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Title: | Constitutive nuclear factor-kappaB-RelA activation is required for proliferation and survival of Hodgkin's disease tumor cells |
Creators Name: | Bargou, R.C., Emmerich, F., Krappmann, D., Bommert, K., Mapara, M.Y., Arnold, W., Royer, H.D., Grinstein, E., Greiner, A., Scheidereit, C. and Doerken, B. |
Abstract: | The pathogenesis and etiology of Hodgkin's disease, a common human malignant lymphoma, is still unresolved. As a unique characteristic, we have identified constitutive activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB p50-RelA in Hodgkin/Reed-Sternberg (H/RS) cells, which discriminates these neoplastic cells from most cell types studied to date. In contrast to other lymphoid and nonlymphoid cell lines tested, proliferation of H/RS cells depended on activated NF-kappaB. Furthermore, constitutive NF-kappaB p50-RelA prevented Hodgkin's lymphoma cells from undergoing apoptosis under stress conditions. Consistent with this dual function, Hodgkin's lymphoma cells depleted of constitutive nuclear NF-kappaB revealed strongly impaired tumor growth in severe combined immunodeficient mice. Our findings identify NF-kappaB as an important component for understanding the pathogenesis of Hodgkin's disease and for developing new therapeutic strategies against it. |
Keywords: | Apoptosis, Cell Division, Cell Line, Cell Survival, Cultured Tumor Cells, Hodgkin Disease, NF-kappa B, NF-kappa B p50 Subunit, Transcription Factor RelA, Animals, Mice |
Source: | Journal of Clinical Investigation |
ISSN: | 0021-9738 |
Publisher: | American Society for Clinical Investigation |
Volume: | 100 |
Number: | 12 |
Page Range: | 2961-2969 |
Date: | 15 December 1997 |
Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI119849 |
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