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STAT3 activation in monocytes accelerates liver cancer progression

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العنوان: STAT3 activation in monocytes accelerates liver cancer progression
المؤلفون: Wu Wen-Yong, Li Jun, Wu Zheng-Sheng, Zhang Chang-Le, Meng Xiang-Ling
المصدر: BMC Cancer, Vol 11, Iss 1, p 506 (2011)
بيانات النشر: BMC
سنة النشر: 2011
المجموعة: Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles
مصطلحات موضوعية: STAT3, Liver cancer, Inflammation, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
الوصف: Background Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is an important transcription factor ubiquitously expressed in different cell types. STAT3 plays an essential role in cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. Aberrantly hyper-activated STAT3 signaling in cancer cells and in the tumor microenvironment has been detected in a wide variety of human cancers and is considered an important factor for cancer initiation, development, and progression. However, the role of STAT3 activation in monocytes in the development of HCC has not been well understood. Methods Immunohistochemical analysis of phosphorylated STAT3 was performed on tissue microarray from HCC patients. Using a co-culture system in vivo, HCC cell growth was determined by the MTT assay. In vivo experiments were conducted with mice given diethylinitrosamine (DEN), which induces HCC was used to investigate the role of STAT3 expression in monocytes on tumor growth. Real-time PCR was used to determine the expression of cell proliferation and cell arrest associated genes in the tumor and nontumor tissue from liver. Results Phosphorylated STAT3 was found in human hepatocellular carcinoma tissue samples and was expressed in tumor cells and also in monocytes. Phosphorylated STAT3 expression in monocyte was significantly correlated to advanced clinical stage of HCC and a poor prognosis. Using a co-culture system in vivo, monocytes promoted HCC cell growth via the IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway. The STAT3 inhibitor, NSC 74859, significantly suppressed tumor growth in vivo in mice with diethylinitrosamine (DEN)-induced HCC. In this animal model, blockade of STAT3 with NSC 74859 induced tumor cell apoptosis, while inhibiting both tumor cells and monocytes proliferation. Furthermore, NSC 74859 treatment suppressed cancer associated inflammation in DEN-induce HCC. Conclusion Our data suggest constitutively activated STAT3 monocytes promote liver tumorigenesis in clinical patients and animal experiments. Thus, STAT3 in tumor ...
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1471-2407
Relation: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/11/506; https://doaj.org/toc/1471-2407; https://doaj.org/article/51c3f8c507704ce29a0a644c5b55e164
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-11-506
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-11-506
https://doaj.org/article/51c3f8c507704ce29a0a644c5b55e164
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.BDF88F2C
قاعدة البيانات: BASE
الوصف
تدمد:14712407
DOI:10.1186/1471-2407-11-506