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ONCOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 28, Issue 3, Pages 874-882Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/or.2012.1880
Keywords
Notch signaling pathway; matrix metalloproteinase; vascular endothelial growth factor; extracellular signal-regulated kinase; invasion; hepatocellular carcinoma
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30872480]
- Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81030010/H0318]
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common malignancies. The main cause of death in HCC patients is tumor progression with invasion and metastasis. However, the underlying mechanisms of HCC invasion and metastasis are still not fully understood. Some studies show that the Notch signaling pathway may participate in tumor invasion and metastasis. However, the mechanisms by which the Notch signaling pathway mediates tumor cell invasion, especially in hepatocellular carcinoma, are not yet known. In the current study, we investigated the anti-invasion effect of the downregulation of the Notch signaling pathway by DAPT in HCC cells. The Notch signaling pathway inhibitor could suppress invasion of HCC cells via the extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 (ERK1/2) signaling pathways, resulting in the downregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 (MMP-2 and -9) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). These observations suggested that inhibition of the Notch signaling pathway by DAPT would be useful for devising novel preventive and therapeutic strategies targeting invasion of HCC.
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