PMID- 20978507 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110301 LR - 20220321 IS - 1532-1827 (Electronic) IS - 0007-0920 (Print) IS - 0007-0920 (Linking) VI - 103 IP - 10 DP - 2010 Nov 9 TI - PHD3 regulates differentiation, tumour growth and angiogenesis in pancreatic cancer. PG - 1571-9 LID - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605936 [doi] AB - PURPOSE: Tumour hypoxia activates hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) and indluences angiogenesis, cell survival and invasion. Prolyl hydroxylase-3 (PHD3) regulates degradation of HIF-1alpha. The effects of PHD3 in tumour growth are largely unknown. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: PHD3 expression was analysed in human pancreatic cancer tissues and cancer cell lines by real-time quantitative PCR and immunohistochemistry. PHD3 overexpression was established by stable transfection and downregulation by short interfering RNA technology. VEGF was quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Matrigel invasion assays were performed to examine tumour cell invasion. Apoptosis was measured by annexin-V staining and caspase-3 assays. The effect of PHD3 on tumour growth in vivo was evaluated in an established orthotopic murine model. RESULTS: PHD3 was upregulated in well-differentiated human tumours and cell lines, and regulated hypoxic VEGF secretion. PHD3 overexpression mediated tumour cell growth and invasion by induction of apoptosis in a nerve growth factor-dependent manner by the activation of caspase-3 and phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase HIF-1 independently. In vivo, PHD3 inhibited tumour growth by abrogation of tumour angiogenesis. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate essential functions of PHD3 in tumour growth, apoptosis and angiogenesis and through HIF-1-dependent and HIF-1-independent pathways. FAU - Su, Y AU - Su Y AD - Department of General Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, Heidelberg 69120, Germany. FAU - Loos, M AU - Loos M FAU - Giese, N AU - Giese N FAU - Hines, O J AU - Hines OJ FAU - Diebold, I AU - Diebold I FAU - Gorlach, A AU - Gorlach A FAU - Metzen, E AU - Metzen E FAU - Pastorekova, S AU - Pastorekova S FAU - Friess, H AU - Friess H FAU - Buchler, P AU - Buchler P LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20101026 PL - England TA - Br J Cancer JT - British journal of cancer JID - 0370635 RN - 0 (Annexin A5) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Neoplasm) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 1.13.11.- (Dioxygenases) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (EGLN3 protein, human) RN - EC 1.14.11.29 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) SB - IM MH - Adenocarcinoma/pathology/surgery MH - Animals MH - Annexin A5/analysis MH - Apoptosis MH - Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/enzymology/pathology/surgery MH - Caspase 3/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Dioxygenases/*genetics/physiology MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/genetics/physiology MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases MH - Mice MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/genetics/pathology MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic/*pathology MH - Pancreatic Neoplasms/enzymology/*pathology/surgery MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - RNA, Neoplasm/genetics MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Transplantation, Heterologous MH - Up-Regulation MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/analysis PMC - PMC2990580 EDAT- 2010/10/28 06:00 MHDA- 2011/03/02 06:00 PMCR- 2011/11/09 CRDT- 2010/10/28 06:00 PHST- 2010/10/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/10/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/03/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/11/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6605936 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605936 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Br J Cancer. 2010 Nov 9;103(10):1571-9. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605936. Epub 2010 Oct 26.