Tristetraprolin Inhibits Ras-dependent Tumor Vascularization by Inducing Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor mRNA Degradation
- Essafi-Benkhadir, Khadija *Institute of Signalling, Developmental Biology, and Cancer Research, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6543, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 06189 Nice Cedex, France; and
- Onesto, Cercina *Institute of Signalling, Developmental Biology, and Cancer Research, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6543, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 06189 Nice Cedex, France; and
- Stebe, Emmanuelle *Institute of Signalling, Developmental Biology, and Cancer Research, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6543, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 06189 Nice Cedex, France; and
- Moroni, Christoph Institute for Medical Microbiology, Department of Clinical-Biological Sciences, University of Basel, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland
- Pagès, Gilles *Institute of Signalling, Developmental Biology, and Cancer Research, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6543, University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Equipe Labellisée Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, 06189 Nice Cedex, France; and
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- Molecular Biology of the Cell. - American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB). - 2007, vol. 18, no. 11, p. 4648-4658
English
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is one of the most important regulators of physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Constitutive activation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway and overexpression of VEGF are common denominators of tumors from different origins. We have established a new link between these two fundamental observations converging on VEGF mRNA stability. In this complex phenomenon, tristetraprolin (TTP), an adenylate and uridylate-rich element-associated protein that binds to VEGF mRNA 3′-untranslated region, plays a key role by inducing VEGF mRNA degradation, thus maintaining basal VEGF mRNA amounts in normal cells. ERKs activation results in the accumulation of TTP mRNA. However, ERKs reduce the VEGF mRNA-destabilizing effect of TTP, leading to an increase in VEGF expression that favors the angiogenic switch. Moreover, TTP decreases RasVal12-dependent VEGF expression and development of vascularized tumors in nude mice. As a consequence, TTP might represent a novel antiangiogenic and antitumor agent acting through its destabilizing activity on VEGF mRNA. Determination of TTP and ERKs status would provide useful information for the evaluation of the angiogenic potential in human tumors.
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- DOI 10.1091/mbc.e07-06-0570
- ISSN 1059-1524
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