Role of TGF-β1-activated p38 MAPK in up-regulation of PAI-1 expression by TGF-β1 in human ovarian cancer cells |
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Authors: | PAN Xiao-yu WANG Yan HUANG Gao-xiang LU Jian QU Shen |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Endocrinology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University, Shanghai 200072, China;
2. Department of Pathophysiology, The Second Military Medical University, Shanghai 200443, China |
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Abstract: | AIM: To investigate the relationship between up-regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1(PAI-1) expression and activation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase(p38 MAPK) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase(ERK) pathways by TGF-β1 in human ovarian cancer cells. METHODS: PAI-1 expression in human ovarian cancer cells treated with TGF-β1(10 μg/L)was assayed by real-time PCR and Western blotting. The activation of p38 MAPK and ERK was determined by Western blotting using phosphorylated p38 MAPK and phosphorylated ERK antibodies. Specific p38 MAPK inhibitor(SB203580) or ERK inhibitor(PD98059) was used to inhibit their activation. RESULTS: TGF-β1 up-regulated the expression of PAI-1, and activated p38 MAPK and ERK pathways in the ovarian cancer cells. Inhibition of p38 MAPK activation by SB203580 resulted in significant inhibition of the mRNA expression of PAI-1 induced by TGF-β1. However, inhibition of ERK activation did not significantly alter TGF-β1-induced increase in PAI-1 mRNA level. CONCLUSION: TGF-β1-activated p38 MAPK pathway contributes to the up-regulation of PAI-1 expression by TGF-β1 in ovarian cancer cells. |
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Keywords: | Transforming growth factorβ1 Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase Extracellular signal-regulated kinase Ovarian neoplasms |
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