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ArticleCancer medicine2015

ANGPTL3 is a novel biomarker as it activates ERK/MAPK pathway in oral cancer.

Tomoyoshi Koyama, Katsunori Ogawara, Atsushi Kasamatsu, Atsushi Okamoto, Hiroki Kasama, Yasuyuki Minakawa, Ken Shimada, Hidetaka Yokoe, Masashi Shiiba, Hideki Tanzawa and 1 more

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Article in Cancer medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tomoyoshi KoyamaDepartment of Oral Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Katsunori OgawaraDepartment of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Atsushi KasamatsuDepartment of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Atsushi OkamotoDepartment of Oral Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Hiroki KasamaDepartment of Oral Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Yasuyuki MinakawaDepartment of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Ken ShimadaDepartment of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Hidetaka YokoeDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Research Institute, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, Tokorozawa, Saitama, 359-8513, Japan.
Masashi ShiibaDepartment of Clinical Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Hideki TanzawaDepartment of Oral Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Katsuhiro UzawaDepartment of Oral Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
Chiba University · JPChiba University Hospital · JPNational Defense Medical College · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiopoietin-like 3 (ANGPTL3), which is involved in new blood vessel growth and stimulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), is expressed aberrantly in several types of human cancers. However, little is known about the relevance of ANGPTL3 in the behavior of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). In this study, we evaluated ANGPTL3 mRNA and protein in OSCC-derived cell lines (n = 8) and primary OSCCs (n = 109) and assessed the effect of ANGPTL3 on the biology and function of OSCCs in vitro and in vivo. Significant (P < 0.05) ANGPTL3 upregulation was detected in the cell lines and most primary OSCCs (60%) compared with the normal counterparts. The ANGPTL3 expression level was correlated closely (P < 0.05) with tumoral size. In patients with T3/T4 tumors, the overall survival rate with an ANGPTL3-positive tumor was significantly (P < 0.05) lower than that of ANGPTL3-negative cases. In vitro, cellular growth in ANGPTL3 knockdown cells significantly (P < 0.05) decreased with inactivated extracellular regulated kinase (ERK) and cell-cycle arrest at the G1 phase resulting from upregulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, including p21(Cip1) and p27(Kip1) . We also observed a marked (P < 0.05) reduction in the growth in ANGPTL3 knockdown-cell xenografts with decreased levels of phosphorylated ERK relative to control-cell xenografts. The current data indicated that ANGPTL3 may play a role in OSCCs via MAPK signaling cascades, making it a potentially useful diagnostic/therapeutic target for use in patients with OSCC.

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MAP Kinase Signaling SystemAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAngiopoietin-Like Protein 3Angiopoietin-like ProteinsAngiopoietinsAnimalsBiomarkersCarcinoma, Squamous CellCell Line, TumorDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGene Knockdown TechniquesHeterograftsAngiopoietin-Like Protein 3Angiopoietin-like ProteinsAngiopoietinsANGPTL3 protein, humanBiomarkersAngiopoietin-like 3extracellular signal-regulated MAP Kinaseshead and necksquamous cell carcinomasurvival

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