Abstract 33: In vitro functional study of Ang 2 in colorectal cancer cell line and the significance of Ang 2 expression in colorectal cancer patients
| Autor: | Chang-Jin Kim, Sang Byung Bae, Han Jo Kim, Sang-Han Lee, Tae Sung Ahn, Moo Jun Baek, Dongjun Jeong, Tae Hyun Kim |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Cancer Research. 74:33-33 |
| ISSN: | 1538-7445 0008-5472 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Angiopoietin 2 (Ang-2) is an important regulator of angiogenesis, blood vessel maturation and integrity of the vascular endothelium. The correlation between the dynamic expression of Ang-2 in tumors with regions of high angiogenic activity and a poor prognosis in many tumor types makes Ang-2 an ideal drug target. The function and mechanism of Angiopoietin 2 in colorectal cancer proliferation, invasion, metastasis and angiogenesis have not been fully elucidated to date. The aim of present study was to evaluate the biological roles of Ang-2 in the colorectal cancer cell line and to correlate the Ang-2 overexpression with the clinicopathological factors of colorectal cancers. Methods: The biological roles of Ang-2 were investigated in LoVo colorectal cancer cell line that expresses high level of Ang-2 by knockdown Ang-2 with shRNA transfection. The functional roles of Ang-2 were evaluated by invasion assay, wound healing cell migration assay, MTT assay and tube formation assay. Moreover, Ang-2 expression was investigated by immunohistochemistry on tissue microarrays of 415 cases of colorectal cancer and the association of Ang-2 expression was examined with clinicopathologic features. Results: The LoVo cell line knockdowned Ang-2 by shRNA revealed significant decreases of viability, invasion, migration and tube formation compared to that of control (p Conclusion: The overexpression of Ang-2 is significantly associated with tumor progression rather than carcinogenesis in colorectal cancer. It can be a valuable poor prognostic marker of colorectal cancer and the Ang-2 can be used in therapeutic strategies. Citation Format: Moo Jun Baek, Dongjun Jeong, Chang-Jin Kim, Tae Hyun Kim, Han Jo Kim, Tae Sung Ahn, Sang Byung Bae, Sang Han Lee. In vitro functional study of Ang 2 in colorectal cancer cell line and the significance of Ang 2 expression in colorectal cancer patients. [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 105th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research; 2014 Apr 5-9; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2014;74(19 Suppl):Abstract nr 33. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-33 |
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