Research Papers:
Myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88-leukotriene B4 receptor 2 cascade mediates lipopolysaccharide-potentiated invasiveness of breast cancer cells
Metrics: PDF 2227 views | HTML 3661 views | ?
Abstract
Geun-Soo Park1 and Jae-Hong Kim1
1 College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Correspondence:
Jae-Hong Kim, email:
Keywords: LPS, MyD88, Invasiveness, BLT2, IL-6/IL-8
Received: December 03, 2014 Accepted: January 02, 2015 Published: January 21, 2015
Abstract
Inflammation and local inflammatory mediators are inextricably linked to tumor progression through complex pathways in the tumor microenvironment. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exposure to tumor cells has been suggested to promote tumor invasiveness and metastasis. However, the detailed signaling mechanism involved has not been elucidated. In this study, we showed that LPS upregulated the expression of leukotriene B4 receptor-2 (BLT2) and the synthesis of BLT2 ligands in MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-435 breast cancer cells, thereby promoting invasiveness. BLT2 depletion with siRNA clearly attenuated LPS-induced invasiveness. In addition, we demonstrated that myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88 (MyD88) lies upstream of BLT2 in LPS-potentiated invasiveness and that this ‘MyD88-BLT2’ cascade mediates activation of NF-κB and the synthesis of IL-6 and IL-8, which are critical for the invasiveness and aggression of breast cancer cells. LPS-driven metastasis of MDA-MB-231 cells was also markedly suppressed by the inhibition of BLT2. Together, our results demonstrate, for the first time, that LPS potentiates the invasiveness and metastasis of breast cancer cells via a ‘MyD88-BLT2’-linked signaling cascade.
All site content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
PII: 3304