Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) is a neoplasia characterized by the massive invasion of various organs by tumor cells. Previously, we found that expression of the gene for c-Met, a receptor tyrosine kinase for hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), was specific to the acute type among 41 patients with ATLL by microarray. First in the present study, we analyzed the survival of the patients in relation to expression of c-Met and HGF in ATLL cells. Expression of the former but not the latter was associated with poor prognosis. Then, we analyzed the growth of ATLL cells caused by HGF and c-Met. c-Met was expressed in 0/7 chronic ATLLs, 12/14 acute ATLLs, 1/1 IL-2-independent ATLL cell line and 1/7 IL-2-dependent ATLL cell lines as assessed by flow cytometry. HGF induced the proliferation of primary cells from most acute cases examined as well as the c-Met-positive KK1 cell line in contrast to c-Met-negative cells. HGF induced autophosphorylation of c-Met in c-Met-positive cells from an acute case and KK1 cells. The plasma level of HGF was elevated in acute as compared to chronic cases. The levels of HGF and/or IL-6 which induces the production of HGF by stromal cells, were elevated in the supernatant of short-term cultured cells from certain patients with acute or chronic disease. Finally, infiltrated ATLL cells and adjacent stromal cells in liver were shown to be positive for c-Met/HGF and HGF, respectively, in acute cases. Autocrine and/or paracrine growth caused by HGF and c-Met was suggested in aggressive ATLL cells secreting HGF and/or IL-6, respectively.
雑誌名
International Journal of Oncology
巻
33
号
4
ページ
697 - 703
発行年
2008-10
出版者
Spandidos Publications
ISSN
10196439
EISSN
17912423
書誌レコードID
AA10992511
PubMed番号
18813782
DOI
10.3892/ijo_00000055
著者版フラグ
publisher
引用
International Journal of Oncology, 33(4), pp.697-703; 2008
Autocrine and/or paracrine growth of aggressive ATLL cells caused by HGF and c-Met
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