315201110http//.gjbl.netInternationalJournalofPathologyandClinicalMedicineVol.31No.5Oct.20112011-09-042011-09-29。E-mailJhao1685@163.comE-mailsuqi1945@yahoo.com.cn310006292008SK301009K07409A077。ThisworkwassupportedbyNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofChina31000629theFoun-dationofScienceandTechnologyProgramofHunanProvince2008SK3010InnovationPlatformOpenFundsforUniversityinHu-nanProvincial09K074andtheKeyProjectofScientificResearchFoundationofDepartmentofEducationHunanProvinceP.R.China09A077.Rac11121.2.421001Rho、、、、。RasC31Rho、、。Rac1doi10.3969/j.issn.1673-2588.2011.10.009AdvancesinresearchonRac1andtumorZHANGShuo1JIANGHao1SUQi21.DepartmentofMedicalOncologyFirstAffiliatedHospital2.CancerResearchInstituteUniversityofSouthChinaHengyangHunan421001ChinaAbstractThefamilyofRhoasmolecularswitchplaysavitalroleinmultiplecellfunctionssuchascellmotilityactionreorganizationtumormalignanttransformationinvasionmetastasisangio-genesisandregulationoftranscriptionfactor.Ras-relatedC3botulinumtoxinsubstrate1Rac1amemberofRhofamilyhasanimportantroleincellapoptosisproliferationmotilityinvasionmetasta-sisandangiogenesis.KeywordsRac1cellapoptosiscellproliferationcellmotilityinvasionmetasta-sisangiogenesisRacRac1Rac2Rac3Rac1Rac1b。Rac1。Rac1、。1Rac1Rac129kb77p22。Rac11.2kb2.5kb2。Rac1RhoguanosinetriphosphataseGTPaseguanosinediphosphateGDPguanosinetriphosphateGTPGDPGTP。Rac1。GDP/GTP30145Rac1311guaninenucle-otideexchangefactorsGEFs。GTPGDPGTPaseGTP。2GTPaseactivatingpro-teinsCAPs。GTPaseGTPGTPase。3guaninenucleotidedissociationinhibitorsGDIs。GDPGTPaseGDP。Rac、1。、、、、、、Rac1。Rac1bRac1Rac1。Rac1C-、、Rac1。Rac1、。Rac1bRhoRac1。Rac1bRac1Rac12。Rac1Rho。Rac1bRac1Rho、、。2Rac1。。、、。、、。Rac13、。vas-cularendothelialgrowthfactorVEGF、4。VEGF2SrcRacVav2Rac1Rac1nucleotide-freemutantG15ARac1Rac15。alphavbeta3Rac16。Eph、。EphEphrins。Ephrins-A1Vav2Vav3EphA2Rac17。EphA2Ephrin-A1Rac18。Ephrin-A1-3phosphatidylinositol3-kinasesPI3KRac18。。9AGS、SGC7901、HepG2rac1mRNARac1-1αVEGF、phosphataseandtensinhomologPTEN、53tumorprotein53p53。Rac1。Ma10Rac1RacCAVEGF1/2、、2TekRacCAN-。survivinsurvivinEx3Rac111。urokinase-typeplasminogenactivatorreceptoruPAR、B。Malla12uPARBJAK/STAT2Rac1gp91phoxD14Rb。3Rac1、Rac1。Rac1Rac11145http//.gjbl.net31。B2B-celllymphoma2Bcl-2Rac1Bcl-2Rac1Bcl-213。Du14K-rasRac1N17Rac。Bosco15NF2Wnt。Rac14WntNF2。4Rac13D5、。IL-8PI3K-Rac116。RacScar/WaveArp2/317。Rac1p53insulinreceptortyrosinekinasesubstratep53IRSp53NRac1RCBIRSp53IRSp53SH3WAVE2-Abi1Rac1-IRSp53-WAVE2-Abi1Arp2/3118。5Rac1、、、、。5.1Rac1Limk1LimLimkinaseLimkactin-depolymerizingfactorADF/Cofilin。、LimkRho-Rho/P21-LIMK-/-LIMK-/19。RhoGTPaseLimk1Limk2508505Limk1Limk220。LimkCofilin3Cofilin21。Rac/Cdc42Pak1Lim20RhoAROCKLim22。Delorme23Rac1Pak1ROCKLimk1Cofilin。Bagheri-Yarmand24Rac1Cdc42Limk1urokinase-typeplasminogenactivatoruPAuPAuPAuPAuPA。5.2Rac1--epithelialmesenchymaltransi-tionEMT。EMT。EMT、。EMT。Rac1。βtransforminggrowthfactorbetaTGF-βEMTEMTSmadSmad。Tobar25TGF-beta1Rac1-NOXs-ROSκBnuclearfactor-kappabetaNF-κBuPA9matrixmetalloproteinase9MMP-9EMT。Rac1-3/RasC31/c-junN-EMT26。Bakin27Rac1N17TGF-βp382EMT。。2145Rac131EMT。Stallings-Mann28Rac1bEMTRac1breactiveoxygenspeciesROSROSSnailEMT。Radisky29MMP-3EMT。EMTuPAR。uPAREMT。uPARRac130。1inhibitorofdifferentiation-1Id-1。Id-1N--RhoARac1EMT31。5.3Rac1Rac1AP-1MMP-2、32-33。RasGTPRasGTPase-activating-likeproteinIQGAP1Cdc42/Rac1Cdc42/Rac134。-。-PI3KRac1PANC-1MMP-235。TGF-beta1Rac1/ROS/NF-κB/IL-6/MMP-2SW199036。H-RasRac1MCF10A37-38。6RacRac1、、RacLimk1EMTGEFsuPARRac1。1HernándezEDeLaMota-PeynadoADharmawardhaneSetal.NovelinhibitorsofRac1inmetastaticbreastcancerJ.PRHealthSciJ2010294348-356.2NimnualASTaylorLJNyakoMetal.Perturbationofcy-toskeletondynamicsbytheopposingeffectsofRac1andRac1bJ.SmallGTPases20101289-97.3TanWPalmbyTRGavardJetal.AnessentialroleforRac1inendothelialcellfunctionandvasculardevelopmentJ.FASEBJ20082261829-1838.4SogaNConnollyJOChellaiahMetal.RacregulatesvascularendothelialgrowthfactorstimulatedmotilityJ.CellCommunAdhes2001811-13.5GarrettTAVanBuulJDBurridgeK.VEGF-inducedRac1acti-vationinendothelialcellsisregulatedbytheguaninenucleotideex-changefactorVav2J.ExpCellRes2007313153285-3297.6D'AmicoGRobinsonSDGermainMetal.Endothelial-Rac1isnotrequiredfortumorangiogenesisunlessalphavbeta3-integrinisabsentJ.PLoSOne201053e9766.7HunterSGZhuangGBrantley-SiedersDetal.EssentialroleofVavfamilyguaninenucleotideexchangefactorsinEphAreceptor-mediatedangiogenesisJ.MolCellBiol200626134830-4842.8Brantley-SiedersDMCaughronJHicksDetal.EphA2recep-tortyrosinekinaseregulatesendothelialcellmigrationandvascularassemblythroughphosphoinositide3-kinase-mediatedRac1GTPaseactivationJ.JCellSci2004117102037-2049.9.RhoGTPasesJ.2004269517-520.XUEYanBIFengLIUWenchaoetal.Expressionsandactivi-tiesofRhoGTPasesinhypoxiaanditsrelationshipwithtumoran-giogenesisJ.ChineseJournalofOncology2004269517-520.10MaQCavallinLEYanBetal.Antitumorigenesisofantioxida-ntsinatransgenicRac1modelofKaposi’ssarcomaJ.ProcNatlAcadSciUSA2009106218683-8688.11CaldasHFangusaroJRBoueDRetal.DissectingtheroleofendothelialsurvivindeltaEx3inangiogenesisJ.Blood200710941479-1489.12MallaRRGopi