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Ethanol-TGFalpha-MEK signaling promotes growth of human hepatocellular carcinoma.

The Journal of surgical research (2009-03-27)
Matthew Hennig, Michele T Yip-Schneider, Patrick Klein, Sabrina Wentz, Jesus M Matos, Courtney Doyle, Jennifer Choi, Huangbing Wu, Amanda O'Mara, Alex Menze, Stephen Noble, Iain H McKillop, C Max Schmidt
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Chronic ethanol intake is a significant risk factor for the development of cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The effects of ethanol on extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation, transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha), and HCC growth were examined in this study. HepG2, SKHep, Hep3B human HCC cells, or normal human hepatocytes were treated with ethanol (0-100 mM), exogenous TGF-alpha, TGF-alpha neutralization antibody or the MEK inhibitor U0126. TGF-alpha levels were quantified by ELISA. Growth was determined by trypan blue-excluded cell counts. Cell cycle phase distribution was determined by flow cytometry. Protein expression was determined by Western blot. Ethanol treatment (10-40 mM) increased ERK activation in HepG2 and SKHep HCC cells but not in Hep3B or human hepatocyte cells. Growth increased in HepG2 (174 +/- 29%, P < 0.05) and SKHep (149 +/- 12%, P < 0.05) cells in response to ethanol treatment. Correspondingly, ethanol increased S phase distribution in these cells. U0126 suppressed ethanol-induced growth increases. Ethanol treatment for 24 h also raised TGF-alpha levels in HepG2 cells (118%-198%) and SKHep cells (112%-177%). Exogenous administration of recombinant TGF-alpha mimicked the ethanol-induced growth in HepG2 and SKHep cells; TGF-alpha neutralization antibody effectively abrogated this effect. The TGF-a neutralization antibody also prevented ERK activation by ethanol in HepG2 cells. These data demonstrate that clinically relevant doses of ethanol stimulate ERK-dependent proliferation of HCC cells. Ethanol up-regulates TGF-alpha levels in HCC cells and enhances growth through cell cycles changes, which appear to be mediated through TGF-alpha-MEK-ERK signaling. Ethanol-MEK signaling in normal hepatocytes is absent, suggesting that ethanol promotion of HCC growth may in part depend upon the acquisition of cancer-specific signaling by hepatocytes.

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