Accumulation of extracellular matrix in the liver induces high metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma to the lung

  • Authors:
    • S. Sawada
    • K. Murakami
    • J. Murata
    • K. Tsukada
    • I. Saiki
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  • Published online on: July 1, 2001     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.19.1.65
  • Pages: 65-70
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Abstract

The liver undergoes pathogenic changes such as hepatitis, fibrosis and cirrhosis under continuous stimulation by hepatitis virus or alcohol intake, leading to the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. The metastatic potential of HCC can be positively or negatively regulated by pathogenic alterations of liver. We investigated whether the metastatic abilities of HCC after orthotopic implantation can be influenced in the fibrotic liver by continuous injection of carbon-tetrachloride (CCl4) for seven weeks. The incidence of lung metastasis after orthotopic implantation of murine HCC (CBO140C12) fragments into CCl4-treated livers was higher than into normal livers. The amount of mRNA for MMP-2 increased in the CCl4-treated livers as compared with normal livers, and CBO140C12 cells constitutively expressed mRNA for MT1-MMP in early amplification cycles by RT-PCR. In addition, we found that the culture of CBO140C12 cells on the substrates pre-coated with ECM components increased the expression of MMP-2 mRNA. Thus, enhanced incidence of lung metastasis in the fibrotic liver might be partly due to: i) over-expression of MMP-2 in the fibrotic liver in cooperation with MT1-MMP on the CBO140C12 cell surface, ii) over-expression of MMP-2 in CBO140C12 cells, possibly mediated by the interaction of tumor cells (surface integrins) with accumulated ECM in the fibrotic liver. This is the first report showing that increase of MMP-2 in the fibrotic liver can influence the metastatic potential of HCC cells.

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July 2001
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Sawada S, Murakami K, Murata J, Tsukada K and Saiki I: Accumulation of extracellular matrix in the liver induces high metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma to the lung. Int J Oncol 19: 65-70, 2001
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Sawada, S., Murakami, K., Murata, J., Tsukada, K., & Saiki, I. (2001). Accumulation of extracellular matrix in the liver induces high metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma to the lung. International Journal of Oncology, 19, 65-70. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.19.1.65
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Sawada, S., Murakami, K., Murata, J., Tsukada, K., Saiki, I."Accumulation of extracellular matrix in the liver induces high metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma to the lung". International Journal of Oncology 19.1 (2001): 65-70.
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Sawada, S., Murakami, K., Murata, J., Tsukada, K., Saiki, I."Accumulation of extracellular matrix in the liver induces high metastatic potential of hepatocellular carcinoma to the lung". International Journal of Oncology 19, no. 1 (2001): 65-70. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.19.1.65