Decreased Src tyrosine kinase activity inhibits malignant human ovarian cancer tumor growth in a nude mouse model.
The Src protein tyrosine kinase is overexpressed and activated in a number of human cancers, including some human ovarian cancers. To determine whether Src activity plays a role in ovarian tumor growth, stable derivatives of the SKOv-3 human ovarian cancer cell line that exhibited reduced Src tyrosine kinase activity were generated by transfection with an antisense c-src construct. Comparison of these cell lines with parental SKOv-3 cells and stable sense c-src vector-transfected control lines revealed no phenotypic alterations in anchorage-dependent proliferation, adherence, density saturation, or wound migration. However, reduction in Src activity was associated with altered cellular morphology, dramatically reduced anchorage-independent growth, and, when assessed for tumor development in a xenograft nude mouse model, diminished tumor growth. Furthermore, reduction of Src activity in the antisense c-src cell lines was associated with reduced vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA expression in vitro, and tumors derived from these cell lines displayed a phenotype indicative of abortive microvessel vascularization. These results strongly suggest that Src is involved in critical oncogenic pathways that modulate tumor growth from this ovarian cell line. Furthermore, this evidence suggests that as in other tumor systems, Src activity is required for vascular endothelial growth factor induction and angiogenic development.
Wiener
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Department of Molecular Oncology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA.
Nakano
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Kruzelock
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Bucana
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Gallick
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D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000235:genetics; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors
D016228:Endothelial Growth Factors; D008222:Lymphokines; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D019408:Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A; D042442:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factors; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)