CSE positively regulated the expression of VEGF and increased the levels of certain key proteins in the VEGF pathway, including the phosphoinositide (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) pathway [PI3K, Akt and phosphorylated (p)Akt], focal adhesion kinase (FAK)‑paxillin pathway (FAK and paxillin) and rat sarcoma (Ras)‑mitogen‑activated protein kinase pathway [Ras, rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma, extracellular signal‑regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 and pERK1/2].
Pretreatment of HT1080-derived fibrosarcoma cells with pharmacological inhibitors of PI3K (wortmannin or LY294002) selectively inhibited IFN-beta-induced beta-R1 mRNA accumulation in a dose-dependent manner.