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Abstract 926: Nitric oxide enhances tumor progression and disease aggressiveness in pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most malignant cancer, with 5-year survival of a mere 6%. Chronic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of PDAC. Nitric oxide (NO•) is an important mediator of immune and inflammatory responses and plays a role in tumorigenesis. The pr...

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Published in:Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Ill.), 2014-10, Vol.74 (19_Supplement), p.926-926
Main Authors: Wang, Jian, He, Peijun, Gaida, Matthias M., Yang, Shouhui, Schetter, Aaron, Gaedcke, Jochen, Ghadimi, Michael, Ried, Thomas, Yfantis, Harris G., Lee, Dong H., Weiss, Jonathan M., Stauffer, Jim, Hanna, Nader, Alexander, H. Richard, Hussain, S. Perwez
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Summary:Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the most malignant cancer, with 5-year survival of a mere 6%. Chronic inflammation is associated with an increased risk of PDAC. Nitric oxide (NO•) is an important mediator of immune and inflammatory responses and plays a role in tumorigenesis. The principal source of an increased and sustained level of NO• is inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS2). In this study, we have tested the hypothesis that NO• enhances tumor progression in pancreatic cancer. We found that a higher NOS2 expression in tumors was associated with poor survival in resected PDAC patients (p=0.011). We then used a genetic strategy to investigate the role of NO• in the development and progression of PDAC by deleting NOS2 gene in a genetically engineered mouse model of pancreatic cancer (KPC mice) with pancreas specific activation of mutant KRAS and P53, which faithfully recapitulates the development and progression of human pancreatic cancer. NOS2-deficient KPC mice showed a longer survival as compared to the KPC littermates with wild type NOS2 (p
ISSN:0008-5472
1538-7445
DOI:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2014-926