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      Emerging role of CCN family proteins in tumorigenesis and cancer metastasis (Review)

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          The CCN family of proteins comprises the members CCN1, CCN2, CCN3, CCN4, CCN5 and CCN6. They share four evolutionarily conserved functional domains, and usually interact with various cytokines to elicit different biological functions including cell proliferation, adhesion, invasion, migration, embryonic development, angiogenesis, wound healing, fibrosis and inflammation through a variety of signalling pathways. In the past two decades, emerging functions for the CCN proteins (CCNs) have been identified in various types of cancer. Perturbed expression of CCNs has been observed in a variety of malignancies. The aberrant expression of certain CCNs is associated with disease progression and poor prognosis. Insight into the detailed mechanisms involved in CCN-mediated regulation may be useful in understanding their roles and functions in tumorigenesis and cancer metastasis. In this review, we briefly introduced the functions of CCNs, especially in cancer.

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          Role of the insulin-like growth factor family in cancer development and progression.

          H Yu, T. Rohan (2000)
          The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are mitogens that play a pivotal role in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. The effects of IGFs are mediated through the IGF-I receptor, which is also involved in cell transformation induced by tumor virus proteins and oncogene products. Six IGF-binding proteins (IGFBPs) can inhibit or enhance the actions of IGFs. These opposing effects are determined by the structures of the binding proteins. The effects of IGFBPs on IGFs are regulated in part by IGFBP proteases. Laboratory studies have shown that IGFs exert strong mitogenic and antiapoptotic actions on various cancer cells. IGFs also act synergistically with other mitogenic growth factors and steroids and antagonize the effect of antiproliferative molecules on cancer growth. The role of IGFs in cancer is supported by epidemiologic studies, which have found that high levels of circulating IGF-I and low levels of IGFBP-3 are associated with increased risk of several common cancers, including those of the prostate, breast, colorectum, and lung. Evidence further suggests that certain lifestyles, such as one involving a high-energy diet, may increase IGF-I levels, a finding that is supported by animal experiments indicating that IGFs may abolish the inhibitory effect of energy restriction on cancer growth. Further investigation of the role of IGFs in linking high energy intake, increased cell proliferation, suppression of apoptosis, and increased cancer risk may provide new insights into the etiology of cancer and lead to new strategies for cancer prevention.
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            Connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF) modulates cell signalling by BMP and TGF-beta.

            Bruno Reversade, Jose Abreu, C De Bari … (2002)
            Connective-tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a secreted protein implicated in multiple cellular events including angiogenesis, skeletogenesis and wound healing. It is a member of the CCN family of secreted proteins, named after CTGF, cysteine-rich 61 (CYR61), and nephroblastoma overexpressed (NOV) proteins. The molecular mechanism by which CTGF or other CCN proteins regulate cell signalling is not known. CTGF contains a cysteine-rich domain (CR) similar to those found in chordin and other secreted proteins, which in some cases have been reported to function as bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and TGF-beta binding domains. Here we show that CTGF directly binds BMP4 and TGF-beta 1 through its CR domain. CTGF can antagonize BMP4 activity by preventing its binding to BMP receptors and has the opposite effect, enhancement of receptor binding, on TGF-beta 1. These results show that CTGF inhibits BMP and activates TGF-beta signals by direct binding in the extracellular space.
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              Functions and mechanisms of action of CCN matricellular proteins.

              Ellen Lau, Chih-Ta Chen (2009)
              Members of the CCN (CYR61/CTGF/NOV) family have emerged as dynamically expressed, extracellular matrix-associated proteins that play critical roles in cardiovascular and skeletal development, injury repair, fibrotic diseases and cancer. The synthesis of CCN proteins is highly inducible by serum growth factors, cytokines, and environmental stresses such as hypoxia, UV exposure, and mechanical stretch. Consisting of six secreted proteins in vertebrate species, CCNs are typically comprised of four conserved cysteine-rich modular domains. They function primarily through direct binding to specific integrin receptors and heparan sulfate proteoglycans, thereby triggering signal transduction events that culminate in the regulation of cell adhesion, migration, proliferation, gene expression, differentiation, and survival. CCN proteins can also modulate the activities of several growth factors and cytokines, including TGF-beta, TNFalpha, VEGF, BMPs, and Wnt proteins, and may thereby regulate a broad array of biological processes. Recent studies have uncovered novel CCN activities unexpected for matricellular proteins, including their ability to induce apoptosis as cell adhesion substrates, to dictate the cytotoxicity of inflammatory cytokines such as TNFalpha, and to promote hematopoietic stem cell self-renewal. As potent regulators of angiogenesis and chondrogenesis, CCNs are essential for successful cardiovascular and skeletal development during embryogenesis. In the adult, the expression of CCN proteins is associated with injury repair and inflammation, and has been proposed as diagnostic or prognostic markers for diabetic nephropathy, hepatic fibrosis, systemic sclerosis, and several types of cancer. Targeting CCN signaling pathways may hold promise as a strategy of rational therapeutic design.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Int J Mol Med
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Int. J. Mol. Med
                Journal ID (publisher-id): IJMM
                Title: International Journal of Molecular Medicine
                Publisher: D.A. Spandidos
                ISSN (Print): 1107-3756
                ISSN (Electronic): 1791-244X
                Publication date (Print): December 2015
                Publication date (Electronic): 23 October 2015
                Publication date PMC-release: 23 October 2015
                Volume: 36
                Issue: 6
                Pages: 1451-1463
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, P.R. China
                [2 ]Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
                [3 ]Cancer Institute, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, P.R. China
                Author notes
                Correspondence to: Professor Wen G. Jiang, Cardiff China Medical Research Collaborative, Institute of Cancer and Genetics, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Academic Avenue, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK, E-mail: jiangw@ 123456cf.ac.uk
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                Publisher ID: ijmm-36-06-1451
                DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2015.2390
                PMC ID: 4678164
                PubMed ID: 26498181
                SO-VID: 44e71b83-cb4a-4c0d-9d48-761add3ee9f9
                Copyright © Copyright: © Li et al.
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                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.

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                Date received : 07 April 2015
                Date accepted : 07 October 2015
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                Keywords: ccn family proteins,receptors,signalling pathways,cell functions,cancers
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                Keywords: ccn family proteins, receptors, signalling pathways, cell functions, cancers

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