期刊
CANCER LETTERS
卷 281, 期 2, 页码 213-219出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2009.02.030
关键词
Periostin; Hypoxia; Apoptosis; Cell survival; Akt
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30400239, 30570935, 30871242]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Xiamen University
Periostin is a secreted protein and has been shown to be frequently overexpressed in various types of human cancers. We have previously reported that periostin potently promotes metastatic growth of colon cancer by augmenting cell survival. However, little is known about the functions of periostin in non-small-cell lung cancer. Here, we revealed that increased expression of periostin in non-small-cell lung cancer A549 cells was one kind of cellular responses to the stress of chemical-mimic hypoxia, and this effect could be regulated by hypoxia inducible growth factors, such as TGF-alpha and bFGF. We further demonstrated that RTK/PI3-K pathway activated by TGF-alpha and bFGF was evoked in upregulating the expression of periostin, and then periostin promoted the survival of A549 cells under hypoxic microenvironment via activation of Akt/PKB pathway. Therefore, periostin and the pathway that it involved might provide a target for lung cancer treatment. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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