The role of interleukin-8 and its receptors in gliomagenesis and tumoral angiogenesis
| Autor: | Erwin G. Van Meir, Daniel J. Brat, Anita C. Bellail |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Cancer Research
Chemokine Neovascularization Pathologic Brain Neoplasms Angiogenesis Interleukin-8 Symposium on Angiogenesis Part 1 Glioma Biology medicine.disease Receptors Interleukin-8A Oncology Cancer research medicine biology.protein Animals Humans Neurology (clinical) Interleukin 8 CXC chemokine receptors Signal transduction Receptor Transcription factor Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | Neuro-Oncology. 7:122-133 |
| ISSN: | 1523-5866 1522-8517 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/s1152851704001061 |
| Popis: | Interleukin-8 (IL-8, or CXCL8), which is a chemokine with a defining CXC amino acid motif that was initially characterized for its leukocyte chemotactic activity, is now known to possess tumorigenic and proangiogenic properties as well. In human gliomas, IL-8 is expressed and secreted at high levels both in vitro and in vivo, and recent experiments suggest it is critical to glial tumor neovascularity and progression. Levels of IL-8 correlate with histologic grade in glial neoplasms, and the most malignant form, glioblastoma, shows the highest expression in pseudopalisading cells around necrosis, suggesting that hypoxia/anoxia may stimulate expression. In addition to hypoxia/anoxia stimulation, increased IL-8 in gliomas occurs in response to Fas ligation, death receptor activation, cytosolic Ca(2+), TNF-alpha, IL-1, and other cytokines and various cellular stresses. The IL-8 promoter contains binding sites for the transcription factors NF-kappaB, AP-1, and C-EBP/NF-IL-6, among others. AP-1 has been shown to mediate IL-8 upregulation by anoxia in gliomas. The potential tumor suppressor ING4 was recently shown to be a critical regulator of NF-kappaB-mediated IL-8 transcription and subsequent angiogenesis in gliomas. The IL-8 receptors that could contribute to IL-8-mediated tumorigenic and angiogenic responses include CXCR1 and CXCR2, both of which are G-protein coupled, and the Duffy antigen receptor for cytokines, which has no defined intracellular signaling capabilities. The proangiogenic activity of IL-8 occurs predominantly following binding to CXCR2, but CXCR1 appears to contribute as well through independent, small-GTPase activity. A precise definition of the mechanisms by which IL-8 exerts its proangiogenic functions requires further study for the development of effective IL-8-targeted therapies. |
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