Review Article

Novel Strategies for the Treatment of Chondrosarcomas: Targeting Integrins

Table 2

Integrin as a receptor regulates signalings in human chondrosarcoma cells.

GroupsLigandIntegrin signalingRegulationFunctionReferences

Extracellular matrix and its degradation fragments and by-productsPC1CPβ1VEGF expression ↑
CXCR4 expression ↑
Inducing chondrogenic tumor vascularization and progression[59]
PIIBNPαvβ3 and αvβ5Inducing cell death[60]
OPNαvβ3/FAK/MEK/ERK/NF-κBMMP-9 expression ↑Increasing cell migration[61]

CCN familyCCN1αvβ3/FAKMMP-13 expression ↑Increasing cell migration[62]
CCN2αvβ3/FAKMMP-13 expression ↑Increasing cell migration[63]
CCN3αvβ3/FAKMMP-13 expression ↑Increasing cell migration[64]
CCN4α5β1/FAK/MEK/ERK/IKKα/β/NF-κBMMP-2 activity ↑Increasing cell migration[65]
CCN6αvβ3 and αvβ5/FAK/MEK/ERK/c-Jun/AP-1ICAM-1 expression ↑Increasing cell migration[66]