Role of Fetuin-A in Tumor Cell Growth

胎球蛋白-A 在肿瘤细胞生长中的作用

• 批准号: 7497495
• 负责人: JOSIAH OCHIENG
• 金额: $ 36.63万
• 依托单位: MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-19 至 2011-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7497495
• 关键词: 1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase; A Mouse; Acids; Address; Affect; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Annexins; Area; Back; Binding; Biological; Brain; Breast Carcinoma; Calcium; Cell Communication; Cell Surface Receptors; Cell surface; Cells; Cellular biology; Code; Complex; Condition; Confocal Microscopy; Control Animal; Culture Media; Data; Drug Design; Eligibility Determination; Esophageal; Galectin 3; Genes; Glycoproteins; Goals; Growth; Growth Factor; In Vitro; Ions; Knockout Mice; LNCaP; Lectin; Liver; Localized; Lung; Malignant Epithelial Cell; Malignant neoplasm of prostate; Mammary Neoplasms; Mediating; Names; National Institute of General Medical Sciences; Neoplasm Metastasis; Numbers; PC3 cell line; Pancreas; Pathway interactions; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Phosphoinositide-3-Kinase, Catalytic, Gamma Polypeptide; Phosphorylation; Phosphotransferases; Reading; Resistance; Role; Serum; Serum Proteins; Sialic Acids; Signal Pathway; Signal Transduction; Signal Transduction Pathway; Signaling Molecule; Skin; Specificity; Surface; Techniques; Testing; Transferrin; Transforming Growth Factor beta; Week; Work; alpha-Fetoproteins; base; cancer cell; cancer type; cell growth; frontier; growth promoting activity; in vivo; inhibitor/antagonist; innovation; knock-down; lung Carcinoma; neoplastic cell; receptor; sugar; tumor; tumor growth; tumor progression

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our long-term objectives are to elucidate the mechanisms by which fetuin-A, a serum glycoprotein synthesized by the liver, mediates and regulates the in vitro and in vivo growth of tumor cells. The central hypothesis is that fetuin-A derived from the serum or synthesized by the tumor cells interacts with its putative cell surface receptors, triggering PI3 kinase/Akt signaling that drives the growth of the cells. The hypothesis will be investigated through 4 specific aims: (1) To define the cell surface receptors for fetuin-A in tumor cells responsible for growth signaling; (2) To determine other signaling pathways which are modulated in tumor cells by the annexin/fetuin-A interaction; (3) To elucidate the role of ectopically synthesized fetuin-A in tumor cell growth; and (4) To define the specificity of serum derived fetuin-A in tumor growth promotion. In aim 1, we will extend our studies that were done on a limited scale using LLC cells to LNCaP prostate cancer cell line transfected with annexin-2-GFP. The co-localization and interaction between annexin-2 and fetuin-A in these cells will be studied using confocal microscopy. It is expected that annexins will emerge as the cell surface receptors for fetuin-A responsible for growth signaling. In aim 2, Kinexus and Affymetrix gene arrays will be used to screen for other signaling molecules whose expression is affected by the fetuin-A/annexin interaction. A number of signaling pathways cross-talk with the PI3 kinase/Akt pathway that is predominantly activated by fetuin-A. In aim 3, fetuin-A gene will be added back to cells that do not express it to determine if this is sufficient to allow these cells to grow under serum-free conditions and in fetuin-A null mice. Likewise, fetuin-A expression in LLC cells will be knocked down by sh-RNA approach and their growth under serum-free conditions re-evaluated. In aim 4, the serum from fetuin-A wild-type animals will be used to supplement growth medium to determine its growth promoting abilities in a variety of tumor cells vis-a-vis growth medium supplemented with serum from fetuin-A null mice. In this aim, we will determine whether the unique ability of fetuin-A to promote cell growth is also dictated by its amino acid sequence and not merely the presence of sialic acid residues. This proposal seeks to demonstrate that fetuin-A is an important fuel for the in vivo growth of tumor cells and is not an innocent bystander. The full understanding of this pathway has broad implications in the management and treatment strategies for majority of cancer types.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的长期目标是阐明胎儿素a（一种由肝脏合成的血清糖蛋白）介导和调节肿瘤细胞在体内和体外生长的机制。核心假设是来自血清或由肿瘤细胞合成的胎蛋白a与其假定的细胞表面受体相互作用，触发PI3激酶/Akt信号，驱动细胞生长。这一假设将通过以下四个特定目的进行研究：(1)确定肿瘤细胞中负责生长信号传导的胎蛋白a的细胞表面受体；(2)确定膜联蛋白/胎蛋白a相互作用在肿瘤细胞中调节的其他信号通路；(3)阐明异位合成胎蛋白a在肿瘤细胞生长中的作用；(4)明确血清源性胎蛋白a促进肿瘤生长的特异性。