کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2151756 1090020 2011 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Activation of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator and Its Receptor Axis Is Essential for Macrophage Infiltration in a Prostate Cancer Mouse Model 1
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی تحقیقات سرطان
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Activation of Urokinase Plasminogen Activator and Its Receptor Axis Is Essential for Macrophage Infiltration in a Prostate Cancer Mouse Model 1
چکیده انگلیسی

Macrophages within the tumor microenvironment promote angiogenesis, extracellular matrix breakdown, and tumor cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. Activation of the urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) and its receptor (uPAR) axis promotes prostate cancer tumorigenicity, invasion, metastasis, and survival within the tumor microenvironment. The link between macrophage infiltration and the uPA/uPAR axis in prostate cancer development has not been established, although it has been reported that uPA plays a critical role in monocyte and macrophage chemotaxis. In this study, murine prostate cancer RM-1 cells were subcutaneously inoculated into wild-type (WT), uPA−/−, and uPAR−/− mice. Tumor volume was significantly diminished in both uPA−/− and uPAR−/− mice compared with WT controls. Greater inhibition of tumor volume was also observed in uPA−/− mice compared with uPAR−/− mice, suggesting the important contribution of stromal-derived uPA to sustain the tumor growth. Immunohistochemical staining revealed that tumors in uPA−/− and uPAR−/− mice displayed significantly lower proliferative indices, higher apoptotic indices, and less neovascularity compared with the tumors in WT mice. Tumors in uPA−/− and uPAR−/− mice displayed significantly less macrophage infiltration as demonstrated by F4/80 staining and MAC3+ cell numbers by flow cytometry compared with the tumors from WT mice. These findings suggest that the uPA/uPAR axis acts in both autocrine and paracrine manners in the tumor microenvironment, and activation of uPA/uPAR axis is essential for macrophage infiltration into prostate tumors.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Neoplasia - Volume 13, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 23-30