Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 stimulates proliferation of human umbilical vein endothelial cells by up-regulating cyclins D1 and E through the PI3K/Akt-, ERK-, and JNK-dependent AP-1 and E2F activation signaling pathways

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• 作者：Young-June Jin^a ; ^b ; Jeong-Hyung Lee^a ; ^c ; Young-Myeong Kim^d ; Goo Taeg Oh^e ; Hansoo Lee^a ; ^b ; ^{hslee@kangwon.ac.kr}
• 关键词：CDK ; cyclin-dependent kinase ; EC ; endothelial cell ; ERK ; extracellular signal-regulated kinase ; FGF ; fibroblast growth factor ; HUVECs ; human umbilical vein endothelial cells ; JNK ; c-Jun N-terminal kinase ; MAP kinase ; mitogen-activated protein kinase ; MEK
• 刊名：Cellular Signalling
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：42_08986568
• 类别：bio
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：24
• 期：8
• 页码：1485-1495
• 文件大小：1514 K

摘要

Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1) is highly associated with malignant human cancers and has been suggested to be involved in tumor angiogenesis. In the present study, we examined the effect of MIC-1 on endothelial cell proliferation to confirm the angiogenesis-promoting role of MIC-1. MIC-1 treatment accelerated progression of the G₁ stage in the cell cycle of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), leading to an increased cell proliferation rate. MIC-1 augmented the levels of cyclins D1 and E without altering the levels of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, thereby increasing protein kinase activity of CDKs and subsequent phosphorylation of the Rb protein followed by nuclear translocation of E2F. MIC-1-induced expression of cyclins D1 and E was mediated by AP-1 and E2F-1 transcription factors, and among the AP-1 members, c-Jun and JunD appeared to participate in MIC-1-dependent transcription of the cyclin D1 gene. Additionally, the PI3K/Akt, JNK, and ERK pathways were found to mediate MIC-1-induced cyclin D1 expression in HUVECs. Importantly, lung endothelial cells isolated from MIC-1 transgenic mouse displayed a higher proliferation rate and cyclin D1 and E levels relative to their wild-type counterparts. These results suggest that MIC-1 secreted from cancer cells stimulates endothelial cell proliferation by enhancing AP-1- and E2F-dependent expression of G₁ cyclins via PI3K/Akt, JNK, and ERK signaling pathways, potentially leading to enhanced tumor angiogenesis.