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High mobility group box 1 activates caspase-1 and promotes hepatocellular carcinoma invasiveness and metastases.
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PMID:  22234969     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Hypoxia is often found in solid tumors and is associated with tumor progression and poor clinical outcomes. The exact mechanisms related to hypoxia-induced invasion and metastasis remain unclear. We elucidated the mechanism by which the nuclear damage associated molecular pattern molecule, high mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), released under hypoxic stress can induce an inflammatory response to promote invasion and metastasis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. Caspase-1 activation was found to occur in hypoxic HCC cells in a process that was dependent on the extracellular release of HMGB1 and subsequent activation of both TLR4 and RAGE signaling pathways. Downstream from hypoxia induced caspase-1 activation, cleavage and release of proinflammatory cytokines, IL-1β and IL-18 occurred. We further demonstrate that overexpression of HMGB1 or treatment with recombinant HMGB1 enhanced invasiveness of HCC cells while stable knockdown of HMGB1 remarkably reduced HCC invasion. Moreover, in a murine model of HCC pulmonary metastasis, stable knockdown of HMGB1 suppressed HCC invasion and metastasis. Conclusion: These results suggest that in hypoxic HCC cells, HMGB1 activates TLR4 and RAGE signaling pathways to induce caspase-1 activation with subsequent production of multiple inflammatory mediators which in turn promotes cancer invasion and metastasis. (HEPATOLOGY 2012.).
Authors:
Wei Yan; Ying Chang; Xiaoyan Liang; Jon S Cardinal; Hai Huang; Stephen H Thorne; Satdarshan P S Monga; David A Geller; Michael T Lotze; Allan Tsung
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-1-11
Journal Detail:
Title:  Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1527-3350     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-1-11     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8302946     Medline TA:  Hepatology     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2012 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
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Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
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