title: Erythromycin and clarithromycin modulation of growth factor-induced expression of heparanase mRNA on human lung cancer cells in vitro.
abstract: Heparanase activity is correlated with the metastatic potential of several cancer cells and is a key enzyme in the breakdown of tissue barriers. It is also involved in the regulation of growth factor and cytokine activity. However, little is known about the factors that induce heparanase in cancer cells. We investigated the effect of three growth factors, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), on heparanase mRNA induction in lung cancer cells in vitro. In addition, we examined the effect of erythromycin (EM) and clarithromycin (CAM), which are 14-membered ring macrolide antibiotics that act as biological response modifiers, on the expression of heparanase mRNA induced by growth factors. PDGF, HGF and bFGF stimulated cell migration activity and enhanced the expression of heparanase mRNA in the human lung adenocarcinoma cell line A549. Via different mechanisms, EM and CAM modulate the induction by these factors of heparanase mRNA expression on A549 cells. EM also significantly suppressed A549 cell migration induced by PDGF and HGF, and CAM significantly suppressed A549cell migration induced by bFGF. The results suggest that the growth factors PDGF, HGF and bFGF are important inducers of heparanase in potentially invasive and metastatic cancer cells. The suppressive effect of heparanase mRNA expression by EM and CAM may have interestingtherapeutic applications in the prevention of metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010, Japan. masahiro@im2.med.akita-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kashima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Izumiyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miura
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D017291:Clarithromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005966:Glucuronidase / Q000235:genetics*; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000099175:Heparanase
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D017291:Clarithromycin; D004917:Erythromycin; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D005966:Glucuronidase; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D007155:Immunologic Factors; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000099175:Heparanase