Journal
ONCOTARGET
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 4310-4325Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6708
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MAPK; miR-374b; VEGF-A; angiogenesis; osteosarcoma
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan [MOST 103-2628-B-039-002, NSC 101-2314-B-039-002-MY3, MOST 103-2320-B-075A-001-MY3]
- China Medical University Hospital [DMR-103-060]
- Taichung Veterans General Hospital [TCVGH-1045102B]
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Osteosarcoma is the most frequent bone tumor, characterized by a high metastatic potential. However, the crosstalk between chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3 (CCL3), which facilitates tumor progression and metastasis. Vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A), an angiogenesis inducer and a highly specific mitogen for endothelial cells, has not been well explored in human osteosarcoma. Here we demonstrate the correlation of CCL3 and VEGF-A expressions, quantified by immunohistochemistry, with the tumor stage of human osteosarcoma tissues. Furthermore, CCL3 promotes VEGF-A expression in human osteosarcoma cells that subsequently induces human endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) migration and tube formation. Phosphorylation of JNK, ERK, and p38 was found after CCL3 stimulation. In addition, JNK, ERK, and p38 inhibitors also abolished CCL3-induced VEGF-A expression and angiogenesis. We noted that CCL3 reduces the expression of miR-374b and miR374b mimic by reversing CCL3-promoted VEGF-A expression and angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. This study shows that CCL3 promotes VEGF-A expression and angiogenesis in human osteosarcoma cells by down-regulating miR-374b expression via JNK, ERK, and p38 signaling pathways. Thus, CCL3 may be a new molecular therapeutic target in osteosarcoma angiogenesis and metastasis.
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