PMID- 24222114 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140107 LR - 20220317 IS - 1791-7530 (Electronic) IS - 0250-7005 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 11 DP - 2013 Nov TI - MCP-1 promotes invasion and adhesion of human ovarian cancer cells. PG - 4785-90 AB - BACKGROUND: Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) can accelerate tumor progression by attracting tumor-associated macrophages. We studied the effects of MCP-1 on SKOV-3 cells in order to investigate MCP-1 biological activity ovarian cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A SKOV-3 cell invasion assay (Transwell assay) and cell adhesion assay (96-well assay) were performed. Immunohistochemical staining for C-C motif chemokine receptor-2 (CCR2), a receptor for MCP-1, was also performed on cultured SKOV-3 cells. RESULTS: Migration and adhesion of MCP-1-treated SKOV-3 cells were significantly increased compared to untreated cells (p<0.01). A CCR2 antagonist attenuated the invasion and adhesion of MCP-1-treated cells. CCR2 was expressed in the cytoplasm of SKOV-3 cells. CONCLUSION: MCP-1 promoted invasion and adhesion of ovarian cancer cells, and a CCR2 antagonist attenuated the effects of MCP-1 in vitro. These data suggest that MCP-1 is a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer therapy. FAU - Furukawa, Shigenori AU - Furukawa S AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, 1-Hikarigaoka, Fukushima City, 960-1295, Japan. s-furu@fmu.ac.jp. FAU - Soeda, Shu AU - Soeda S FAU - Kiko, Yuichiro AU - Kiko Y FAU - Suzuki, Osamu AU - Suzuki O FAU - Hashimoto, Yuko AU - Hashimoto Y FAU - Watanabe, Takafumi AU - Watanabe T FAU - Nishiyama, Hiroshi AU - Nishiyama H FAU - Tasaki, Kazuhiro AU - Tasaki K FAU - Hojo, Hiroshi AU - Hojo H FAU - Abe, Masafumi AU - Abe M FAU - Fujimori, Keiya AU - Fujimori K LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Greece TA - Anticancer Res JT - Anticancer research JID - 8102988 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (Receptors, CCR2) SB - IM MH - *Cell Adhesion MH - *Cell Movement MH - Chemokine CCL2/*metabolism MH - Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous/metabolism/*pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Ovarian Neoplasms/metabolism/*pathology MH - Receptors, CCR2/*antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured OTO - NOTNLM OT - C-C motif chemokine receptor-2 (CCR2) antagonist OT - Ovarian cancer OT - SKOV-3 cell line OT - monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) OT - tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) EDAT- 2013/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/08 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/08 06:00 [medline] AID - 33/11/4785 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Anticancer Res. 2013 Nov;33(11):4785-90.