Decreased expression of nemo-like kinase in melanoma is correlated with increased vascularity and metastasis
(2019) In Melanoma Research 29(4). p.376-381- Abstract
Melanoma is a highly metastatic cancer, and its incidence has increased over the past several decades. Angiogenesis is associated with melanoma metastasis and a poor prognosis. Many genetic and epigenetic factors affecting tumour vascularization and metastasis have been investigated, despite the heterogeneity of cancer cells and the complicated mechanisms involved in melanoma. Nemo-like kinase (NLK) is a serine/threonine kinase regulating the transcription factor by negatively regulating Wnt and downstream vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signalling. This study aimed to investigate whether NLK expression in melanoma correlates with VEGFR2-related angiogenesis and melanoma metastasis. Immunohistochemistry analysis... (More)
Melanoma is a highly metastatic cancer, and its incidence has increased over the past several decades. Angiogenesis is associated with melanoma metastasis and a poor prognosis. Many genetic and epigenetic factors affecting tumour vascularization and metastasis have been investigated, despite the heterogeneity of cancer cells and the complicated mechanisms involved in melanoma. Nemo-like kinase (NLK) is a serine/threonine kinase regulating the transcription factor by negatively regulating Wnt and downstream vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signalling. This study aimed to investigate whether NLK expression in melanoma correlates with VEGFR2-related angiogenesis and melanoma metastasis. Immunohistochemistry analysis using 175 biopsied tissues of melanoma patients showed that NLK is expressed in 73.7% of melanoma tissues, whereas 26.3% of the samples showed absent expression of NLK. In metastatic melanoma, the expression of NLK was significantly lower than that in primary melanoma (P = 0.002). Furthermore, tissues with a lower expression of NLK showed a higher microvessel density as detected by VEGFR2 expression compared with tissues showing higher NLK expression. These data suggest that reduced expression of NLK in melanoma correlates with VEGFR2-related microvessel formation and melanoma metastasis. This study showed that NLK may serve as a novel prognosis marker and revealed new mechanisms in melanoma metastasis.
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- Yang, Yvying ; Zhe, Hong ; Massoumi, Ramin LU and Ke, Hengning
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- 2019-08
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- published
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- Melanoma Research
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- 29
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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- scopus:85069155549
- pmid:30778016
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- 0960-8931
- DOI
- 10.1097/CMR.0000000000000576
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- English
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- yes
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- 3557cb79-d569-4e71-8ba7-b3718c1a375f
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abstract = {{<p>Melanoma is a highly metastatic cancer, and its incidence has increased over the past several decades. Angiogenesis is associated with melanoma metastasis and a poor prognosis. Many genetic and epigenetic factors affecting tumour vascularization and metastasis have been investigated, despite the heterogeneity of cancer cells and the complicated mechanisms involved in melanoma. Nemo-like kinase (NLK) is a serine/threonine kinase regulating the transcription factor by negatively regulating Wnt and downstream vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) signalling. This study aimed to investigate whether NLK expression in melanoma correlates with VEGFR2-related angiogenesis and melanoma metastasis. Immunohistochemistry analysis using 175 biopsied tissues of melanoma patients showed that NLK is expressed in 73.7% of melanoma tissues, whereas 26.3% of the samples showed absent expression of NLK. In metastatic melanoma, the expression of NLK was significantly lower than that in primary melanoma (P = 0.002). Furthermore, tissues with a lower expression of NLK showed a higher microvessel density as detected by VEGFR2 expression compared with tissues showing higher NLK expression. These data suggest that reduced expression of NLK in melanoma correlates with VEGFR2-related microvessel formation and melanoma metastasis. This study showed that NLK may serve as a novel prognosis marker and revealed new mechanisms in melanoma metastasis.</p>}},
author = {{Yang, Yvying and Zhe, Hong and Massoumi, Ramin and Ke, Hengning}},
issn = {{0960-8931}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{376--381}},
publisher = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
series = {{Melanoma Research}},
title = {{Decreased expression of nemo-like kinase in melanoma is correlated with increased vascularity and metastasis}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CMR.0000000000000576}},
doi = {{10.1097/CMR.0000000000000576}},
volume = {{29}},
year = {{2019}},
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