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Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 promotes glioma development and progression.

Abstract
Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2 (IGFBP2) is associated with progression in many types of human cancer. In this study we used a glial-specific transgenic mouse model to examine the active role of IGFBP2 in tumorigenesis and progression. Our studies show that IGFBP2 coexpression results in progression to a higher-grade glioma in platelet-derived growth factor beta (PDGFB)-driven tumors. These anaplastic oligodendrogliomas are characterized by increased cellularity, vascular proliferation, small regions of necrosis, increased mitotic activity, and increased activation of the Akt pathway. Combined expression of IGFBP2 or Akt with K-Ras was required to form astrocytomas, indicating that activation of two separate pathways is necessary for gliomagenesis. In ex vivo experiments, blockade of Akt by an inhibitor led to decreased viability of cells coexpressing IGFBP2 versus PDGFB expression alone. Thus, this study provides definitive evidence that IGFBP2 plays a key role in activation of the Akt pathway and collaborates with K-Ras or PDGFB in the development and progression of two major types of glioma.
AuthorsSarah M Dunlap, Joseph Celestino, Hua Wang, Rongcai Jiang, Eric C Holland, Gregory N Fuller, Wei Zhang
JournalProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A) Vol. 104 Issue 28 Pg. 11736-41 (Jul 10 2007) ISSN: 0027-8424 [Print] United States
PMID17606927 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
  • ras Proteins
Topics
  • Animals
  • Animals, Newborn
  • Astrocytoma (genetics, pathology)
  • Cell Line, Transformed
  • Cell Survival (physiology)
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chickens
  • Disease Progression
  • Glioma (genetics, metabolism, pathology)
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 (genetics, physiology)
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Transgenic
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt (physiology)
  • Signal Transduction (physiology)
  • ras Proteins (physiology)

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