN was used to infect MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells and the efficiency of the knockdown of the PTN gene on day 7 following infection was analyzed using western blotting. The morphological changes in the cultured DRG neurons were observed by monoculture of DRG neurons and co-culture with MIA PaCa-2 cells in vitro. The recombinant lentivirus pLV-shRNA‑PTN was successfully constructed. The western blot analysis showed that the inhibition rates of PTN expression were 46, 80, 20 and 21%, respectively, following pLV-shRNA‑PTN-A, B, C and D infection. pLV-shRNA-PTN‑B showed the highest knockdown efficiency. DRG neurons co-cultured with infected MIA PaCa-2 cells were decreased in size when compared with the control, and there was a significant decrease in the number and length of neurites. The results suggest that efficient and specific knockdown of PTN in MIA PaCa-2 pancreatic cancer cells and the subsequent reduction in PTN expression results in the inhibition of neurite outgrowth from DRG neurons.
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- Jun Yao
- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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- Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, P.R. China
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Lee JY, Jeong W, Lim W, Kim J, Bazer FW, Han JY, Song G. Chicken pleiotrophin: regulation of tissue specific expression by estrogen in the oviduct and distinct expression pattern in the ovarian carcinomas. PLoS One 2012; 7:e34215. [PMID: 22496782 PMCID: PMC3319562 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2011] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a developmentally-regulated growth factor which is widely distributed in various tissues and also detected in many kinds of carcinomas. However, little is known about the PTN gene in chickens. In the present study, we found chicken PTN to be highly conserved with respect to mammalian PTN genes (91–92.6%) and its mRNA was most abundant in brain, heart and oviduct. This study focused on the PTN gene in the oviduct where it was detected in the glandular (GE) and luminal (LE) epithelial cells. Treatment of young chicks with diethylstilbesterol induced PTN mRNA and protein in GE and LE, but not in other cell types of the oviduct. Further, several microRNAs, specifically miR-499 and miR-1709 were discovered to influence PTN expression via its 3′-UTR which suggests that post-transcriptional regulation influences PTN expression in chickens. We also compared expression patterns and CpG methylation status of the PTN gene in normal and cancerous ovaries from chickens. Our results indicated that PTN is most abundant in the GE of adenocarcinoma of cancerous, but not normal ovaries of hens. Bisulfite sequencing revealed that 30- and 40% of −1311 and −1339 CpG sites are demethylated in ovarian cancer cells, respectively. Collectively, these results indicate that chicken PTN is a novel estrogen-induced gene expressed mainly in the oviductal epithelia implicating PTN regulation of oviduct development and egg formation, and also suggest that PTN is a biomarker for epithelial ovarian carcinoma that could be used for diagnosis and monitoring effects of therapies for the disease.
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- Jin-Young Lee
- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Animal Science, Center for Animal Biotechnology and Genomics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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- WCU Biomodulation Major, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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Pleiotrophin is a potential colorectal cancer prognostic factor that promotes VEGF expression and induces angiogenesis in colorectal cancer. Int J Colorectal Dis 2012; 27:287-98. [PMID: 22065111 DOI: 10.1007/s00384-011-1344-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2011] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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PURPOSE Pleiotrophin (PTN) is an important developmental secretory cytokine expressed in many types of cancer and involved in angiogenesis and tumor growth; however, the significance of PTN expression in colorectal cancer (CRC) has not been established. METHODS Immunohistochemistry, western blot, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay were used to detect PTN expression in CRC patients. The relationship between PTN expression and clinicopathological characteristics and survival time was statistically analyzed, and the relationship between PTN and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in tumor angiogenesis was further analyzed. RESULTS Of CRC tissues, 74.70% (62/83) stained positive, with a strong positive ratio of 60.24% (50/83). The expression of PTN in CRC tissues was much higher than in normal colorectal tissues. PTN serum levels in CRC patients (mean = 254.59 ± 261.76 pg/ml) were significantly higher than those of normal volunteers (mean = 115.23 ± 79.53 pg/ml; p < 0.001). PTN expression was related to CRC differentiation and TNM staging. High level of PTN is a predictor of a poor prognosis and high expression of PTN is accompanied by high expression of VEGF in CRC patients. Investigation of the relationship between PTN and VEGF revealed that PTN, through the PTN/RPTPβ/ζ signaling pathway, increased tyrosine phosphorylation of β-catenin, leading to an increase in VEGF. CONCLUSIONS Our study identifies PTN as an essential growth factor for CRC. PTN promotes VEGF expression and cooperates with VEGF in promoting CRC angiogenesis. PTN could serve as a prognostic factor for this cancer. Considering that PTN shows very limited expression in normal tissue, it may represent an attractive new target for CRC therapy.
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Yao J, Zhang M, Ma QY, Wang Z, Wang LC, Zhang D. PAd-shRNA-PTN reduces pleiotrophin of pancreatic cancer cells and inhibits neurite outgrowth of DRG. World J Gastroenterol 2011; 17:2667-73. [PMID: 21677838 PMCID: PMC3110932 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i21.2667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Revised: 10/19/2010] [Accepted: 10/26/2010] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the silencing effects of pAd-shRNA-pleiotrophin (PTN) on PTN in pancreatic cancer cells, and to observe the inhibition of pAd-shRNA-PTN on neurite outgrowth from dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons in vitro.
METHODS: PAd-shRNA-PTN was used to infect pancreatic cancer BxPC-3 cells; assays were conducted for knockdown of the PTN gene on the 0th, 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th d after infection using immunocytochemistry, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and Western blotting analysis. The morphologic changes of cultured DRG neurons were observed by mono-culture of DRG neurons and co-culture with BXPC-3 cells in vitro.
RESULTS: The real-time quantitative PCR showed that the inhibition rates of PTN mRNA expression in the BxPC-3 cells were 20%, 80%, 50% and 25% on the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th d after infection. Immunocytochemistry and Western blotting analysis also revealed the same tendency. In contrast to the control, the DRG neurons co-cultured with the infected BxPC-3 cells shrunk; the number and length of neurites were significantly decreased.
CONCLUSION: Efficient and specific knockdown of PTN in pancreatic cancer cells and the reduction in PTN expression resulted in the inhibition of neurite outgrowth from DRG neurons.
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Hamma-Kourbali Y, Bermek O, Bernard-Pierrot I, Karaky R, Martel-Renoir D, Frechault S, Courty J, Delbé J. The synthetic peptide P111-136 derived from the C-terminal domain of heparin affin regulatory peptide inhibits tumour growth of prostate cancer PC-3 cells. BMC Cancer 2011; 11:212. [PMID: 21624116 PMCID: PMC3118947 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP), also called pleiotrophin, is a heparin-binding, secreted factor that is overexpressed in several tumours and associated to tumour growth, angiogenesis and metastasis. The C-terminus part of HARP composed of amino acids 111 to 136 is particularly involved in its biological activities and we previously established that a synthetic peptide composed of the same amino acids (P111-136) was capable of inhibiting the biological activities of HARP. Here we evaluate the ability of P111-136 to inhibit in vitro and in vivo the growth of a human tumour cell line PC-3 which possess an HARP autocrine loop. Methods A total lysate of PC-3 cells was incubated with biotinylated P111-136 and pulled down for the presence of the HARP receptors in Western blot. In vitro, the P111-136 effect on HARP autocrine loop in PC-3 cells was determined by colony formation in soft agar. In vivo, PC-3 cells were inoculated in the flank of athymic nude mice. Animals were treated with P111-136 (5 mg/kg/day) for 25 days. Tumour volume was evaluated during the treatment. After the animal sacrifice, the tumour apoptosis and associated angiogenesis were evaluated by immunohistochemistry. In vivo anti-angiogenic effect was confirmed using a mouse Matrigel™ plug assay. Results Using pull down experiments, we identified the HARP receptors RPTPβ/ζ, ALK and nucleolin as P111-136 binding proteins. In vitro, P111-136 inhibits dose-dependently PC-3 cell colony formation. Treatment with P111-136 inhibits significantly the PC-3 tumour growth in the xenograft model as well as tumour angiogenesis. The angiostatic effect of P111-136 on HARP was also confirmed using an in vivo Matrigel™ plug assay in mice Conclusions Our results demonstrate that P111-136 strongly inhibits the mitogenic effect of HARP on in vitro and in vivo growth of PC-3 cells. This inhibition could be linked to a direct or indirect binding of this peptide to the HARP receptors (ALK, RPTPβ/ζ, nucleolin). In vivo, the P111-136 treatment significantly inhibits both the PC-3 tumour growth and the associated angiogenesis. Thus, P111-136 may be considered as an interesting pharmacological tool to interfere with tumour growth that has now to be evaluated in other cancer types.
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- Yamina Hamma-Kourbali
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Croissance Cellulaire, la Réparation et la Régénération Tissulaires, Université Paris Est Créteil, CNRS, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
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Diamantopoulou Z, Bermek O, Polykratis A, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Delbé J, Courty J, Katsoris P. A Pleiotrophin C-terminus peptide induces anti-cancer effects through RPTPβ/ζ. Mol Cancer 2010; 9:224. [PMID: 20738847 PMCID: PMC2936342 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-9-224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pleiotrophin, also known as HARP (Heparin Affin Regulatory Peptide) is a growth factor expressed in various tissues and cell lines. Pleiotrophin participates in multiple biological actions including the induction of cellular proliferation, migration and angiogenesis, and is involved in carcinogenesis. Recently, we identified and characterized several pleiotrophin proteolytic fragments with biological activities similar or opposite to that of pleiotrophin. Here, we investigated the biological actions of P(122-131), a synthetic peptide corresponding to the carboxy terminal region of this growth factor. RESULTS Our results show that P(122-131) inhibits in vitro adhesion, anchorage-independent proliferation, and migration of DU145 and LNCaP cells, which express pleiotrophin and its receptor RPTPβ/ζ. In addition, P(122-131) inhibits angiogenesis in vivo, as determined by the chicken embryo CAM assay. Investigation of the transduction mechanisms revealed that P(122-131) reduces the phosphorylation levels of Src, Pten, Fak, and Erk1/2. Finally, P(122-131) not only interacts with RPTPβ/ζ, but also interferes with other pleiotrophin receptors, as demonstrated by selective knockdown of pleiotrophin or RPTPβ/ζ expression with the RNAi technology. CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our results demonstrate that P(122-131) inhibits biological activities that are related to the induction of a transformed phenotype in PCa cells, by interacing with RPTPβ/ζ and interfering with other pleiotrophin receptors. Cumulatively, these results indicate that P(122-131) may be a potential anticancer agent, and they warrant further study of this peptide.
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- Zoi Diamantopoulou
- Division of Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece
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Navis AC, van den Eijnden M, Schepens JTG, Hooft van Huijsduijnen R, Wesseling P, Hendriks WJAJ. Protein tyrosine phosphatases in glioma biology. Acta Neuropathol 2010; 119:157-75. [PMID: 19936768 PMCID: PMC2808538 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-009-0614-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2009] [Revised: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Gliomas are a diverse group of brain tumors of glial origin. Most are characterized by diffuse infiltrative growth in the surrounding brain. In combination with their refractive nature to chemotherapy this makes it almost impossible to cure patients using combinations of conventional therapeutic strategies. The drastically increased knowledge about the molecular underpinnings of gliomas during the last decade has elicited high expectations for a more rational and effective therapy for these tumors. Most studies on the molecular pathways involved in glioma biology thus far had a strong focus on growth factor receptor protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) and phosphatidylinositol phosphatase signaling pathways. Except for the tumor suppressor PTEN, much less attention has been paid to the PTK counterparts, the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) superfamily, in gliomas. PTPs are instrumental in the reversible phosphorylation of tyrosine residues and have emerged as important regulators of signaling pathways that are linked to various developmental and disease-related processes. Here, we provide an overview of the current knowledge on PTP involvement in gliomagenesis. So far, the data point to the potential implication of receptor-type (RPTPδ, DEP1, RPTPμ, RPTPζ) and intracellular (PTP1B, TCPTP, SHP2, PTPN13) classical PTPs, dual-specific PTPs (MKP-1, VHP, PRL-3, KAP, PTEN) and the CDC25B and CDC25C PTPs in glioma biology. Like PTKs, these PTPs may represent promising targets for the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in the treatment of high-grade gliomas.
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- Anna C. Navis
- Department of Cell Biology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurobiology, Geneva Research Center, Merck Serono International S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 28, 6525 GA Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Santos CD, Karaky R, Renoir D, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Albanese P, Gobbo E, Griscelli F, Opolon P, Dalle S, Perricaudet M, Courty J, Delbé J. Antitumorigenic effects of a mutant of the heparin affin regulatory peptide on the U87 MG glioblastoma cell line. Int J Cancer 2009; 127:1038-51. [DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Yao J, Ma Q, Wang L, Zhang M. Pleiotrophin expression in human pancreatic cancer and its correlation with clinicopathological features, perineural invasion, and prognosis. Dig Dis Sci 2009; 54:895-901. [PMID: 18716876 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0433-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2008] [Accepted: 06/25/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN), a heparin-binding growth factor also known as neurite growth-promoting factor, exhibits several properties related with tumor development. PTN and its receptor, N-syndecan, may play a very important role in tumor growth and neural invasion of pancreatic cancer. We investigated PTN and N-syndecan protein levels in 38 patients with pancreatic cancer by immunohistochemistry, and analyzed for its correlation with clinicopathological features, perineural invasion, and prognosis. The results showed that PTN and N-syndecan proteins were found in 24 (63.2%) and 22 (57.9%) specimens, respectively. PTN and N-syndecan expressions were associated with perineural invasion (P = 0.016 and P = 0.029, respectively). High PTN expression was closely related to an advanced TNM stage (P = 0.007), lymph node metastasis (P = 0.040), and decreased postoperative survival at 3 years (50.0% versus 20.8%, respectively; P = 0.001). We conclude that high expression of PTN combined with N-syndecan may contribute to the increased perineural invasion and poor prognosis of pancreatic cancer.
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- Jun Yao
- Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710061, China
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Pleiotrophin produced by multiple myeloma induces transdifferentiation of monocytes into vascular endothelial cells: a novel mechanism of tumor-induced vasculogenesis. Blood 2008; 113:1992-2002. [PMID: 19060246 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2008-02-133751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Enhanced angiogenesis is a hallmark of cancer. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is an angiogenic factor that is produced by many different human cancers and stimulates tumor blood vessel formation when it is expressed in malignant cancer cells. Recent studies show that monocytes may give rise to vascular endothelium. In these studies, we show that PTN combined with macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) induces expression of vascular endothelial cell (VEC) genes and proteins in human monocyte cell lines and monocytes from human peripheral blood (PB). Monocytes induce VEC gene expression and develop tube-like structures when they are exposed to serum or cultured with bone marrow (BM) from patients with multiple myeloma (MM) that express PTN, effects specifically blocked with antiPTN antibodies. When coinjected with human MM cells into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice, green fluorescent protein (GFP)-marked human monocytes were found incorporated into tumor blood vessels and expressed human VEC protein markers and genes that were blocked by anti-PTN antibody. Our results suggest that vasculogenesis in human MM may develop from tumoral production of PTN, which orchestrates the transdifferentiation of monocytes into VECs.
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Ducès A, Karaky R, Martel-Renoir D, Mir L, Hamma-Kourbali Y, Biéche I, Opolon P, Delbé J, Courty J, Perricaudet M, Griscelli F. 16-kDa fragment of pleiotrophin acts on endothelial and breast tumor cells and inhibits tumor development. Mol Cancer Ther 2008; 7:2817-27. [PMID: 18790762 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a 136-amino acid secreted heparin-binding protein that is considered as a rate-limiting growth and an angiogenic factor in the onset, invasion, and metastatic process of many tumors. Its mitogenic and tumorigenic activities are mediated by the COOH-terminal residues 111 to 136 of PTN, allowing it to bind to cell surface tyrosine kinase-linked receptors. We investigated a new strategy consisting in evaluating the antitumor effect of a truncated PTN, lacking the COOH-terminal 111 to 136 portion of the molecule (PTNDelta111-136), which may act as a dominant-negative effector for its mitogenic, angiogenic, and tumorigenic activities by heterodimerizing with the wild-type protein. In vitro studies showed that PTNDelta111-136 selectively inhibited a PTN-dependent MDA-MB-231 breast tumor and endothelial cell proliferation and that, in MDA-MB-231 cells expressing PTNDelta111-136, the vascular endothelial growth factor-A and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha mRNA levels were significantly decreased by 59% and 71%, respectively, compared with levels in wild-type cells. In vivo, intramuscular electrotransfer of a plasmid encoding a secretable form of PTNDelta111-136 was shown to inhibit MDA-MB-231 tumor growth by 81%. This antitumor effect was associated with the detection of the PTNDelta111-136 molecule in the muscle and tumor extracts, the suppression of neovascularization within the tumors, and a decline in the Ki-67 proliferative index. Because PTN is rarely found in normal tissue, our data show that targeted PTN may represent an attractive and new therapeutic approach to the fight against cancer.
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- Aurélie Ducès
- INSERM U745, Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Paris V, 4 avenue de l'Observatoire, 75006 Paris, France
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Dineen SP, Lynn KD, Holloway SE, Miller AF, Sullivan JP, Shames DS, Beck AW, Barnett CC, Fleming JB, Brekken RA. Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 mediates macrophage infiltration into orthotopic pancreatic tumors in mice. Cancer Res 2008; 68:4340-6. [PMID: 18519694 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-6705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 160] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Macrophages are an abundant inflammatory cell type in the tumor microenvironment that can contribute to tumor growth and metastasis. Macrophage recruitment into tumors is mediated by multiple cytokines, including vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), which is thought to function primarily through VEGF receptor (VEGFR) 1 expressed on macrophages. Macrophage infiltration is affected by VEGF inhibition. We show that selective inhibition of VEGFR2 reduced macrophage infiltration into orthotopic pancreatic tumors. Our studies show that tumor-associated macrophages express VEGFR2. Furthermore, peritoneal macrophages from tumor-bearing animals express VEGFR2, whereas peritoneal macrophages from non-tumor-bearing animals do not. To our knowledge, this is the first time that tumor-associated macrophages have been shown to express VEGFR2. Additionally, we found that the cytokine pleiotrophin is sufficient to induce VEGFR2 expression on macrophages. Pleiotrophin has previously been shown to induce expression of endothelial cell markers on macrophages and was present in the microenvironment of orthotopic pancreatic tumors. Finally, we show that VEGFR2, when expressed by macrophages, is essential for VEGF-stimulated migration of tumor-associated macrophages. In summary, tumor-associated macrophages express VEGFR2, and selective inhibition of VEGFR2 reduces recruitment of macrophages into orthotopic pancreatic tumors. Our results show an underappreciated mechanism of action that may directly contribute to the antitumor activity of angiogenesis inhibitors that block the VEGFR2 pathway.
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- Sean P Dineen
- Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-8593, USA
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Fujita S, Seki S, Fujiwara M, Ikeda T. Midkine expression correlating with growth activity and tooth morphogenesis in odontogenic tumors. Hum Pathol 2008; 39:694-700. [DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 09/14/2007] [Accepted: 09/18/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Galamb O, Sipos F, Dinya E, Spisák S, Somorácz A, Molnár B, Tulassay Z. [Functional mRNA expression analysis and classification of colonic biopsy samples using overall cDNA microarray technique]. Orv Hetil 2008; 149:219-232. [PMID: 18218589 DOI: 10.1556/oh.2008.28056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Overall mRNA expression analysis of colon biopsies can contribute to the understanding of molecular background of the local alterations and gene ontology-based functional classification of colonic biopsies into inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. METHODS Total RNA was extracted from frozen biopsies and amplified by T7-method. Expression profile was evaluated by Atlas Glass 1K microarrays. After microarray quality control, applicable data were available from 10 adenomas, 6 colorectal adenocarcinoma (CRC), and inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs: 3-3 CD and UC). Multivariate statistical and cell functional analyses were performed. Real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used for validation. RESULTS Discriminant analysis of selected genes could correctly reclassify all 22 samples using 4 parameters (heat shock transcription factor-1, bystin-like, calgranulin-A, TRAIL receptor 3). IBD samples were characterized by overregulated chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13, replication protein A1, E74-like factor 2 and downregulated TNF receptor-associated factor 6, BCL2-interacting killer genes. In adenomas upregulation of TNF receptor-associated factor 6, replication protein A1, E74-like factor 2 and underexpression of BCL2-associated X protein, calgranulin-A genes were found. CRC cases had significantly increased epidermal growth factor receptor, topoisomerase-1, v-jun, TNF receptor-associated factor 6 and TRAIL receptor 3, and decreased RAD51 and RAD52 DNA repair gene, protein phosphatase-2A and BCL2-interacting killer mRNA levels. Epidermal growth factor receptor RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, topoisomerase-1 RT-PCR confirmed the chip results. CONCLUSIONS Different histological alterations can be objectively classified by functional, multivariate analysis using cDNA microarrays. Disease-specific gene expression patterns can assist to avoid the intermediate and nondescript cases in diagnostics, which do not belong to any of the conventional diagnostic groups.
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- Orsolya Galamb
- Semmelweis Egyetem, Altalános Orvostudományi Kar II. Belgyógyászati Klinika Budapest.
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Perez-Pinera P, Garcia-Suarez O, Menendez-Rodriguez P, Mortimer J, Chang Y, Astudillo A, Deuel TF. The receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTP)beta/zeta is expressed in different subtypes of human breast cancer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2007; 362:5-10. [PMID: 17706593 PMCID: PMC2084077 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.06.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Accepted: 06/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Increasing evidence suggests mutations in human breast cancer cells that induce inappropriate expression of the 18-kDa cytokine pleiotrophin (PTN, Ptn) initiate progression of breast cancers to a more malignant phenotype. Pleiotrophin signals through inactivating its receptor, the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase (RPTP)beta/zeta, leading to increased tyrosine phosphorylation of different substrate proteins of RPTPbeta/zeta, including beta-catenin, beta-adducin, Fyn, GIT1/Cat-1, and P190RhoGAP. PTN signaling thus has wide impact on different important cellular systems. Recently, PTN was found to activate anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) through the PTN/RPTPbeta/zeta signaling pathway; this discovery potentially is very important, since constitutive ALK activity of nucleophosmin (NPM)-ALK fusion protein is causative of anaplastic large cell lymphomas, and, activated ALK is found in other malignant cancers. Recently ALK was identified in each of 63 human breast cancers from 22 subjects. We now demonstrate that RPTPbeta/zeta is expressed in each of these same 63 human breast cancers that previously were found to express ALK and in 10 additional samples of human breast cancer. RPTPbeta/zeta furthermore was localized not only in its normal association with the cell membrane but also scattered in cytoplasm and in nuclei in different breast cancer cells and, in the case of infiltrating ductal carcinomas, the distribution of RPTPbeta/zeta changes as the breast cancer become more malignant. The data suggest that the PTN/RPTPbeta/zeta signaling pathway may be constitutively activated and potentially function to constitutively activate ALK in human breast cancer.
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- Pablo Perez-Pinera
- The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Moore's Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
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- The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain; Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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Mathivet T, Mazot P, Vigny M. In contrast to agonist monoclonal antibodies, both C-terminal truncated form and full length form of Pleiotrophin failed to activate vertebrate ALK (anaplastic lymphoma kinase)? Cell Signal 2007; 19:2434-43. [PMID: 17904822 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2007.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2007] [Revised: 07/12/2007] [Accepted: 07/18/2007] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) is a receptor tyrosine kinase essentially and transiently expressed during development in specific regions of the central and peripheral nervous system. ALK expression persists at a lower level in the adult brain. Thus, it might play an important role in both the normal development and function of the nervous system. The nature of the cognate ligand of this receptor in vertebrates is still a matter of debate. Pleiotrophin and midkine have been proposed as ligands of ALK but several independent studies do not confirm this hypothesis. Interestingly, a recent study proposed that a C-terminal truncated form of Pleiotrophin (Pleiotrophin.15) and not the full length form (Pleiotrophin.18) promotes glioblastoma proliferation in an ALK-dependent fashion. These data were obviously a strong basis to conciliate the conflicting results so far reported in the literature. In the present study, we first purified to homogeneity the two forms of Pleiotrophin secreted by HEK 293 cells. In contrast to agonist monoclonal antibodies, both Pleiotrophin.15 and Pleiotrophin.18 failed to activate ALK in neuroblastoma and glioblastoma cells expressing this receptor. Thus, for our point of view, ALK is still an orphan receptor in vertebrates.
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- Thomas Mathivet
- INSERM, UMR-S 839, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin, Paris, F-75005, France
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Peria FM, Neder L, Marie SKN, Rosemberg S, Oba-Shinjo SM, Colli BO, Gabbai AA, Malheiros SMF, Zago MA, Panepucci RA, Moreira-Filho CA, Okamoto OK, Carlotti CG. Pleiotrophin expression in astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors and it’s correlation with histological diagnosis, microvascular density, cellular proliferation and overall survival. J Neurooncol 2007; 84:255-61. [PMID: 17443289 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2007] [Accepted: 03/19/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a secreted cytokine with several properties related with tumor development, including differentiation, angiogenesis, invasion, apoptosis and metastasis. There is evidence that PTN has also a relevant role in primary brain neoplasms and its inactivation could be important to treatment response. Astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors are the most frequent primary brain neoplasms. Astrocytic tumors are classified as pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), diffuse astrocytoma (DA), anaplastic astrocytoma (AA) and glioblastoma (GBM). Oligodendroglial tumors are classified as oligodendroglioma (O) and anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO). The aim of the present study was to compare PTN expression, in astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas and its association with the histological diagnosis, microvascular density, proliferate potential and clinical outcome. METHODS Seventy-eight central nervous system tumors were analyzed. The histological diagnosis in accordance with WHO classification was: 13PA, 18DA, 8AA, 15GBM, 16O and 8AO. Immunohistochemistry was realized with these specific antibodies: pleiotrophin, CD31 to microvascular density and Ki-67 to cell proliferation. RESULTS PTN expression was significantly higher in GBM and AA when compared to PA and higher in GBM compared to DA. PTN expression did not differ between O and AO. Proliferate index and microvascular density were evaluated only in high grade tumors (AA, GBM and AO) divided in three groups according to PTN expression (low, intermediate and high). These results showed no statistical difference between PTN expression and index of cellular proliferation and neither to PTN expression and microvascular density. Overall survival (OS) analysis (months) showed similar results in high grade gliomas with different levels of PTN expression. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that PTN expression is associated with histopathological grade of astrocytomas. Proliferation rate, microvascular density and overall survival do not seem to be associated with PTN expression.
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- Fernanda M Peria
- Department of Surgery and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto of University of São Paulo (USP), Hospital das Clínicas da FMRP-USP, Campus Universitário da USP, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Chen H, Gordon MS, Campbell RA, Li M, Wang CS, Lee HJ, Sanchez E, Manyak SJ, Gui D, Shalitin D, Said J, Chang Y, Deuel TF, Baritaki S, Bonavida B, Berenson JR. Pleiotrophin is highly expressed by myeloma cells and promotes myeloma tumor growth. Blood 2007; 110:287-95. [PMID: 17369488 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-08-042374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) is an important developmental cytokine that is highly expressed during embryogenesis but shows very limited expression in adult tissues, where it is largely restricted to the brain. High PTN serum levels are associated with a variety of solid tumors. We recently showed that patients with multiple myeloma (MM) also have elevated serum levels of this protein and the amount of PTN correlated with the patients' disease status and response to treatment. In this study, we demonstrate that MM cell lines and the malignant cells from MM patients' bone marrow produced PTN and secreted PTN protein into the supernatants during short-term culture. Moreover, Ptn gene expression correlated with the patients' disease status. Inhibition of PTN with a polyclonal anti-PTN antibody reduced growth and enhanced apoptosis of MM cell lines and freshly isolated bone marrow tumor cells from MM patients in vitro. Importantly, this antibody also markedly suppressed the growth of MM in vivo using a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-hu murine model. This represents the first study showing the importance of PTN in the growth of any hematological disorder. Because the expression of this protein is very limited in normal adult tissues, PTN may represent a new target for the treatment of MM.
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- Haiming Chen
- Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
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Marchionini DM, Lehrmann E, Chu Y, He B, Sortwell CE, Becker KG, Freed WJ, Kordower JH, Collier TJ. Role of heparin binding growth factors in nigrostriatal dopamine system development and Parkinson's disease. Brain Res 2007; 1147:77-88. [PMID: 17368428 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.02.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2006] [Revised: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The developmental biology of the dopamine (DA) system may hold important clues to its reconstruction. We hypothesized that factors highly expressed during nigrostriatal development and re-expressed after injury and disease may play a role in protection and reconstruction of the nigrostriatal system. Examination of gene expression in the developing striatum suggested an important role for the heparin binding growth factor family at time points relevant to establishment of dopaminergic innervation. Midkine, pleiotrophin (PTN), and their receptors syndecan-3 and receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta, were highly expressed in the striatum during development. Furthermore, PTN was up-regulated in the degenerating substantia nigra of Parkinson's patients. The addition of PTN to ventral mesencephalic cultures augmented DA neuron survival and neurite outgrowth. Thus, PTN was identified as a factor that plays a role in the nigrostriatal system during development and in response to disease, and may therefore be useful for neuroprotection or reconstruction of the DA system.
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- Deanna M Marchionini
- Dept. Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Gu D, Yu B, Zhao C, Ye W, Lv Q, Hua Z, Ma J, Zhang Y. The effect of pleiotrophin signaling on adipogenesis. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:382-8. [PMID: 17239862 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.12.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2006] [Revised: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN) plays diverse roles in cell growth and differentiation. In this investigation, we demonstrate that PTN plays a negative role in adipogensis and that glycogen synthase kinase 3beta (GSK-3beta) and beta-catenin are involved in the regulation of PTN-mediated preadipocyte differentiation. Knocking down the expression of PTN using siRNA resulted in an increase in phospho-GSK-3beta expression, and the accumulation of nuclear beta-catenin, which are critical downstream signaling proteins for both the PTN and Wnt signaling pathways. Our investigation suggests that there is a PTN/PI3K/AKT/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin signaling pathway, which cross-talks with the Wnt/Fz/GSK-3beta/beta-catenin pathway and negatively regulates adipogenesis.
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- Dayong Gu
- Life Science Division, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Room 407, Building L, Tsinghua Campus, University Town, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, PR China
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Galamb O, Sipos F, Dinya E, Spisak S, Tulassay Z, Molnar B. mRNA expression, functional profiling and multivariate classification of colon biopsy specimen by cDNA overall glass microarray. World J Gastroenterol 2006; 12:6998-7006. [PMID: 17109495 PMCID: PMC4087344 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i43.6998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2006] [Revised: 07/12/2006] [Accepted: 07/22/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To understand the local pathophysiological alterations and gene ontology-based functional classification of colonic biopsies into inflammatory and neoplastic diseases. METHODS Total RNA was extracted from frozen biopsies and amplified by T7-method. Expression profile was evaluated by Atlas Glass 1K microarrays. After microarray quality control, applicable data were available from 10 adenomas, 6 colorectal adenocarcinomas (CRCs), and 6 inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Multivariate statistical and cell functional analyses were performed. Real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry were used for validation. RESULTS Discriminant analysis of selected genes, could correctly reclassify all 22 samples using 4 parameters (heat shock transcription factor-1, bystin-like, calgranulin-A, TRAIL receptor 3). IBD samples were characterized by overregulated chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13, replication protein A1, E74-like factor 2 and downregulated TNF receptor-associated factor 6, BCL2-interacting killer genes. In adenomas upregulation of TNF receptor-associated factor 6, replication protein A1, E74-like factor 2 and underexpression of BCL2-associated X protein, calgranulin-A genes were found. CRC cases had significantly increased epidermal growth factor receptor, topoisomerase-1, v-jun, TNF receptor-associated factor 6 and TRAIL receptor 3, and decreased RAD51 and RAD52 DNA repair gene, protein phosphatase-2A and BCL2-interacting killer mRNA levels. Epidermal growth factor receptor RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, topoisomerase-1 RT-PCR confirmed the chip results. CONCLUSION Different histological alterations can be reclassified by functional, multivariate analysis using cDNA microarrays. Further studies with expanded sample number are needed for subclassification of pathological alterations.
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- Orsolya Galamb
- 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, University Semmelweis, Budapest, Hungary.
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Chang Y, Berenson JR, Wang Z, Deuel TF. Dominant negative pleiotrophin induces tetraploidy and aneuploidy in U87MG human glioblastoma cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 351:336-9. [PMID: 17067552 PMCID: PMC1850963 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 09/27/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN, Ptn) is an 18kDa secretory cytokine that is expressed in many human cancers, including glioblastoma. In previous experiments, interruption of the constitutive PTN signaling in human U87MG glioblastoma cells that inappropriately express endogenous Ptn reversed their rapid growth in vitro and their malignant phenotype in vivo. To seek a mechanism for the effect of the dominant-negative PTN, flow cytometry was used to compare the profiles of U87MG cells and four clones of U87MG cells that express the dominant-negative PTN (U87MG/PTN1-40 cells); here, we report that the dominant-negative PTN in U87MG cells induces tetraploidy and aneuploidy and arrests the tetraploid and aneuploid cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. The data suggest that PTN signaling may have a critical role in chromosomal segregation and cell cycle progression; the data suggest induction of tetraploidy and aneuploidy in U87MG glioblastoma cells may be an important mechanism that contributes to the loss of the malignant phenotype of U87MG cells.
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- Yunchao Chang
- Departments of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
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- Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research, 9201 W. Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069
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- Cancer Center, Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE 68178
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- Departments of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037
- * Corresponding author: Thomas F. Deuel, Departments of Molecular and Experimental Medicine and Cell Biology, the Scripps Research Institute, 10550 N. Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037. Telephone: 1-858-784-7929. Fax: 1-858-784-7977. E-mail:
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Yeh HS, Chen H, Manyak SJ, Swift RA, Campbell RA, Wang C, Li M, Lee HJ, Waterman G, Gordon MS, Ma J, Bonavida B, Berenson JR. Serum pleiotrophin levels are elevated in multiple myeloma patients and correlate with disease status. Br J Haematol 2006; 133:526-9. [PMID: 16681640 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2006.06052.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pleiotrophin (PTN), a tightly regulated angiogenic and mitogenic heparin-binding protein, is markedly elevated in a variety of aggressive solid tumours. The role of PTN in haematological malignancies, however, has not been previously evaluated. This study demonstrated that PTN serum levels were elevated in multiple myeloma (MM) patients when compared with healthy subjects (P < 0.0001). Serum levels of this protein significantly increased during progression of disease, and decreased during response to anti-MM therapy (P < 0.001). These results suggest that serum PTN may be a new biomarker for monitoring the disease status and therapeutic response of MM patients.
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- Howard S Yeh
- Institute for Myeloma and Bone Cancer Research, 9201 W. Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069, USA
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Boerboom D, White LD, Dalle S, Courty J, Richards JS. Dominant-stable beta-catenin expression causes cell fate alterations and Wnt signaling antagonist expression in a murine granulosa cell tumor model. Cancer Res 2006; 66:1964-73. [PMID: 16488995 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-05-3493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Wnt/beta-catenin signaling is normally involved in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis, and its misregulation leads to several forms of cancer. We have reported that misregulated Wnt/beta-catenin signaling occurs in ovarian granulosa cell tumors (GCT) and have created the Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) mouse model, which expresses a dominant-stable mutant of beta-catenin in granulosa cells and develops late-onset GCT. To study the mechanisms leading to GCT development, gene expression analysis was done using microarrays comparing Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) ovaries bearing pretumoral lesions with control ovaries. Overexpressed genes identified in Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) ovaries included the Wnt/beta-catenin signaling antagonists Wif1, Nkd1, Dkk4, and Axin2, consistent with the induction of negative feedback loops that counteract uncontrolled Wnt/beta-catenin signaling. Expression of the antagonists was localized to cells forming the pretumoral lesions but not to normal granulosa cells. Microarray analyses also revealed the ectopic expression of bone markers, including Ibsp, Cdkn1c, Bmp4, and Tnfrsf11b, as well as neuronal/neurosecretory cell markers, such as Cck, Amph, Pitx1, and Sp5. Increased expression of the gene encoding the cytokine pleiotrophin was also found in Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) ovaries and GCT but was not associated with increased serum pleiotrophin levels. In situ hybridization analyses using GCT from Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) mice revealed that Wnt/beta-catenin antagonists and neuronal markers localized to a particular cell population, whereas the bone markers localized to a distinct cell type associated with areas of osseous metaplasia. Together, these results suggest that misregulated Wnt/beta-catenin signaling alters the fate of granulosa cells and that the GCT that arise in Catnb(flox(ex3)/+);Amhr2(cre/+) mice result from the clonal expansion of metaplastic cells.
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- Derek Boerboom
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Li G, Hu Y, Huo Y, Liu M, Freeman D, Gao J, Liu X, Wu DC, Wu H. PTEN deletion leads to up-regulation of a secreted growth factor pleiotrophin. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:10663-8. [PMID: 16507572 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m512509200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Tumor suppressor gene PTEN is highly mutated in a wide variety of human tumors. To identify unknown targets or signal transduction pathways that are regulated by PTEN, microarray analysis was performed to compare the gene expression profiles of Pten null mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) cell lines and their isogenic counterparts. Expression of a heparin binding growth factor, pleiotrophin (Ptn), was found to be up-regulated in Pten-/- MEFs as well as Pten null mammary tumors. Further experiments revealed that Ptn expression is regulated by the PTEN-PI3K-AKT pathway. Knocking down the expression of Ptn by small interfering RNA resulted in the reduction of Akt and GSK-3beta phosphorylation and suppression of the growth and the tumorigenicity of Pten null MEFs. Our results suggest that PTN participates in tumorigenesis caused by PTEN loss and PTN may be a potential target for anticancer therapy, especially for those tumors with PTEN deficiencies.
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- Gang Li
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1735, USA.
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Hatziapostolou M, Delbe J, Katsoris P, Polytarchou C, Courty J, Papadimitriou E. Heparin affin regulatory peptide is a key player in prostate cancer cell growth and angiogenicity. Prostate 2005; 65:151-8. [PMID: 15924335 DOI: 10.1002/pros.20270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND The development and growth of human prostate cancer is mediated by many tumor cell-derived growth factors. Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) seems to be involved in the progression of several tumors of diverse origin. In the present study, we sought to determine if HARP is implicated in human prostate cancer. METHODS An antisense strategy for inhibition of HARP expression in the human prostate cancer cell line LNCaP was used to study the role of HARP on cancer cell growth, migration, and angiogenic potential in vitro and in vivo. RESULTS Exogenous human recombinant HARP was mitogenic for LNCaP cells. By decreasing the expression of endogenous HARP, we found that HARP was essential for LNCaP cell migration, as well as anchorage-dependent and independent growth. Endothelial cell functions in vitro and blood vessel formation in vivo induced by LNCaP cells were also inhibited when HARP expression was diminished. CONCLUSIONS HARP seems to act as an important regulator of diverse biological activities in human prostate cancer cells.
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- Maria Hatziapostolou
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, Greece
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Said EA, Courty J, Svab J, Delbé J, Krust B, Hovanessian AG. Pleiotrophin inhibits HIV infection by binding the cell surface-expressed nucleolin. FEBS J 2005; 272:4646-59. [PMID: 16156786 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04870.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The growth factor pleiotrophin (PTN) has been reported to bind heparan sulfate and nucleolin, two components of the cell surface implicated in the attachment of HIV-1 particles to cells. Here we show that PTN inhibits HIV-1 infection by its capacity to inhibit HIV-1 particle attachment to the surface of permissive cells. The beta-sheet domains of PTN appear to be implicated in this inhibitory effect on the HIV infection, in particular the domain containing amino acids 60-110. PTN binding to the cell surface is mediated by high and low affinity binding sites. Other inhibitors of HIV attachment known to bind specifically surface expressed nucleolin, such as the pseudopeptide HB-19 and the cytokine midkine prevent the binding of PTN to its low affinity-binding site. Confocal immunofluorescence laser microscopy revealed that the cross-linking of surface-bound PTN with a specific antibody results in the clustering of cell surface-expressed nucleolin and the colocalization of both PTN and nucleolin signals. Following its binding to surface-nucleolin, PTN is internalized by a temperature sensitive mechanism, a process which is inhibited by HB-19 and is independent of heparan and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans. Nevertheless, proteoglycans might play a role in the concentration of PTN on the cell surface for a more efficient interaction with nucleolin. Our results demonstrate for the first time that PTN inhibits HIV infection and suggest that the cell surface-expressed nucleolin is a low affinity receptor for PTN binding to cells and it is also implicated in PTN entry into cells by an active process.
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- Elias A Said
- UPR 2228 CNRS, UFR Biomédicale des Saints-Pères, Paris, France.
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Wu H, Barusevicius A, Babb J, Klein-Szanto A, Godwin A, Elenitsas R, Gelfand JM, Lessin S, Seykora JT. Pleiotrophin expression correlates with melanocytic tumor progression and metastatic potential. J Cutan Pathol 2005; 32:125-30. [PMID: 15606670 DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2005.00282.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gene expression profiling of melanoma and nevic tissue has demonstrated that pleiotrophin (PTN) is significantly overexpressed in human melanomas. METHODS To further evaluate PTN expression in melanocytic lesions, protein immunohistochemistry was performed on the spectrum of melanocytic lesions. RESULTS Melanocytic nevi were consistently negative (n=58). In contrast, the great majority of metastatic melanomas were positive (33/34, 97%). The analysis of 34 primary melanomas demonstrated PTN positivity in 20 lesions while 14 lesions were negative. Within the primary melanomas, PTN immunoreactivity was associated with metastasis (p=0.0004) and decreased melanoma-related survival (p=0.0444). Univariate analysis of PTN immunoreactivity predicted an increased risk for metastasis (relative risk 9.1, p=0.003). CONCLUSIONS The results of this study confirm previous gene profiling data showing differential PTN expression between melanocytic nevi and melanomas. In addition, lesional PTN expression is associated with metastatic potential and may be a prognostic factor for melanomas.
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- H Wu
- Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Polykratis A, Katsoris P, Courty J, Papadimitriou E. Characterization of Heparin Affin Regulatory Peptide Signaling in Human Endothelial Cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:22454-61. [PMID: 15797857 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414407200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) is an 18-kDa secreted growth factor that has a high affinity for heparin and a potent role on tumor growth and angiogenesis. We have previously reported that HARP is mitogenic for different types of endothelial cells and also affects cell migration and differentiation (12). In this study we examined the signaling pathways involved in the migration and tube formation on matrigel of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) induced by HARP. We report for the first time that receptor-type protein-tyrosine phosphatase beta/zeta (RPTPbeta/zeta), which is a receptor for HARP in neuronal cell types, is also expressed in HUVEC. We also document that HARP signaling through RPTPbeta/zeta leads to activation of Src kinase, focal adhesion kinase, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, and Erk1/2. Sodium orthovanadate, chondroitin sulfate-C, PP1, wortmannin, LY294002, and U0126 inhibit HARP-mediated signaling and HUVEC migration and tube formation. In addition, RPTPbeta/zeta suppression using small interfering RNA technology interrupts intracellular signals and HUVEC migration and tube formation induced by HARP. These results establish the role of RPTPbeta/zeta as a receptor of HARP in HUVEC and elucidate the HARP signaling pathway in endothelial cells.
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MESH Headings
- Blotting, Western
- CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase
- Carrier Proteins/chemistry
- Carrier Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Movement
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen/pharmacology
- Cytokines/chemistry
- Cytokines/metabolism
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Combinations
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Endothelium, Vascular/cytology
- Endothelium, Vascular/metabolism
- Focal Adhesion Kinase 1
- Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
- Humans
- Immunoprecipitation
- Laminin/pharmacology
- Neovascularization, Pathologic
- Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism
- Phosphorylation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Proteoglycans/pharmacology
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Signal Transduction
- Time Factors
- src-Family Kinases
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- Apostolos Polykratis
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504 Patras, Greece
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Mintz MB, Sowers R, Brown KM, Hilmer SC, Mazza B, Huvos AG, Meyers PA, Lafleur B, McDonough WS, Henry MM, Ramsey KE, Antonescu CR, Chen W, Healey JH, Daluski A, Berens ME, Macdonald TJ, Gorlick R, Stephan DA. An expression signature classifies chemotherapy-resistant pediatric osteosarcoma. Cancer Res 2005; 65:1748-54. [PMID: 15753370 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-2463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumor in children. Osteosarcoma patients who respond poorly to chemotherapy are at a higher risk of relapse and adverse outcome. Therefore, it was the aim of this study to identify prognostic factors at the time of diagnosis to characterize the genes predictive of poor survival outcome and to identify potential novel therapeutic targets. Expression profiling of 30 osteosarcoma diagnostic biopsy samples, 15 with inferior necrosis following induction chemotherapy (Huvos I/II) and 15 with superior necrosis following induction chemotherapy (Huvos III/IV), was conducted using Affymetrix U95Av2 oligonucleotide microarrays. One hundred and four genes were found to be statistically significant and highly differentially expressed between Huvos I/II and III/IV patients. Statistically significant genes were validated on a small independent cohort comprised of osteosarcoma xenograft tumor samples. Markers of Huvos I/II response predominantly were gene products involved in extracellular matrix (ECM) microenvironment remodeling and osteoclast differentiation. A striking finding was the significant decrease in osteoprotegerin, an osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor. Additional genes involved in osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption, which were statistically different, include annexin 2, SMAD, PLA2G2A, and TGFbeta1. ECM remodeling genes include desmoplakin, SPARCL1, biglycan, and PECAM. Gene expression of select genes involved in tumor progression, ECM remodeling, and osteoclastogenesis were validated via quantitative reverse transcription-PCR in an independent cohort. We propose that osteosarcoma tumor-driven changes in the bone microenvironment contribute to the chemotherapy-resistant phenotype and offer testable hypotheses to potentially enhance therapeutic response.
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- Michelle B Mintz
- Neurogenomics Division and Genetic Basis of Human Disease Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, USA
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Grzelinski M, Bader N, Czubayko F, Aigner A. Ribozyme-targeting reveals the rate-limiting role of pleiotrophin in glioblastoma. Int J Cancer 2005; 117:942-51. [PMID: 15986444 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Glioblastomas (GBMs) are the most frequent malignant brain tumors with very limited treatment options and nearly all GBM patients dying within 1 year. Pleiotrophin (PTN, HB-GAM, HBNF, OSF-1) is a secreted growth factor that shows mitogenic, chemotactic and transforming activity. While PTN expression is tightly regulated during embryogenesis and very limited in normal adult tissues, a marked PTN upregulation is seen in tumors including glioblastomas. Targeting of the PTN receptors, ALK and RPTP-zeta, indicates a contribution of PTN-activated signaling pathways in glioblastomas. However, the relevance of PTN expression itself is unknown especially since, besides PTN, at least one more growth factor, midkine (MK), signals through ALK and is expressed in glioblastoma. Here we demonstrate the biologic relevance of PTN in 2 glioblastoma cell lines in vitro and in vivo. We show that stable ribozyme-targeting leads to a robust reduction of PTN mRNA and protein levels. This results in decreased cell proliferation, cell migration and soft agar colony formation in vitro. Comparing clonal ribozyme-transfected cells with different residual PTN levels, we establish a PTN gene-dose effect of glioblastoma cell proliferation. In a subcutaneous tumor xenograft mouse model, in vivo growth is markedly reduced upon PTN depletion, which is paralleled by decreased PTN serum levels. Furthermore, the immunohistochemical analysis of the tumors shows reduced angiogenesis in PTN-depleted tumors. We conclude that PTN is a rate-limiting growth factor in glioblastoma. Since PTN is overexpressed in glioblastomas but rarely found in normal tissue, PTN may represent an attractive therapeutic target.
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- Marius Grzelinski
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philipps-University School of Medicine, Marburg, Germany
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Malerczyk C, Schulte AM, Czubayko F, Bellon L, Macejak D, Riegel AT, Wellstein A. Ribozyme targeting of the growth factor pleiotrophin in established tumors: a gene therapy approach. Gene Ther 2004; 12:339-46. [PMID: 15496960 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The growth and metastasis of solid tumors relies on the activities of polypeptide growth factors to recruit stromal tissue and expand the tumor mass. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a secreted growth factor with angiogenic activity that has been found to contribute to the growth and metastasis of tumors including melanoma. Here, we present a gene therapy approach of targeting PTN in established tumors using ribozymes. Tetracycline-regulated ribozyme expression vectors were used to deplete conditionally PTN mRNA from melanoma xenograft tumors in vivo. We found that tetracycline-mediated initiation of ribozyme expression in established tumors reduced further tumor growth. Next, we generated synthetic anti-PTN ribozymes that inhibit PTN-dependent colony formation of cells in soft agar. Intraperitoneal administration of these synthetic ribozymes into nude mice inhibited growth of PTN-positive, subcutaneous melanoma. Furthermore, PTN released from the tumors into the circulation of mice was reduced after ribozyme treatment. These data show that ribozyme targeting of rate-limiting tumor growth factors could provide an efficient tool for cancer therapy and that the efficacy may be reflected in the reduction of the serum levels of the targeted protein, PTN.
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- C Malerczyk
- Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University, 3970 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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Kadomatsu K, Muramatsu T. Midkine and pleiotrophin in neural development and cancer. Cancer Lett 2004; 204:127-43. [PMID: 15013213 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(03)00450-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2002] [Accepted: 12/26/2002] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The midkine (MK) family consists of only two members, namely heparin-binding growth factors MK and pleiotrophin (PTN). During embryogenesis, MK is highly expressed in the mid-gestational period, whereas PTN expression reaches the maximum level around birth. Both proteins are localized in the radial glial processes of the embryonic brain, along which neural stem cells migrate and differentiate. Zebrafish and Xenopus MK can induce neural tissues. In addition, deposits of MK and/or PTN are found in neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple system atrophy. Both molecules are induced in reactive astrocytes by ischemic insults. In this context, it is interesting that LDL receptor-related protein is a receptor for MK and PTN, and this receptor has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. MK and PTN share receptors, and show similar biological activities that include fibrinolytic, anti-apoptotic, mitogenic, transforming, angiogenic, and chemotactic ones. These activities explain how these molecules are involved in carcinogenesis. MK is detected in human carcinoma specimens from pre-cancerous stages to advanced stages. Strong expression of PTN is also detected in several carcinomas, although, in general, MK is expressed more intensely and in a wide range of carcinomas than PTN. The blood MK level is frequently elevated in advanced human carcinomas, decreases after surgical removal of the tumors, and is correlated with prognostic factors. Thus, it is a good market for evaluating the progress of carcinomas. Furthermore, antisense oligonucleotides for MK and ribozymes for PTN show anti-tumor activity. Therefore, MK and PTN are candidate molecular targets for therapy for human carcinomas.
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- Kenji Kadomatsu
- Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.
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Soulié P, Héroult M, Bernard-Pierrot I, Caruelle D, Oglobine J, Barritault D, Courty J. Correlation of elevated plasma levels of two structurally related growth factors, heparin affin regulatory peptide and midkine, in advanced solid tumor patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 28:319-24. [PMID: 15542254 DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2004.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Heparin affin regulatory peptide (HARP) and midkine (MK) are growth factors, expressed in carcinomas, neuroblastomas and gliomas. In this study, we measured the levels of HARP and MK in plasma samples from 77 cancer patients. The patients had advanced tumors with loco-regional (n=18) or metastatic (n=49) diseases and 10 patients have their diseases limited to the primary site. HARP and MK plasma concentrations were significantly higher in all of these different subgroups of cancer patients (P<0.05 in all cases), when compared to healthy controls (n=30). Neither HARP nor MK levels were significantly different between patients with loco-regional and metastatic tumors (P=0.203 and 0.242, respectively). Moreover, a strong correlation between the elevations of the plasma levels of these two proteins (r2=0.546) in these cancer patients was found. Measurements of these secreted angiogenic growth factors may be useful for evaluation of cancer diagnosis.
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- Patrick Soulié
- Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Croissance, la Régénération et la Réparation Tissulaires, (CRRET) Université Paris XII-Val de Marne, FRE CNRS 2412, Créteil, France
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Ulbricht U, Brockmann MA, Aigner A, Eckerich C, Müller S, Fillbrandt R, Westphal M, Lamszus K. Expression and Function of the Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase ζ and Its Ligand Pleiotrophin in Human Astrocytomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2003; 62:1265-75. [PMID: 14692702 DOI: 10.1093/jnen/62.12.1265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Using subtractive cloning combined with cDNA array analysis, we previously identified the genes encoding for the protein tyrosine phosphatase zeta/receptor-type protein tyrosine phosphatase beta (PTPzeta/RPTPbeta) and its ligand pleiotrophin (PTN) as overexpressed in human glioblastomas compared to normal brain. Both molecules have been implicated in neuronal migration during central nervous system development, and PTN is known to be involved in tumor growth and angiogenesis. We confirm overexpression of both molecules at the protein level in astrocytic gliomas of different malignancy grades. PTPzeta/RPTPbeta immunoreactivity was associated with increasing malignancy grade and localized predominantly to the tumor cells. PTN immunoreactivity as determined by ELISA and immunohistochemistry analysis was increased in low-grade astrocytomas compared to normal brain. Further increase in malignant gliomas was marginal, and thus no correlation with malignancy grade or microvessel density was present. However, PTN levels were significantly associated with those of fibroblast growth factor-2, suggesting co-regulation of both factors. Functionally, PTN induced weak chemotactic and strong haptotactic migration of glioblastoma and cerebral microvascular endothelial cells. Haptotaxis of glioblastoma cells towards PTN was specifically inhibited by an anti-PTPzeta/RPTPbeta antibody. Our findings suggest that upregulated expression of PTN and PTPzeta/RPTPbeta in human astrocytic tumor cells can create an autocrine loop that is important for glioma cell migration. Although PTN is a secreted growth factor, it appears to exert its mitogenic effects mostly in a matrix-immobilized form, serving as a substrate for migrating tumor cells.
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- Ulrike Ulbricht
- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Aigner A, Brachmann P, Beyer J, Jäger R, Raulais D, Vigny M, Neubauer A, Heidenreich A, Weinknecht S, Czubayko F, Zugmaier G. Marked increase of the growth factors pleiotrophin and fibroblast growth factor-2 in serum of testicular cancer patients. Ann Oncol 2003; 14:1525-9. [PMID: 14504053 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdg416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Malignant tumors of the testis are among the most common cancers in men between the ages of 15 and 30 years. The sensitivity of detection of known tumor markers depends upon the tumor histology and stage. In other cancers, increased serum concentrations of various angiogenic growth factors have been described as potential markers for tumor progression and metastasis. One main histological feature of testicular cancer is profound angiogenesis. DESIGN In this study, we investigated by sensitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) the levels of various growth and angiogenesis factors in the serum of testicular cancer patients as compared with normal control subjects. For the most profoundly increased growth factors, pleiotrophin (PTN) and fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2), we furthermore analyzed tumor lysates by northern blotting, RT-PCR and ELISA. RESULTS We demonstrate a marked elevation of average serum levels of PTN ( approximately 20-fold) and of FGF-2 ( approximately 7-fold) in patients and expression of both growth factors in tumor biopsies. To a lesser extent, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) serum levels were increased, whereas FGF-4 and transforming growth factor-beta levels were similar to those in normal control subjects. Elevation of PTN, FGF-2, EGF and VEGF was detected in seminomatous as well as non-seminatous tumors, and even in early stages. CONCLUSIONS PTN and FGF-2 may represent promising new diagnostic markers for testicular cancer with high sensitivity even in early-stage testicular cancer. Further studies are warranted to extend our analyses.
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- A Aigner
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Philipps University School of Medicine, Marburg, Germany.
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Barthlen W, Flaadt D, Girgert R, Conzelmann J, Schweizer P, Zugmaier G, Buck M, Knabbe C. Significance of heparin-binding growth factor expression on cells of solid pediatric tumors. J Pediatr Surg 2003; 38:1296-304. [PMID: 14523809 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(03)00385-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND The heparin-binding growth factors pleiotrophin (PTN), midkine (MK), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) stimulate tumor cell proliferation and angiogenesis. In this study the authors wanted to know if these growth factors are expressed by cell lines and tumor tissue of solid pediatric tumors, growth factor expression is influenced by proinflammatory cytokines, and local growth factor concentration has an influence on experimental tumor growth. METHODS Growth factor mRNA expression was analyzed by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and protein secretion by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Neuroblastoma cells were suspended in solutions containing different growth factor concentrations before injection into the nude mice, which were given pentosan polysulfate (PPS) for antagonism. RESULTS The analyzed growth factors were expressed by most cells of solid malignant pediatric tumors. Their expression was not influenced by proinflammatory cytokines. The inhibition of tumor growth by PPS in the nude mouse model was dependent on the local growth factor concentration. High concentration excluded significant tumor suppression. CONCLUSIONS Because of the redundancy of growth factor expression and the abolishment of PPS efficacy by a high local growth factor concentration, the authors conclude that overall targeting of growth factors is a promising approach to cancer therapy in childhood.
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- Winfried Barthlen
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Brunet-de Carvalho N, Raulais D, Rauvala H, Souttou B, Vigny M. HB-GAM/Pleiotrophin and Midkine are differently expressed and distributed during retinoic acid-induced neural differentiation of P19 cells. Growth Factors 2003; 21:139-49. [PMID: 14708942 DOI: 10.1080/08977190310001621014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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HB-GAM/Pleiotrophin and Midkine (MK) are developmentally-regulated proteins with putative functions during cell growth and differentiation. Using the P19 cell which is a model to study the events associated with early development, we examined the expression and cellular localization of HB-GAM and MK during neural differentiation of P19 cells induced by retinoic acid (RA). The temporal expressions of HB-GAM and MK transcripts and both the levels and cellular localizations of the corresponding proteins appeared dramatically different. MK mRNA, already expressed in untreated P19 cells, was transiently increased by exposure to RA and then largely down regulated. More interestingly, HB-GAM which was not detected in untreated P19 cells was strongly expressed after 2 days of RA treatment and this expression persists throughout the duration of the culture suggesting that it could be involved in different aspects of this differentiation process.
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- Nicole Brunet-de Carvalho
- INSERM U 440/ UPM, Signalisation et Différenciation Cellulaires dans les Systèmes Nerveux et Musculaire, Institut du Fer à Moulin, 17 rue du Fer à Moulin F-75005 Paris, France
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