Bladder Cancer Cells Interact With Vascular Endothelial Cells Triggering Egfr Signals To Promote Tumor Progression
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY(2019)
Abstract
Although important progress has been made in elucidating the role of the tumor microenvironment in the development of bladder cancer, little is currently known regarding the interactions with vascular endothelial cells (ECs) that promote cancer progression. In the present study, it is reported that epidermal growth factor receptor ligands induced by the upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-A and VEGF-C via the VEGF receptor (R)2/nuclear factor-B signaling pathway in ECs, may trigger EGFR signaling in bladder cancer cells and promote bladder cancer progression. Furthermore, the interaction between bladder cancer cells and ECs enhanced EC recruitment though the CXCL1/CXCL5/CXCL8-CXCR2 pathway. Western blotting was used to evaluate the presence of VEGFR, EGFR and nuclear factor-B, and reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction was used to evaluate the expression of VEGFR ligands and EGFR ligands. The present results indicate the mechanism by which the indirect interplay between bladder cancer cells and vascular ECs promotes cancer progression, through the VEGFR2 signaling pathway in vascular ECs and through the EGFR signaling pathway in bladder cancer cells.
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Key words
bladder cancer, vascular endothelial cell, tumor microenvironment, epidermal growth factor receptor, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
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