期刊
TOXICOLOGY
卷 285, 期 1-2, 页码 25-30出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2011.03.016
关键词
TLR4; Nickel; Human lung cancer; Invasive potential
资金
- Science & Technology Department of Pudong New Area [PKJ2009-Y05]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB503800]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81071744]
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a close correlation between nickel exposure and the incidence of lung cancer. Several studies have suggested that nickel contributes to tumor progression of human lung cancer. In this in vitro study, we found that nickel, as nickel chloride, could significantly enhance the invasive potential of human lung cancer cells, accompanied by elevated expression of IL-8, TGF-beta, MMP2 and MMP9 in human lung cancer cells. Importantly, we demonstrated that nickel could activate TLR4 signaling in human lung cancer cells. Further studies showed that the TLR4/MyD88 signaling conferred the enhanced invasive potential of human lung cancer cells induced by nickel. Finally, we revealed that the p38MAPK pathway and NF-kB pathway were necessary for the enhanced invasive potential of human lung cancer cells induced by nickel. Our data provide a mechanistic explanation for nickel induced invasion of human lung cancer, and they suggest new strategies for nickel-related lung cancer clinical biotherapies. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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