HGF/MET signaling promotes glioma growth via up-regulation of Cox-2 expression and PGE2 production

作者：Zhao, Yan; Sun, Ying; Zhang, Haiyan; Liu, Xing; Du, Wenzong; Li, Yongli; Zhang, Junhe; Chen, Lingchao; Jiang, Chuanlu^*

来源：International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology, 2015, 8(4): 3719-3726.

• GBMs
• Cox-2
• MET
• PGE2

Cyclooxygenase2 (Cox-2) is well known for glioma growth through up-regulation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) levels. MET, a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) receptor, is also frequently high expressed in glioma, which promotes glioma growth and invasion. Here, we demonstrate that HGF/MET signaling can promote PGE2 production in glioma cells via Cox-2 up-regulation. RNA inhibition of MET suggested that MET signaling is essential for Cox-2 up-regulation. Moreover, HGF could enhance Cox-2 expression and PGE2 release. Knockdown of Cox-2 inhibited growth-promoting effects of HGF, suggesting that HGF/MET functioned via Cox-2/PGE2 pathway. Therefore, our work reveals a critical relationship of Cox-2/PGE2 and HGF/MET signaling in promoting glioma cells proliferation. Further, targeting MET and Cox-2 may represent an attractive target therapy for glioma.

• 出版日期2015
• 单位哈尔滨医科大学; 复旦大学; 上海交通大学