The hypoxic environment in tumor is reported to play an important role in pancreatic cancer progression. The interaction between stromal and cancer cells also contributes to the malignant behavior of pancreatic cancer. In the present study, we investigated whether hypoxic stimulation affects stromal as well as pancreatic cancer cells. Our findings demonstrated that hypoxia remarkably elevated the HIF-1alpha expression in both pancreatic cancer (PK8) and fibroblast cells (MRC5). Hypoxic stimulation accelerated the invasive activity of PK8 cells, and invasiveness was thus further accelerated when the hypoxic PK8 cells were cultured with conditioned medium prepared from hypoxic MRC5 cells (hypoxic conditioned medium). MMP-2, MMP-7, MT1-MMP and c-Met expressions were increased in PK8 cells under hypoxia. Hypoxic stimulation also increased the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) secretion from MRC5 cells, which led to an elevation of c-Met phosphorylation in PK8 cells. Conversely, the elevated cancer invasion, MMP activity and c-Met phosphorylation of PK8 cells were reduced by the removal of HGF from hypoxic conditioned medium. In immunohistochemical study, the HIF-1alpha expression was observed in surrounding stromal as well as pancreatic cancer cells, thus indicating hypoxia exists in both of cancer and stromal cells. Moreover, the stromal HGF expression was found to significantly correlate with not only the stromal HIF-1alpha expression but also the c-Met expression in cancer cells. These results indicate that the hypoxic environment within stromal as well as cancer cells activates the HGF/c-Met system, thereby contributing to the aggressive invasive features of pancreatic cancer.

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:据报道肿瘤中的低氧环境在胰腺癌的进展中起重要作用。基质细胞与癌细胞之间的相互作用也有助于胰腺癌的恶性行为。在本研究中,我们调查了低氧刺激是否影响基质以及胰腺癌细胞。我们的发现表明,低氧显着提高了胰腺癌(PK8)和成纤维细胞(MRC5)中HIF-1alpha的表达。低氧刺激加速了PK8细胞的侵袭活性,因此,当用由低氧MRC5细胞制备的条件培养基(低氧条件培养基)培养低氧PK8细胞时,侵袭性进一步加快。在缺氧条件下,PK8细胞中的MMP-2,MMP-7,MT1-MMP和c-Met表达增加。缺氧刺激还增加了MRC5细胞的肝细胞生长因子(HGF)分泌,从而导致PK8细胞中c-Met磷酸化的升高。相反,通过从低氧条件培养基中去除HGF,可以降低PK8细胞的癌浸润,MMP活性和c-Met磷酸化水平的升高。在免疫组织化学研究中,在周围的基质细胞和胰腺癌细胞中均观察到了HIF-1alpha的表达,因此表明在癌细胞和基质细胞中均存在缺氧。此外,发现基质HGF表达不仅与癌细胞中的基质HIF-1α表达而且与c-Met表达显着相关。这些结果表明基质以及癌细胞内的低氧环境激活了HGF / c-Met系统,从而促进了胰腺癌的侵袭性侵袭性。

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