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Induction of cytokines and growth factors by rapamycin in the microenvironment of brain metastases of lung cancer

Authors
 SE HOON KIM  ;  JUNG EUN LEE  ;  SEUNG-HO YANG  ;  SANG WON LEE 
Citation
 ONCOLOGY LETTERS, Vol.5(3) : 953-958, 2013 
Journal Title
ONCOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN
 1792-1074 
Issue Date
2013
Keywords
astrocytes ; brain metastasis ; microenvironment ; non-small cell lung cancer ; rapamycin
Abstract
The association between rapamycin and astrocytes in a tumor-bearing mouse model with brain metastases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) was investigated. For in vitro experiments, NCI-H358, a human lung adenocarcinoma cell line, was co-cultured with immortalized astrocytes, and treated with rapamycin, an mTOR inhibitor. We evaluated the expression of interleukin-1 (IL-1), interleukin-3 (IL-3), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1) in tumor cells in vivo. Rapamycin is cytotoxic in vitro; however, co-culturing tumor cells and astrocytes induced tumor cell survival. IL-1, IL-3, IL-6, TNF-α, TGF-β, PDGF, MCP-1 and MIP-1 expression were higher in rapamycin-treated mice compared to the control group, however, IGF-1 expression was lower. Notably, treatment with rapamycin before inoculating tumor cells affected cytokine expression in the tumor microenvironment. We suggest that growth factors and cytokines in the tumor microenvironment play a role in the survival of cancer cells in brain metastases.
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DOI
10.3892/ol.2013.1135
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Pathology (병리학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Se Hoon(김세훈) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7516-7372
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/86410
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