Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner

  • Authors:
    • A. Miyoshi
    • Y. Kitajima
    • T. Ide
    • K. Ohtaka
    • H. Nagasawa
    • Y. Uto
    • H. Hori
    • K. Miyazaki
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  • Published online on: December 1, 2006     https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.6.1533
  • Pages: 1533-1539
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Abstract

Tumor hypoxia has been reported to induce tumor progression in several carcinomas. Current studies have shown that hypoxia inducible factor-1α (HIF-1α) is stabilized under hypoxic conditions and transactivates various genes related to cancer aggressiveness. In the present study, we examined whether hypoxia affects cancer invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma. We aimed to solve the molecular mechanism of tumor invasion under the hypoxic condition. We showed that tumor hypoxia accelerated cancer invasion in two hepatoma cell lines. Using Western blot and RT-PCR analyses we demonstrated striking evidence that the expression of HIF-1α, ETS-1, MMP-7 and MT1-MMP was strongly upregulated by hypoxic stimulation. To examine whether these invasion-related genes are regulated by HIF-1α, we treated hepatoma cells with TX-402, which was reported to repress HIF-1α expression. HIF-1α expression was strongly repressed by the TX-402 treatment. In contrast, the expression of ETS-1, MMP-7 and MT1-MMP mRNA was not affected by TX-402 treatment. We further established stable transfectants in which HIF-1α dominant negative vector was introduced into Hep3B cells (pHIF-1αDN). In the pHIF-1αDN cells, the expression of ETS-1, MMP-7 and MT1-MMP was not repressed. Moreover, the invasion activity of pHIF-1αDN was not altered, compared with that of the mock. In hepatoma cells, we provided evidence that hypoxic stress accelerates cancer invasion by upregulating ETS-1 and the MMP family by an HIF-1α-independent pathway.

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Miyoshi A, Kitajima Y, Ide T, Ohtaka K, Nagasawa H, Uto Y, Hori H and Miyazaki K: Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner. Int J Oncol 29: 1533-1539, 2006
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Miyoshi, A., Kitajima, Y., Ide, T., Ohtaka, K., Nagasawa, H., Uto, Y. ... Miyazaki, K. (2006). Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner. International Journal of Oncology, 29, 1533-1539. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.6.1533
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Miyoshi, A., Kitajima, Y., Ide, T., Ohtaka, K., Nagasawa, H., Uto, Y., Hori, H., Miyazaki, K."Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner". International Journal of Oncology 29.6 (2006): 1533-1539.
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Miyoshi, A., Kitajima, Y., Ide, T., Ohtaka, K., Nagasawa, H., Uto, Y., Hori, H., Miyazaki, K."Hypoxia accelerates cancer invasion of hepatoma cells by upregulating MMP expression in an HIF-1α-independent manner". International Journal of Oncology 29, no. 6 (2006): 1533-1539. https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.29.6.1533