SUN Ti-ye,ZHAO Yong-liang,YAN Wei,SHI Yan,ZENG Dong-zhu,YU Pei-wu.Role of CXCR4 in lymph node metastasis promoted by VEGF-C in gastric carcinoma[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(02):161-165.
SUN Ti-ye,ZHAO Yong-liang,YAN Wei,SHI Yan,ZENG Dong-zhu,YU Pei-wu.Role of CXCR4 in lymph node metastasis promoted by VEGF-C in gastric carcinoma[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2008,30(02):161-165.DOI:
Role of CXCR4 in lymph node metastasis promoted by VEGF-C in gastric carcinoma
Objective To explore the role of chemokine receptor CXCR4 in lymphatic metastasis induced by VEGF-C in gastric carcinoma. Methods The mRNA expressions of CXCR4 and VEGF-C were determined by reverse transcription PCR (RT-PCR) in 86 cases of primary breast carcinoma
and the migration and inhibition response of CXCR4 to chemokine stromal derived factor-1 (SDF-1 or CXCL12) were detected by Boyden chemotaxis assay. Results Out of 86 cases
53 cases presented high expression levels of CXCR4 (61.63%
53/86)
49 cases showed high expression levels of VEGF-C mRNA (56.98%
49/86). The cases with higher expression of VEGF-C mRNA presented higher expression of CXCR4 mRNA. The expression of CXCR4 mRNA was positively correlated with lymph node metastasis in primary gastric carcinoma (P0.05). The average chemotaxis activity of CXCR4 to SDF-1 was evaluated as 81% in gastric cancer cells
but dropped to 30% after using anti-CXCR4 monoclonal antibody
with significant difference (P0.05). Conclusion There is a positive correlation between lymphatic metastasis and the expression of CXCR4 and VEGF-C mRNA in primary gastric carcinoma. The functional status of CXCR4 affects the chemotaxis of gastric cancer cells.