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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
Volume 162, Issue 4, Pages 1283-1291Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63924-7
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In the tumor cells exposed to hypoxia, hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1)-mediated adaptation responses such as angiogenesis and anaerobic metabolism are induced for their survival. We have recently reported that the constitutive expression of HIF-1alpha renders pancreatic cancer cells resistant to apoptosis induced by hypoxia and glucose deprivation. We then established dominant-negative HIF-1alpha (dnHIF-1alpha) transfectants and examined their susceptibility to apoptosis and growth inhibition induced by hypoxia and glucose deprivation in vitro and their tumorigenicity in SCID mice. We further examined the expressions of aldolase A and Glut-1 in vitro and Glut-1 expression and glucose uptake in the tumor tissues and microvessel counts in the tumor tissues. As a result, dnHIF-1alpha rendered the pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to apoptosis and growth inhibition induced by hypoxia and glucose deprivation. Also it abrogated the enhanced expression of Glut-1 and aldolase A mRNAs under hypoxia and reduced the expression of Glut-1 and the glucose uptake in the tumor tissues and consequently in vivo tumorigenicity. We found no significant difference in the microvessel counts among the tumor tissues. From these results, we suggest that the disruption of the HIF-1 pathway Iight be effective in the treatment of pancreatic cancers.
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