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Reprogramming energy metabolism and inducing angiogenesis: co-expression of monocarboxylate transporters with VEGF family members in cervical adenocarcinomas

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Title
Reprogramming energy metabolism and inducing angiogenesis: co-expression of monocarboxylate transporters with VEGF family members in cervical adenocarcinomas
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BMC Cancer, November 2015
DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1842-4
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Céline Pinheiro, Eduardo A. Garcia, Filipa Morais-Santos, Marise A. R. Moreira, Fábio M. Almeida, Luiz F. Jubé, Geraldo S. Queiroz, Élbio C. Paula, Maria A. Andreoli, Luisa L. Villa, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, Fátima Baltazar

Abstract

Deregulation of cellular energetic metabolism was recently pointed out as a hallmark of cancer cells. This deregulation involves a metabolic reprogramming that leads to a high production of lactate. Lactate efflux, besides contributing for the glycolytic flux, also acts in the extracellular matrix, contributing for cancer malignancy, by, among other effects, induction of angiogenesis. However, studies on the interplay between cancer metabolism and angiogenesis are scarce. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the metabolic and vascular molecular profiles of cervical adenocarcinomas, their co-expression, and their relation to the clinical and pathological behavior. The immunohistochemical expression of metabolism-related proteins (MCT1, MCT4, CD147, GLUT1 and CAIX) as well as VEGF family members (VEGF-A, VEGF-C, VEGF-D, VEGFR-1, VEGFR-2 and VEGFR-3) was assessed in a series of 232 cervical adenocarcinomas. The co-expression among proteins was assessed and the expression profiles were associated with patients' clinicopathological parameters. Among the metabolism-related proteins, MCT4 and CAIX were the most frequently expressed in cervical adenocarcinomas while CD147 was the less frequently expressed protein. Overall, VEGF family members showed a strong and extended expression with VEGF-C and VEGFR-2 as the most frequently expressed and VEGFR-1 as the less expressed member. Co-expression of MCT isoforms with VEGF family members was demonstrated. Finally, MCT4 was associated with parametrial invasion and HPV18 infection, CD147 and GLUT1 with distant metastasis, CAIX with tumor size and HPV18 infection, and VEGFR-1 with local and lymphnode metastasis. The results herein presented provide additional evidence for a crosstalk between deregulating cellular energetics and inducing angiogenesis. Also, the metabolic remodeling and angiogenic switch are relevant to cancer progression and aggressiveness in adenocarcinomas.

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Country Count As %
Sweden 1 2%
Unknown 56 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 14%
Student > Bachelor 8 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 7%
Researcher 4 7%
Other 8 14%
Unknown 19 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 12 21%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 9%
Unspecified 2 4%
Chemistry 2 4%
Other 6 11%
Unknown 19 33%
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