Taken together, our results suggest that B-Myb functions as a tumor-promoting gene via suppressing IGFBP3 and could serve as a novel therapeutic target in NSCLC.
We hypothesized that insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 might be targeted by microRNA-125b and promote tumor invasion and poor outcome in non-small-cell lung cancer via activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.
Then, IGF-dependent signaling was assessed after expressing wild-type or a mutant IGFBP3 without IGF binding capacity in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells.
We also explored the IGFBP-3 methylation effect on overall survival (OS) in a population of 40 NSCLC patients who received adjuvant therapy after R0 surgery.
Collectively, these data suggest a novel function of Akt3 as a negative regulator of IGFBP-3, indicating the possible benefit of a combined inhibition of IGFBP-3 and Akt3 for the treatment of patients with NSCLC.
Our purpose is to design a translational-based profile to predict resistance in NSCLC by studying the role of IGFBP-3 in the phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway.
This study of patients with advanced non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) evaluated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status and two serum markers, serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP3), for their associations to response to gefitinib therapy and for their prognostic impact.
In conclusion, the A/A genotype and A allele of the IGFBP-3 promoter -1590 site may represent a genetic risk factor for NSCLC, with the A/A genotype being associated with a higher risk for squamous cell carcinoma than adenocarcinoma.
We selected and genotyped 21 tagging and potentially functional SNPs in IGF1 and IGFBP3 by using Illumina Goldengate Genotyping Chip in a case cohort of 568 patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in a Chinese population.
We report that a loss of IGFBP-3 expression, mediated by promoter-hypermethylation, results in a reduction of tumor cell sensitivity to cisplatin in NSCLC.
Therefore, we attempted to ascertain whether the A-202C polymorphic variation of IGFBP-3 gene constitutes a risk factor for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the methylation status of IGFBP-3 promoter influences the prognosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
This study explored the effects of IGFBP-3 on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells after infection with an adenovirus constitutively expressing IGFBP-3 under the control of the cytomegalovirus promoter (Ad5CMV-BP3).
Insulin-like growth factors stimulate the release of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) and degradation of IGFBP-4 in nonsmall cell lung cancer cell lines.