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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a deadly malignancy that frequently metastasizes and that overexpresses transforming growth factor-beta s (TGF-beta s). To determine whether TGF-beta s can act to enhance the metastatic potential of PDAC, PANC-1 human pancreatic cancer cells were transfected with an expression construct encoding a soluble type II TGF-beta receptor (sT beta RII) that blocks cellular responsiveness to TGF-beta 1. When injected s.c. in athymic mice, PANC-1 clones expressing sT beta RII exhibited decreased tumor growth in comparison with sham-transfected cells and attenuated expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1), a gene associated with tumor growth. When tested in an orthotopic mouse model, these clones formed small intrapancreatic tumors that exhibited a suppressed metastatic capacity and decreased expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 and the metastasis-associated urokinase plasminogen activator. These results indicate that TGF-beta s act in vivo to enhance the expression of genes that promote the growth and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells and suggest that sT beta RII may ultimately have a therapeutic benefit in PDAC.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Transforming Growth..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Serine Proteinase Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TGFB1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tgfb1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/transforming growth factor-beta...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1535-7163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Serine Proteinase Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Transforming Growth Factor beta1, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12467210-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Soluble type II transforming growth factor-beta receptor attenuates expression of metastasis-associated genes and suppresses pancreatic cancer cell metastasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Biological Chemistry, and Pharmacology, University of California, Irvine, California 92697, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't