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Endothelial p70 S6 Kinase 1 in Regulating Tumor Angiogenesis

¹ Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China and ² Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center and Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia

Requests for reprints: Bing-Hua Jiang, Lab of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Pathology, Cancer Center, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, China. Phone: 026-86862914; E-mail: binghjiang{at}yahoo.com.

Key Words: p70S6K1 • HIF-1 • vascular endothelial cell • angiogenesis • prostate carcinoma

The p70 S6 kinase 1 (p70S6K1) exerts its function in regulating protein synthesis, cell proliferation, cell cycle progression, and cell survival in response to growth factors and other cellular signals. But the direct effect of p70S6K1 in regulating tumor growth and angiogenesis remains to be elucidated. Here, we investigated the effect of p70S6K1 expressed in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMEC) in regulating cancer cell–inducing tumor growth and angiogenesis and found that HDMECs enhance cancer cell–induced tumor growth and angiogenesis. Constitutive activation of p70S6K1 in HDMECs is sufficient to enhance tumor growth and angiogenesis. Inhibition of p70S6K1 by its dominant-negative mutant in HDMECs interferes with tumor growth and angiogenesis, indicating that p70S6K1 activity in endothelial cells is required for regulating tumor angiogenesis. We found that p70S6K1 regulates hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) expression in the human endothelial cells. Knockdown of HIF-1 in the endothelial cells decreases tumor growth and angiogenesis. These results show that p70S6K1 and HIF-1 play an important role in regulating the endothelial functions for inducing tumor growth and angiogenesis. This study helps to understand the role and molecular mechanism of p70S6K1 in regulating angiogenesis and tumor growth, and the role of endothelial p70S6K1/HIF-1 signaling in the regulation of tumor microenvironment and angiogenesis. [Cancer Res 2008;68(19):8183–8]

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