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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
23
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-20
pubmed:abstractText
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) has been linked to fundamental processes such as control of cell proliferation, cell survival, angiogenesis, and tumor progression. The expression of MIF has been reported in several tumors. However, the precise role of MIF in tumor cells remains unclear. In the present study, we investigated the expression pattern and the function of MIF in neuroblastoma. Our results showed that intracellular MIF was upregulated in neuroblastoma tumor tissues and cell lines. MIF protein expression significantly correlated with the grade of tumor differentiation. In addition, we found that MIF induced a significant dose-dependent increase of vascular endothelial growth factor and interleukin-8 secretion. We also observed that an increased MIF expression level correlated with N-Myc protein (the N-myc oncogene product) expression in neuroblastoma tissues. MIF increased the expression of N-myc mRNA and N-Myc protein and induced N-Myc translocation from the cytoplasm to nucleus in neuroblastoma cell lines. MIF-induced N-Myc expression was found to be dependent on ERK signaling pathways. The inhibition of ERK activation reduced MIF-mediated N-Myc expression. These results suggest that MIF may contribute to the progression of neuroblastoma by (a) inducing N-Myc expression and (b) upregulating the expression of angiogenic factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4146-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Upregulation of macrophage migration inhibitory factor contributes to induced N-Myc expression by the activation of ERK signaling pathway and increased expression of interleukin-8 and VEGF in neuroblastoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China. yren@hkucc.hku.hk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article