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lines. However, the role <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IL-1alpha in determining the metastatic potential <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pancreatictumor remains to be further investigated. In <strong>on</strong>e study, it was stably expressed IL-1alpha inthe n<strong>on</strong>metastatic, IL-1alpha-negative MiaPaCa-2 cell lines. Our results showed that thesecreti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IL-1alpha in MiaPaCa-2 cells c<strong>on</strong>stitutively activated NF-kappaB and increasedthe expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> NF-kappaB downstream genes involved in the different steps <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> themetastatic cascade, such as urokinase-type plasminogen activator, vascular endothelialgrowth factor, and IL-8. MiaPaCa-2/IL-1alpha cells showed an enhanced cell invasi<strong>on</strong> in vitrocompared with parental MiaPaCa-2 cells and induced liver metastasis in an orthotopicmouse model. <strong>The</strong> metastatic phenotype induced by IL-1alpha was inhibited by theexpressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> phosphorylati<strong>on</strong>-defective IkappaB (IkappaB S32, 36A), which blocked NFkappaBactivati<strong>on</strong>. C<strong>on</strong>sistently, silencing the expressi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IL-1alpha by short hairpin RNAin the highly metastatic L3.6pl pancreatic cancer cells completely suppressed their metastaticspread. In summary, these findings showed that IL-1alpha plays key roles in pancreaticcancer metastatic behavior through the c<strong>on</strong>stitutive activati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> NF-kappaB [389].Osteop<strong>on</strong>tinPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma is a lethal disease with etiological associati<strong>on</strong> withcigarette smoking. Nicotine, an important comp<strong>on</strong>ent <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cigarettes, exists at highc<strong>on</strong>centrati<strong>on</strong>s in the bloodstream <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> smokers. Osteop<strong>on</strong>tin is a secreted phosphoprotein thatc<strong>on</strong>fers <strong>on</strong> cancer cells a migratory phenotype and activates signaling pathways that inducecell survival, proliferati<strong>on</strong>, invasi<strong>on</strong>, and metastasis. Here, it was investigated the potentialmolecular basis <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> nicotine's role in pancreatic cancer through studying its effect <strong>on</strong>osteop<strong>on</strong>tin. Nicotine significantly increased osteop<strong>on</strong>tin mRNA and protein secreti<strong>on</strong> inpancreatic cancer cells through activati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the osteop<strong>on</strong>tin gene promoter. <strong>The</strong> osteop<strong>on</strong>tinmRNA inducti<strong>on</strong> was inhibited by the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antag<strong>on</strong>ist,mechamylamine. Further, the tyrosine kinase inhibitor genistein inhibited the nicotinemediatedinducti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> osteop<strong>on</strong>tin, suggesting that mitogen activated protein kinase signalingmechanism is involved. Nicotine activated the phosphorylati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ERK1/2, but not p38 or c-Jun NH2-terminal MAP kinases. Inhibiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ERK1/2 activati<strong>on</strong> reduced the nicotine-inducedosteop<strong>on</strong>tin synthesis. Rats exposed to cigarette smoke showed a dose-dependent increasein pancreatic OPN that paralleled the rise <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pancreatic and plasma nicotine levels. Analysis<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> cancer tissue from invasive pancreatic cancer patients, the majority <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> whom weresmokers, showed the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> significant amounts <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> osteop<strong>on</strong>tin in the malignant ductsand the surrounding pancreatic acini. <strong>The</strong> data suggest that nicotine may c<strong>on</strong>tribute topancreatic cancer pathogenesis through upregulati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> osteop<strong>on</strong>tin. <strong>The</strong>y provide the firstinsight into a nicotine-initiated signal transducti<strong>on</strong> pathway that regulates osteop<strong>on</strong>tin as apossible tumorigenic mechanism in pancreatic cancer [390].p21/p27p21 (WAF1/Cip1/CDKN1A) and p27 (Kip1/CDKN1B) are members <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Cip/Kip family <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, which can induce cell cycle arrest and serve as tumorsuppressors. It was hypothesized that genetic variants in p21 and p27 may modify individualsusceptibility to pancreatic cancer. To test this hypothesis, it was evaluated the associati<strong>on</strong>s<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the Ser31Arg polymorphism in p21 and the Gly109Val polymorphism in p27, and theircombinati<strong>on</strong>s, with pancreatic cancer risk in a case-c<strong>on</strong>trol study <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 509 pathologicallyc<strong>on</strong>firmed pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients and 462 age- and sex-matched cancer-freec<strong>on</strong>trols in n<strong>on</strong>-Hispanic whites. It was found that the heterozygous and homozygous variantgenotypes combined in a dominant model <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the p21 polymorphism were associated withincreased risk <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> pancreatic cancer compared with the homozygous wild type (adjusted oddsratio 1.70; 95 % c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval 1.13 to 2.55). This increased risk was more pr<strong>on</strong>ouncedin carriers with the p27 homozygous wild type (adjusted odds ratio 2.20; 95 % c<strong>on</strong>fidenceinterval 1.32 to 3.68) and in n<strong>on</strong>smokers (adjusted odds ratio 2.16; 95 % c<strong>on</strong>fidence interval

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