Journal
MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 9, Pages 1473-1484Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.molonc.2016.08.002
Keywords
BGN; Endothelial cells; TLR2/4; VEGF; Angiogenesis; GC
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- National Natural Science foundation of China [91529302, 81572798, 81272749]
- Key Projects in the National Science & Technology Pillar Program of China [2014BAI09B03]
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Biglycan (BGN) is an important component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) that is implicated in a variety of human cancers. In our previous study, we reported that BGN was over expressed in gastric cancer (GC) tissues and promoted cancer metastasis. Moreover, the tubular formation capacity in HUVECs was promoted by stimulation with culture media from BGN-overexpressing GC cells, but the exact underlying mechanism is still unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine the role and molecular mechanism of BGN in VEGF expression in endothelial cells. We found that BGN stimulation of endothelial cells increased the interaction between NF-kB and the HIF-1 alpha promoter, leading to enhanced promoter activity and increased HIF-1 alpha mRNA levels, as well as augmented HIF-1 activity that resulted in VEGF expression. All of this was dependent on the interaction of BGN with its receptors, TLR2 and TLR4. Moreover, we found that BGN enhanced endothelial cell migration and proliferation, as well as tube formation, in a TLR signaling pathway dependent manner. In addition, endothelial cell-derived VEGF in turn was found to act on GC cells and promotes their migration. The combined findings of our current and previous studies suggest that BGN secreted from GC cells into the tumor stroma promotes GC development, as well as its progression, potentially through the chronic activation of tumor angiogenesis. (C) 2016 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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