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BIOSCIENCE REPORTS
Volume 40, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BSR20201169
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- Scientific Research Project of Heilongjiang Health and Family Planning Commission [2018199]
- Basic scientific research project of provincial colleges and universities in Heilongjiang Province [2019-KYYWF-1346]
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CXCL8, a member of CXC chemokines, was constitutively expressed in many types of human cancers, and its overexpression has been shown to play a critical role in promoting tumorigenesis. The purpose of the present study was to determine CXCL8 expression in a commercial human liver tissue microarray, and elucidate the effects and underlying mechanisms by which CXCL8 is involved in the malignant progression of human liver cancer. Our data showed that high level expression of CXCL8 in tissues with liver cancer was identified as compared with non-cancer tissues, and its up-regulation was closely associated with clinical stage and tumor infiltration. In vitro, exogenous CXCL8 at concentrations of 10, 20 or 40 ng/ml obviously stimulated the proliferation abilities of HepG2 cells. Coupled with this, 10, 20 or 40 ng/ml of exogenous CXCL8 also triggered a significant elevation in HepG2 cells migration. Additionally, overexpression of CXCL8 in HepG2 cells also resulted in increased cell proliferation and migration capacities. Finally, Western blotting analysis showed that overexpression of CXCL8 increased the expression of ERK, p-ERK and survivin, decreased the expression of caspase-3 and BAX at protein level.
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