title: Expression of interleukin 8 correlates with the metastatic potential of human melanoma cells in nude mice.
abstract: We correlated the steady state transcription and protein secretion of interleukin 8 (IL-8) in 13 different human melanoma cell lines with their ability to grow and produce metastasis in nude mice. Highly metastatic cells expressed higher steady state levels of IL-8 mRNA transcripts than did low metastatic cells. In situ mRNA hybridization analyses confirmed the pattern of mRNA expression on a cellular level. Increased mRNA expression directly correlated with secretion of IL-8 protein as determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Recombinant IL-8 stimulated the proliferation of low metastatic A375P cells in a dose-dependent manner, a stimulation that was abrogated by the use of a polyclonal antibody against IL-8. The data suggest that IL-8 can be an autocrine growth factor for human melanoma cells and that IL-8 is involved in melanoma metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gutman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Radinsky
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Bucana
authors.forename: I J
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Fidler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000556:secondary*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D012333:RNA, Messenger