MAP kinases and hypoxia in the control of VEGF expression
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- DOI: 10.1023/a:1026506011458
MAP kinases and hypoxia in the control of VEGF expression
Abstract
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), a potent cytokine secreted by virtually all cells plays a key role in tumor angiogenesis. Disruption of one VEGF allele in mice has revealed a dramatic lethal effect in early embryogenesis, suggesting a very tight regulation of this gene. This commentary reviews the mechanisms whereby VEGF mRNA is controlled within the tumor environment by hypoxia and the MAP kinase signaling cascades. Using hamster fibroblasts as a cellular model, we demonstrated that the Ras-mediated activation of p42/p44 MAP kinases exerts a prominent action at the transcriptional level. In normoxic conditions, p42/p44 MAPKs activate the VEGF promoter at the proximal (-88/-66) region where Sp 1/AP-2 transcriptional factor complexes are recruited. At low O2 tension, the stabilized and nuclear hypoxia inducible factor- 1alpha (HIF-1alpha) is directly phosphorylated by p42/p44 MAPKs, an action which enhances HIF-1-dependent transcriptional activition of VEGF. In addition, MAPKs activated under various cellular stresses (p38MAPK and JNK), contribute to the increased expression of this angiogenic growth and survival factor by stabilizing the VEGF mRNA.
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