VEGF-C mediates RhoGDI2-induced gastric cancer cell metastasis and cisplatin resistance

Autor: Gyung-Hyuck Ko, Seung-Ho Park, Sang-Ho Jeong, Hee Jun Cho, Sang Soo Kang, Jiyun Yoo, In-Kyu Kim, Soon-Chan Hong, Jae Won Kim, Young-Joon Lee, In-Koo Nam, Ki-Jun Ryu, Jungil Choi, Chang-Won Lee, Sun-Mi Park, Jinhyun Ryu, Kyoung Eun Baek
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: International Journal of Cancer. 135:1553-1563
ISSN: 0020-7136
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28801
Popis: Rho GDP dissociation inhibitor 2 (RhoGDI2) expression is correlated with tumor growth, metastasis and chemoresistance in gastric cancer. However, the mechanisms by which RhoGDI2 promotes tumor cell survival and metastasis remain unclear. In this study, we clearly demonstrate that RhoGDI2 upregulates VEGF-C expression and RhoGDI2 expression is positively correlated with VEGF-C expression in human gastric tumor tissues as well as parental gastric cancer cell lines. VEGF-C depletion suppressed RhoGDI2-induced gastric cancer metastasis and sensitized RhoGDI2-overexpressing cells to cisplatin-induced apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. Secreted VEGF-C enhanced gastric cancer cell invasion and conferred cisplatin resistance to RhoGDI2-overexpressing cells. We also show that RhoGDI2 positively regulates Rac1 activity in gastric cancer cells. Inhibition of Rac1 expression suppressed RhoGDI2-induced VEGF-C expression, and this inhibition was associated with decreased invasiveness and increased sensitivity to cisplatin in RhoGDI2-overexpressing cells. Our results indicate that RhoGDI2 might be a potential therapeutic target for simultaneously reducing metastasis risk and enhancing chemotherapy efficacy in gastric cancer.
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