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Bcl-2 promotes invasion and lung metastasis by inducing matrix metalloproteinase-2
- Title
- Bcl-2 promotes invasion and lung metastasis by inducing matrix metalloproteinase-2
- Authors
- Choi J.; Choi K.; Benveniste E.N.; Hong Y.-S.; Lee J.-H.; Kim J.; Park K.
- Ewha Authors
- 홍영숙
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 홍영숙
- Issue Date
- 2005
- Journal Title
- Cancer Research
- ISSN
- 0008-5472
- Citation
- Cancer Research vol. 65, no. 13, pp. 5554 - 5560
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- Bcl-2 is involved in the progression of human malignancies, but the precise role and mechanism of Bcl-2 for tumor invasion and metastasis remains unclear. In this study, we have investigated the role and mechanism of Bcl-2 on tumor cell invasion and metastasis by using Bcl-2 overexpressing non-small cell lung cancer cells. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are important proteins involved in the processes of tumor invasion and metastasis. In vitro Matrigel invasion assays showed that Bcl-2 overexpression increased tumor cell invasion by 15-fold. Moreover, Bcl-2 overexpression enhanced in vivo lung metastasis by 4-fold. Consistent with its effect on invasion and metastasis, Bcl-2 overexpression induced not only MMP-2 mRNA and its protein expression, but this also activated the pro-MMP-2 protein to its active form. To explore the induction mechanism of MMP-2 by Bcl-2, we investigated the effects of Bcl-2 overexpression on MMP-2 transcriptional regulation. Nuclear run-on assays showed a 6-fold increase in the transcription rate of MMP-2 mRNA in the Bcl-2 transfectants (H157/Bcl-2) compared with that of the H157/vector control cells (H157/C). Overexpression of Bcl-2 induced the nuclear transcription factor activator protein 1 family, including the c-Jun, JunD, c-Fos, FosB, and Fra-1 proteins. Reporter assays combined with deletion mutagenesis analysis and gel shift assays showed the involvement of activator protein 1 in the activation of MMP-2 promoter activity by Bcl-2. Taken together, we have shown that Bcl-2 promotes tumor invasion and lung metastasis by inducing MMP-2 gene expression through the combined action of transcriptional and posttranslational mechanisms. ©2005 American Association for Cancer Research.
- DOI
- 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-04-4570
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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