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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Angiogenesis is essential for tumor growth and metastasis. Although ELR(+)-CXC-chemokines and their corresponding receptor, CXC-receptor 2 (CXCR2), are known mediators of angiogenesis, little is known about their role in pancreatic cancer (PaCa). The aim of our study was to determine the role of ELR(+)-CXC-chemokine/CXCR2 biological axis in promoting PaCa angiogenesis. We prospectively collected secretin-stimulated exocrine pancreatic secretions (SSEPS) from normal individuals (NP) and PaCa patients. We showed that summed concentrations of ELR(+)-CXC-chemokines in SSEPS from PaCa patients were significantly higher than in those from NP (p = 0.002). We measured ELR(+)-CXC-chemokine levels in supernatants from multiple PaCa cell lines and confirmed that BxPC-3, Colo-357 and Panc-28 had significantly higher expression compared with an immortalized human pancreatic ductal epithelial (HPDE) cell line. After confirming lack of autocrine effects of ELR(+)-CXC-chemokines on PaCa cells (due to absence of CXCR2 expression), we investigated paracrine effects of these chemokines on human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC). Both recombinant ELR(+)-CXC-chemokines and co-culturing with BxPC-3 significantly enhanced proliferation, invasion, and tube formation of HUVEC (p < 0.05). These biological effects were significantly inhibited by treatment with a neutralizing antibody against CXCR2 (anti-CXCR2 Ab) (p < 0.05). Finally, anti-CXCR2 Ab significantly reduced tumor volume (p < 0.05), Ki-67 proliferation index (p = 0.043) and Factor VIII(+) microvessel density (p = 0.004) in an orthotopic nude mouse PaCa model. Our results show that ELR(+)-CXC-chemokines promote PaCa tumor-associated angiogenesis through CXCR2, suggesting that CXCR2 is an anti-angiogenic target in PaCa.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1097-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
2009 UICC.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
125
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1027-37
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Chemokines, CXC, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Neovascularization, Pathologic, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Pilot Projects, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Receptors, Interleukin-8B, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Secretin, pubmed-meshheading:19431209-Umbilical Veins
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
CXC-chemokine/CXCR2 biological axis promotes angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo in pancreatic cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural