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ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 3625-3630出版社
ASIAN PACIFIC ORGANIZATION CANCER PREVENTION
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.6.3625
关键词
Mesothelioma; reactive oxygen species; epithelial to mesenchymal transition; stemness; HIF1 alpha
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2012R1A2038477]
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are known to promote mesothelial carcinogenesis that is closely associated with asbestos fibers and inflammation. Epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition (EMT) is an important process involved in the progression of tumors, providing cancer cells with aggressiveness. The present study was performed to determine if EMT is induced by H2O2 in human malignant mesothelioma (HMM) cells. Cultured HMM cells were treated with H2O2, followed by measuring expression levels of EMT-related genes and proteins. Immunohistochemically, TWIST1 expression was confined to sarcomatous cells in HMM tissues, but not in epithelioid cells. Treatment of HMM cells with H2O2 promoted EMT, as indicated by increased expression levels of vimentin, SLUG and TWIST1, and decreased E-cadherin expression. Expression of stemness genes such as OCT4, SOX2 and NANOG was also significantly increased by treatment of HMM cells with H2O2. Alteration of these genes was mediated via activation of hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) and transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1). Considering that treatment with H2O2 results in excess ROS, the present study suggests that oxidative stress may play a critical role in HMM carcinogenesis by promoting EMT processes and enhancing the expression of stemness genes.
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