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KLF5 inhibits angiogenesis in PTEN-deficient prostate cancer by attenuating AKT activation and subsequent HIF1α accumulation

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Title
KLF5 inhibits angiogenesis in PTEN-deficient prostate cancer by attenuating AKT activation and subsequent HIF1α accumulation
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Molecular Cancer, April 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12943-015-0365-6
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Xinpei Ci, Changsheng Xing, Baotong Zhang, Zhiqian Zhang, Jenny Jianping Ni, Wei Zhou, Jin-Tang Dong

Abstract

KLF5 is a basic transcriptional factor that regulates multiple physiopathological processes. Our recent study showed that deletion of Klf5 in mouse prostate promotes tumorigenesis initiated by the deletion of Pten. While molecular characterization of Klf5-null tumors suggested that angiogenesis was partially responsible for tumor promotion, the precise function and mechanism of KLF5 deletion in prostate tumor angiogenesis remain unclear. Applying histological staining to Pten-null mouse prostates, we observed that deletion of Klf5 significantly increased the number of microvessels, accompanied by the upregulation of multiple angiogenesis-related genes based on microarray analysis with MetaCore software. In human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HuVECs), tube formation and migration, both of which are indicators of angiogenic activities, were decreased by conditioned media from PC-3 and DU 145 human prostate cancer cells with KLF5 overexpression, but increased by media from cells with KLF5 knockdown. HIF1α, a key angiogenesis inducer, was upregulated by KLF5 loss at the protein but not the mRNA level in both mouse tissues and human cell lines, as determined by immunohistochemical staining, real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting. Consistently, KLF5 loss also upregulated VEGF and PDGF, two pro-angiogenic mediators of HIF1α function, as analyzed by immunohistochemical staining in mouse tissues and ELISA in conditioned media. Mechanistically, AKT activity, which caused the accumulation of HIF1α, was increased by KLF5 knockout or knockdown but decreased by KLF5 overexpression. PI3K/AKT inhibitors consistently abolished the effects of KLF5 knockdown on angiogenic activity, HIF1α accumulation, and VEGF and PDGF expression. KLF5 loss enhances tumor angiogenesis by attenuating PI3K/AKT signaling and subsequent accumulation of HIF1α in PTEN deficient prostate tumors.

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Country Count As %
Japan 1 3%
Denmark 1 3%
Unknown 27 93%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 4 14%
Other 3 10%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 3 10%
Lecturer 2 7%
Other 4 14%
Unknown 10 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 17%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 10%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 7%
Unknown 12 41%
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