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ArticleEBioMedicine2019

OVA66 promotes tumour angiogenesis and progression through enhancing autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling.

Feifei Song, Qi Chen, Wei Rao, Renfeng Zhang, Ying Wang, Hailiang Ge, Qing Wei

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Feifei SongDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China; Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China.
Qi ChenDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, 145 Middle Shandong Road, Shanghai 200001, China.
Wei RaoShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China.
Renfeng ZhangShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China.
Ying WangShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: ywang@sibs.ac.cn.
Hailiang GeShanghai Institute of Immunology, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, 227 South Chongqing Road, Shanghai 200025, China. Electronic address: gehl@shsmu.edu.cn.
Qing WeiDepartment of Pathology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, 301 Yanchang Road, Shanghai 200072, China. Electronic address: weiqing1971@tongji.edu.cn.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNTongji University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundActivation of autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling in tumour cells activates cell proliferation, survival, and angiogenesis, all of which are crucial for tumour progression. Ovarian cancer-associated antigen 66 (OVA66) is now known to be overexpressed in multiple tumours and plays a role in tumour development, but the underlying mechanisms has not been fully investigated.

methodsWe employed ovarian and cervical cancer cells and mouse models to detect the role of OVA66 in angiogenesis, growth, and metastasis of cancer cells. Immunofluorescence and western blot were used to determine the function of OVA66 in regulating autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 signalling. Immunohistochemistry and bioinformatics analysis were used to detect the correlation of OVA66 and VEGF expression.

findingsOVA66 overexpression in the cancer cell lines promoted VEGF secretion, tumour growth and angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Conversely, shRNA-mediated OVA66 knockdown had the opposite effects. Mechanistically, OVA66 overexpression was found to boost an autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 positive-feedback signalling loop in the tumour cells, leading to amplified effect of VEGF on tumour angiogenesis and proliferation and increased migration in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Finally, we identified a significant positive correlation between the expression levels of OVA66 and VEGF in ovarian and cervical cancer specimens, and found that OVA66 was significantly associated with advanced ovarian cancer.

interpretationWe identify a novel function for OVA66 in regulating an autocrine VEGF-VEGFR2 feed-forward signalling loop that promotes tumour progression and angiogenesis. FUND: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81602262); and Excellent Youth Scholar Program of Tongji University (2015KJ062).

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Autocrine CommunicationAnimalsAntigens, NeoplasmFemaleHeLa CellsHumansMiceNeovascularization, PathologicOvarian NeoplasmsSignal TransductionVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2Antigens, NeoplasmNUDCD1 protein, humanVascular Endothelial Growth Factor AVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2AutocrineOVA66TumourVEGFVEGFR2 signalling

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