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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
50
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-12-6
pubmed:abstractText
Secreted protein acidic, rich in cysteine (SPARC), is an extracellular matrix protein expressed in many advanced cancers, including malignant gliomas. We and others have previously shown that human glioma cell lines engineered to overexpress SPARC adopt an invasive phenotype. We now show that SPARC expression increases cell survival under stress initiated by serum withdrawal through a decrease in apoptosis. Phosphatidylinositol 3-OH kinase/AKT is a potent pro-survival pathway that contributes to the malignancy of gliomas. Cells expressing SPARC display increased AKT activation with decreased caspase 3/7 activity. Exogenous SPARC rapidly induces AKT phosphorylation, an effect that is blocked by a neutralizing SPARC antibody. Furthermore, AKT activation is essential for the anti-apoptotic effects of SPARC as the decreased apoptosis and caspase activity associated with SPARC expression can be blocked with dominant-negative AKT or a specific AKT inhibitor. As tumor cells face stressful microenvironments particularly during the process of invasion, these results suggest that SPARC functions, in part, to promote tumor progression by enabling tumor cells to survive under stressful conditions.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AKT1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP7 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspase 7, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Caspases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Culture Media, Serum-Free, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Osteonectin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
52200-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Caspase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Caspase 7, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Caspases, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Cattle, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Culture Media, Serum-Free, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Glioma, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Osteonectin, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:15469933-Recombinant Proteins
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Secreted protein acidic, rich in cysteine (SPARC), mediates cellular survival of gliomas through AKT activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't