RRC ID 61733
著者 Okamoto H, Yoshimatsu Y, Tomizawa T, Kunita A, Takayama R, Morikawa T, Komura D, Takahashi K, Oshima T, Sato M, Komai M, Podyma-Inoue KA, Uchida H, Hamada H, Fujiu K, Ishikawa S, Fukayama M, Fukuhara T, Watabe T.
タイトル Interleukin-13 receptor α2 is a novel marker and potential therapeutic target for human melanoma.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract Malignant melanoma is one of the untreatable cancers in which conventional therapeutic strategies, including chemotherapy, are hardly effective. Therefore, identification of novel therapeutic targets involved in melanoma progression is urgently needed for developing effective therapeutic methods. Overexpression of interleukin-13 receptor α2 (IL13Rα2) is observed in several cancer types including glioma and pancreatic cancer. Although IL13Rα2 is implicated in the progression of various types of cancer, its expression and roles in the malignant melanoma have not yet been elucidated. In the present study, we showed that IL13Rα2 was expressed in approximately 7.5% melanoma patients. While IL13Rα2 expression in human melanoma cells decreased their proliferation in vitro, it promoted in vivo tumour growth and angiogenesis in melanoma xenograft mouse model. We also found that the expression of amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, was correlated with IL13Rα2 expression in cultured melanoma cells, xenograft tumour tissues and melanoma clinical samples. Furthermore, expression of amphiregulin promoted tumour growth, implicating causal relationship between the expression of IL13Rα2 and amphiregulin. These results suggest that IL13Rα2 enhances tumorigenicity by inducing angiogenesis in malignant melanoma, and serves as a potential therapeutic target of malignant melanoma.
巻・号 9(1)
ページ 1281
公開日 2019-2-4
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-39018-3
PII 10.1038/s41598-019-39018-3
PMID 30718742
PMC PMC6362032
MeSH Animals Biomarkers, Tumor / biosynthesis* Biomarkers, Tumor / genetics Cell Line, Tumor Cell Proliferation* Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic* Humans Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 Subunit / biosynthesis* Interleukin-13 Receptor alpha2 Subunit / genetics Melanoma / genetics Melanoma / metabolism* Melanoma / pathology Mice Mice, Knockout Neoplasm Proteins / biosynthesis* Neoplasm Proteins / genetics
IF 3.998
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 SK-MEL-28(RCB1930)