期刊
JOURNAL OF CANCER
卷 11, 期 9, 页码 2560-2571出版社
IVYSPRING INT PUBL
DOI: 10.7150/jca.40558
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Bone morphogenetic protein 4; hepatocellular carcinoma; vasculogenic mimicry; epithelial-mesenchymal transition; sternness
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资金
- Key project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [81230050, 81172046, 81173091]
- Key project of the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation [12JCZDJC23600]
- Cooperation project of China-Sweden [09ZCZDSF04400]
Vasculogenic mimicry (VM) is linked to vascular invasion of human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). BMP4, one BMP family member, is upregulated in several cancers. The purpose of this report is to identify the function of BMP4 in the formation of VM in HCC and the mechanism underling this regulation. In our report, BMP4 up-regulation resulted in an increase in migration, invasion and channel-like structure formation as well as induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process and stem cell-associated proteins OCT4 and SOX2 expression in HCC cells. In addition, The VM-associated proteins, including EphA2, VE-cadherin and MMP2, also could be effectively enhanced by the overexpression of BMP4. Furthermore, according to the TCGA database, higher expression of BMP4 is seen in HCC in contrast to normal liver samples. Immunohistochemistry revealed that BMP4 was positively associated with VM formation, age, histological differentiation, HCC stage, and shorter survival duration. These data demonstrated that BMP4 could promote VM network formation in HCC through induction of stemness in EMT and modulating the EphA2NE-cadherin/MMP2 signaling pathway.
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