简介：Amajorproblemwhichispoorlyunderstoodinthemanagementofbladdercancerislowsensitivitytochemotherapyandhighrecurrenceaftertransurethralresection.Insulin-likegrowthfactor1receptor(IGF-1R)signalingplaysaveryimportantroleinprogression,invasionandmetastasisofbladdercancercells.Inthisstudy,weinvestigatedwhetherIGF-1Rwasinvolvedinthegrowthstimulatingactivityanddrugresistanceofbladdercancercells.Theresultsshowed:ThemRNAsofIGF-1,IGF-2andIGF-1Rwerestronglyexpressedinserum-freeculturedT24cellline,whereasnormalurothelialcellsdidnotexpressthesefactors/receptorsoronlyintracelevels;T24cellrespondedfarbettertogrowthstimulationbyIGF-1thandidnormalurothelialcells;blockageofIGF1Rbyantisenseoligodeoxynucleotide(ODN)significantlyinhibitedthegrowthofT24cellandenhancedsensitivityandapoptosisofT24cellstomitomycin(MMC).TheseresultssuggestedthatblockageofIGF-IRsignalingmightpotentiallycontributetothetreatmentofbladdercancercellswhichareinsensitivetochemotherapy.