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Choupani J, Mansoori Derakhshan S, Bayat S, Alivand MR, Shekari Khaniani M. Narrower insight to SIRT1 role in cancer: A potential therapeutic target to control epithelial-mesenchymal transition in cancer cells. J Cell Physiol 2018; 233:4443-4457. [PMID: 29194618 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.26302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a highly networked cellular process which involves cell transition from the immotile epithelial to the motile mesenchymal phenotype, whereby cells lose their cell-cell adhesion and cell polarity. This important process is one of the underlying mechanisms for enabling invasion and metastasis of cancer cells which is considered as malignant phase of tumor progression. However, the molecular mechanisms of this process are not fully clarified. It is reported that Sirtuin1 (SIRT1), a NAD+ dependent class III histone deacetylase is associated with tumor metastasis through positive regulation of EMT in several types of cancers. Recent studies confirmed that up and down regulation of SIRT1 expression remarkably change the migration ability of different cancer cells in vitro and tumor metastasis in vivo. Also, according to this fact that carcinomas as the main human solid tumors, originate from different epithelial cell types, SIRT1 role in EMT has received a great attention due to its potential role in tumor development and metastasis. Therefore, SIRT1 has been proposed as a key regulator of cancer metastasis by promoting EMT, although little is known about the cleared effect of SIRT1 in this transition. Our aim in this review is to explain in more detail the role of SIRT1 in various signaling pathways related to carcinogenesis, with the focus on the promoting role of SIRT1 in EMT as a potential therapeutic target to control EMT and to prevent cancer progression.
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- Jalal Choupani
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Hu SCS, Yu HS, Yen FL, Chen GS, Lan CCE. CXCR7 expression correlates with tumor depth in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma skin lesions and promotes tumor cell survival through ERK activation. Exp Dermatol 2014; 23:902-8. [DOI: 10.1111/exd.12557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Stephen Chu-Sung Hu
- Department of Dermatology; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Kaohsiung Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology; College of Medicine; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Kaohsiung Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology; College of Medicine; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Fragrance and Cosmetic Science; College of Pharmacy; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Kaohsiung Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology; College of Medicine; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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- Department of Dermatology; Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital; Kaohsiung Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology; College of Medicine; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology; Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital; Kaohsiung Medical University; Kaohsiung Taiwan
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Huang RYJ, Guilford P, Thiery JP. Early events in cell adhesion and polarity during epithelial-mesenchymal transition. J Cell Sci 2013; 125:4417-22. [PMID: 23165231 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.099697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 246] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Ruby Yun-Ju Huang
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, National University Hospital, 119074, Singapore
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Soluble E-cadherin: a critical oncogene modulating receptor tyrosine kinases, MAPK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling. Oncogene 2013; 33:225-35. [PMID: 23318419 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 10/15/2012] [Accepted: 10/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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E-cadherin, a cell-cell adhesion glycoprotein, is frequently downregulated with tumorigenic progression. The extracellular domain of E-cadherin is cleaved by proteases to generate a soluble ectodomain fragment, termed sEcad, which is elevated in the urine or serum of cancer patients. In this study, we explored the functional role of sEcad in the progression of skin squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs). We found that full-length E-cadherin expression was decreased and sEcad increased in human clinical tumor samples as well as in ultraviolet (UV)-induced SCCs in mice. Interestingly, sEcad associated with members of the human epidermal growth factor receptor (HER) and insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1R) family of receptors in human and UV-induced mouse tumors. Moreover, in both E-cadherin-positive (E-cadherin(+)) and -negative (E-cadherin(-)) cells in vitro, sEcad activated downstream mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling and enhanced tumor growth, motility and invasion, the latter via activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and MMP-9. To this end, HER, PI3K or MEK inhibitors suppressed sEcad's tumorigenic effects, including proliferation, migration and invasion. Taken together, our data suggest that sEcad contributes to skin carcinogenesis via association with the HER/IGF-1R-family of receptors and subsequent activation of the MAPK and PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathways, thereby implicating sEcad as a putative therapeutic target in cutaneous SCCs.
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Bougen NM, Amiry N, Yuan Y, Kong XJ, Pandey V, Vidal LJP, Perry JK, Zhu T, Lobie PE. Trefoil factor 1 suppression of E-CADHERIN enhances prostate carcinoma cell invasiveness and metastasis. Cancer Lett 2012; 332:19-29. [PMID: 23266572 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2012] [Accepted: 12/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Metastasis is the primary mediator of prostate cancer (PCA) lethality and poses a significant clinical obstacle. The identification of factors involved in the metastasis of PCA is imperative. We demonstrate herein that trefoil factor 1 (TFF1) promotes PCA cell migration and invasion in vitro and metastasis in vivo. The capacity of TFF1 to enhance cell migration/invasion is mediated by transcriptional repression of E-CADHERIN. Consideration of targeted inhibition of TFF1 to prevent metastasis of prostate carcinoma is warranted.
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- N M Bougen
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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WAVE2 Protein Complex Coupled to Membrane and Microtubules. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2012; 2012:590531. [PMID: 22315597 PMCID: PMC3270453 DOI: 10.1155/2012/590531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2011] [Revised: 10/12/2011] [Accepted: 10/17/2011] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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E-cadherin is one of the key molecules in the formation of cell-cell adhesion and interacts intracellularly with a group of proteins collectively named catenins, through which the E-cadherin-catenin complex is anchored to actin-based cytoskeletal components. Although cell-cell adhesion is often disrupted in cancer cells by either genetic or epigenetic alterations in cell adhesion molecules, disruption of cell-cell adhesion alone seems to be insufficient for the induction of cancer cell migration and invasion. A small GTP-binding protein, Rac1, induces the specific cellular protrusions lamellipodia via WAVE2, a member of WASP/WAVE family of the actin cytoskeletal regulatory proteins. Biochemical and pharmacological investigations have revealed that WAVE2 interacts with many proteins that regulate microtubule growth, actin assembly, and membrane targeting of proteins, all of which are necessary for directional cell migration through lamellipodia formation. These findings might have important implications for the development of effective therapeutic agents against cancer cell migration and invasion.
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Nishida N, Goel A. Genetic and epigenetic signatures in human hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review. Curr Genomics 2011; 12:130-7. [PMID: 21966251 PMCID: PMC3129047 DOI: 10.2174/138920211795564359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2010] [Revised: 01/04/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the third most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide, and the incidence of this fatal disease is still on rise. The majority of HCCs emerge in the background of a chronic liver disease, such as chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis. The current understanding is that majority of HCCs evolve as a consequence of chronic inflammation and due to the presence of infection with hepatitis viruses. These underlying pathogenic stimuli subsequently induce a spectrum of genetic and epigenetic alterations in several cancer-related genes, which are involved in cell-cycle regulation, cell growth and adhesion. Such widespread genomic alterations cause disruption of normal cellular signaling and finally lead to the acquisition of a malignant phenotype in HCC. In general, the type of gene alterations, such as point mutations, deletion of chromosomal regions and abnormal methylation of gene promoters differ according to the individual targeted gene. In HCC, incidence of genetic alterations is relatively rare and is limited to a subset of few cancer-specific genes, such as the tumor suppressor p53, RB genes and oncogenes such as the CTNNB1. In contrast, epigenetic changes that involve aberrant methylation of genes and other post-transcriptional histone modifications occur far more frequently, and some of these epigenetic alterations are now being exploited for the development of molecular diagnostic signatures for HCC. In addition, recent findings of unique microRNA expression profiles also provide an evidence for the existence of novel mechanisms for gene expression regulation in HCC. In this review article, we will review the current state of knowledge on the activation of various oncogenic pathways and the inactivation of tumor suppressor pathways in HCC that result in the disruption of cancer-related gene function. In addition, we will specifically emphasize the clinical implication of some of these genetic and epigenetic alterations in the management of hepatocarcinogenesis.
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- Naoshi Nishida
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Niessen CM, Leckband D, Yap AS. Tissue organization by cadherin adhesion molecules: dynamic molecular and cellular mechanisms of morphogenetic regulation. Physiol Rev 2011; 91:691-731. [PMID: 21527735 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00004.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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This review addresses the cellular and molecular mechanisms of cadherin-based tissue morphogenesis. Tissue physiology is profoundly influenced by the distinctive organizations of cells in organs and tissues. In metazoa, adhesion receptors of the classical cadherin family play important roles in establishing and maintaining such tissue organization. Indeed, it is apparent that cadherins participate in a range of morphogenetic events that range from support of tissue integrity to dynamic cellular rearrangements. A comprehensive understanding of cadherin-based morphogenesis must then define the molecular and cellular mechanisms that support these distinct cadherin biologies. Here we focus on four key mechanistic elements: the molecular basis for adhesion through cadherin ectodomains, the regulation of cadherin expression at the cell surface, cooperation between cadherins and the actin cytoskeleton, and regulation by cell signaling. We discuss current progress and outline issues for further research in these fields.
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- Carien M Niessen
- Department of Dermatology, Center for Molecular Medicine, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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Tian YC, Chen YC, Chang CT, Hung CC, Wu MS, Phillips A, Yang CW. Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-β1 enhance HK-2 cell migration through a synergistic increase of matrix metalloproteinase and sustained activation of ERK signaling pathway. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:2367-77. [PMID: 17467690 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.03.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Revised: 02/18/2007] [Accepted: 03/22/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), upregulated in renal diseases, have a combinational effect on epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) of renal proximal tubular cells. The aim of this study was to examine the mechanism regarding the combinational effect of EGF and TGF-beta1 on cell migration following EMT. The results demonstrated that EGF (10 ng/ml) and TGF-beta1 (3 ng/ml) synergistically increased cell migration, accompanied by an increase in matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) gene expression, production and activity. Inhibition of MMP-9 production and activity by an MMP-2/MMP-9-specific inhibitor blocked the synergistic effect of EGF and TGF-beta1 on cell migration. The kinetic profile of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signals demonstrated that ERK1/2 activation was rapidly and strongly induced by EGF but delayed and less marked by TGF-beta1 stimulation. In contrast, co-administration of EGF and TGF-beta1 caused an early pronounced and persistent ERK1/2 activation. Inhibition of the ERK1/2 activity by PD98059 abrogated the synergistic effect of EGF and TGF-beta1 on cell migration, MMP-9 production and activity, indicating that EGF and TGF-beta1 converged at the ERK signaling pathway to mediate cell migration. This study demonstrates that EGF and TGF-beta1 synergistically stimulate proximal tubular cell migration through the increased MMP-9 function and enhanced ERK1/2 activation.
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- Ya-Chung Tian
- Kidney Institute, Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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McLachlan RW, Yap AS. Not so simple: the complexity of phosphotyrosine signaling at cadherin adhesive contacts. J Mol Med (Berl) 2007; 85:545-54. [PMID: 17429596 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-007-0198-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Revised: 03/19/2007] [Accepted: 03/21/2007] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cadherin cell-cell adhesion critically determines tissue organization and integrity in many organs of the body. Cadherin function influences patterning and morphogenesis while cadherin dysfunction contributes to disease, notably tumor invasion and metastasis. Cell signaling events are intimately linked with cadherin function; it is increasingly apparent that not only do cellular signals regulate cadherin function, but cadherins can also, in turn, modulate cell signaling itself. In this review, we discuss the complex interrelationship between phosphotyrosine-based cell signaling and cadherin adhesion. We focus on the interplay of events that occur at the cell surface and address three issues: the diverse mechanisms that activate phosphotyrosine signaling at cadherin cell-cell contacts, the functional impact of such signaling for cadherin adhesion, and the emerging capacity for cadherins to regulate growth factor signaling.
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- Robert W McLachlan
- Division of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia
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Yasmeen A, Bismar TA, Al Moustafa AE. ErbB receptors and epithelial-cadherin-catenin complex in human carcinomas. Future Oncol 2007; 2:765-81. [PMID: 17155902 DOI: 10.2217/14796694.2.6.765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The ErbB family of receptor tyrosine kinases have important roles in maintaining normal epithelial cell function. The ErbBs are involved in the interaction between cells and cell-matrix adhesion molecules and have proven critical in maintaining the integrity of the epithelial cell environment. Deregulation of these tyrosine receptors has been associated with several human diseases. In particular, the expression or activation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and ErbB2 is altered in many epithelial tumors. Epithelial (E)-cadherin is another major molecule expressed by epithelial cells. To create efficient cell-cell adhesion, E-cadherin couples its cytoplasmic domain to catenins and the actin cytoskeleton. The loss of intercellular adhesion appears to be a fundamental aspect of the neoplastic phenomena. In addition, EGFR and ErbB2 signaling associated with the E-cadherin-catenin complex has been demonstrated in normal and cancer cells. This signaling is involved in regulating cell adhesion and the invasive growth of cancers. This article provides an overview of the interaction between the ErbB tyrosine receptors and the E-cadherin-catenin complex in human carcinomas.
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- Amber Yasmeen
- McGill University, Program in Cancer Genetics, Department of Oncology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Docherty NG, O'Sullivan OE, Healy DA, Murphy M, O'neill AJ, Fitzpatrick JM, Watson RWG. TGF-beta1-induced EMT can occur independently of its proapoptotic effects and is aided by EGF receptor activation. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2005; 290:F1202-12. [PMID: 16368739 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00406.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Apoptosis and epithelial-mesenchymal transdifferentiation (EMT) occur in stressed tubular epithelial cells and contribute to renal fibrosis. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta(1) promotes these responses and we examined whether the processes were interdependent in vitro. Direct (caspase inhibition) and indirect [epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor stimulation] strategies were used to block apoptosis during TGF-beta(1) stimulation, and the subsequent effect on EMT was assessed. HK-2 cells were exposed to TGF-beta(1) with or without preincubation with ZVAD-FMK (pan-caspase inhibitor) or concomitant treatment with EGF plus or minus preincubation with LY-294002 (PI3-kinase inhibitor). Cells were then assessed for apoptosis and proliferation by flow cytometry, crystal violet assay, and Western blotting. Markers of EMT were assessed by microscopy, immunofluorescence, real-time RT-PCR, Western blotting, PAI-1 reporter assay, and collagen gel contraction assay. TGF-beta(1) caused apoptosis and priming for staurosporine-induced apoptosis. This was blocked by ZVAD-FMK. However, ZVAD-FMK did not prevent EMT following TGF-beta(1) treatment. EGF inhibited apoptosis and facilitated TGF-beta(1) induction of EMT by increasing proliferation and accentuating E-cadherin loss. Additionally, EGF significantly enhanced TGF-beta(1)-induced collagen I gel contraction. EGF increased Akt phosphorylation during EMT, and the prosurvival effect of this was confirmed using LY-294002, which reduced EGF-induced Akt phosphorylation and reversed its antiapoptotic and proproliferatory effects. TGF-beta(1) induces EMT independently of its proapoptotic effects. TGF-beta(1) and EGF together lead to EMT. EGF increases proliferation and resistance to apoptosis during EMT in a PI3-K Akt-dependent manner. In vivo, EGF receptor activation may assist in the selective survival of a transdifferentiated, profibrotic cell type.
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- Neil G Docherty
- Conway Institute, Univ. College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Wang F, Hartenstein V. Regulation of cell adhesion in the Drosophila embryo by phosphorylation of the cadherin-catenin-complex. Cell Tissue Res 2005; 324:157-66. [PMID: 16362417 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-005-0083-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2005] [Accepted: 09/08/2005] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cell-culture studies indicate that tyrosine phosphorylation of the cadherin-catenin-complex (CCC) is one of the post-translational mechanism regulating E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion. In this investigation, controlled application of a tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor (orthovanadate) and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (tyrphostin) to early Drosophila embryos, followed by biochemical assays and phenotypic analysis, has been utilized to address the mechanism by which tyrosine phosphorylation regulates E-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion in vivo. Our data suggest that, in the Drosophila embryo, beta-catenin (Drosophila homolog Armadillo) is the primary tyrosine-phosphorylated protein in the CCC. The increase in tyrosine phosphorylation correlates with a loss of epithelial integrity and adherens junctions in the ectoderm of early embryos. Late application of the phosphatase inhibitor does not have this effect, presumably because of the formation of septate junctions in late embryos. Co-immunoprecipitation assays have demonstrated that tyrosine hyper-phosphorylation does not cause the dissociation of Drosophila (D)E-cadherin and alpha-catenin or Armadillo, suggesting that abrogation in adhesion is most likely attributable to the detachment of actin-associated proteins from the CCC. Finally, although the Drosophila epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a receptor tyrosine kinase, is linked to the CCC and shows genetic interactions with DE-cadherin, we find that a constitutively active Drosophila EGFR construct does not cause any detectable changes in the level of tyrosine phosphorylation of Armadillo or destabilization of the CCC.
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- Fay Wang
- Department of Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Yin T, Getsios S, Caldelari R, Godsel LM, Kowalczyk AP, Müller EJ, Green KJ. Mechanisms of plakoglobin-dependent adhesion: desmosome-specific functions in assembly and regulation by epidermal growth factor receptor. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:40355-63. [PMID: 16183992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506692200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Plakoglobin (PG) is a member of the Armadillo family of adhesion/signaling proteins that can be incorporated into both adherens junctions and desmosomes. Loss of PG results in defects in the mechanical integrity of heart and skin and decreased adhesive strength in keratinocyte cultures established from the skin of PG knock-out (PG-/-) mice, the latter of which cannot be compensated for by overexpressing the closely related beta-catenin. In this study, we examined the mechanisms of PG-regulated adhesion in murine keratinocytes. Biochemical and morphological analyses indicated that junctional incorporation of desmosomal, but not adherens junction, components was impaired in PG-/- cells compared with PG+/- controls. Re-expression of PG, but not beta-catenin, in PG-/- cells largely reversed these effects, indicating a key role for PG in desmosome assembly. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor activation resulted in Tyr phosphorylation of PG, which was accompanied by a loss of desmoplakin from desmosomes and decreased adhesive strength following 18-h EGF treatment. Importantly, introduction of a phosphorylation-deficient PG mutant into PG null cells prevented the EGF receptor-dependent loss of desmoplakin from junctions, attenuating the effects of long term EGF treatment on cell adhesion. Therefore, PG is essential for maintaining and regulating adhesive strength in keratinocytes largely through its contributions to desmosome assembly and structure. As a target for modulation by EGF, regulation of PG-dependent adhesion may play an important role during wound healing and tumor metastasis.
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- Taofei Yin
- Department of Pathology and Dermatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Moran AE, Carothers AM, Weyant MJ, Redston M, Bertagnolli MM. Carnosol Inhibits β-Catenin Tyrosine Phosphorylation and Prevents Adenoma Formation in the C57BL/6J/Min/+ (Min/+) Mouse. Cancer Res 2005. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.1097.65.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Carnosol, a constituent of the herb, rosemary, has shown beneficial medicinal and antitumor effects. Using the C57BL/6J/Min/+ (Min/+) mouse, a model of colonic tumorigenesis, we found that dietary administration of 0.1% carnosol decreased intestinal tumor multiplicity by 46%. Previous studies showed that tumor formation in the Min/+ mouse was associated with alterations in the adherens junctions, including an increased expression of tyrosine-phosphorylated β-catenin, dissociation of β-catenin from E-cadherin, and strongly reduced amounts of E-cadherin located at lateral plasma membranes of histologically normal enterocytes. Here, we confirm these findings and show that treatment of Min/+ intestinal tissue with carnosol restored both E-cadherin and β-catenin to these enterocyte membranes, yielding a phenotype similar to that of the Apc+/+ wild-type (WT) littermate. Moreover, treatment of WT intestine with the phosphatase inhibitor, pervanadate, removed E-cadherin and β-catenin from the lateral membranes of enterocytes, mimicking the appearance of the Min/+ tissue. Pretreatment of WT tissue with carnosol inhibited the pervanadate-inducible expression of tyrosine-phosphorylated β-catenin. Thus, the ApcMin allele produces adhesion defects that involve up-regulated expression of tyrosine-phosphorylated proteins, including β-catenin. Moreover, these data suggest that carnosol prevents Apc-associated intestinal tumorigenesis, potentially via its ability to enhance E-cadherin-mediated adhesion and suppress β-catenin tyrosine phosphorylation.
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- 1Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Medical College of Cornell University and
- 2Strang Cancer Prevention Center, New York, New York and Departments of
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- 1Department of Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Medical College of Cornell University and
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- 4Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Brunton VG, MacPherson IRJ, Frame MC. Cell adhesion receptors, tyrosine kinases and actin modulators: a complex three-way circuitry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2004; 1692:121-44. [PMID: 15246683 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2004] [Accepted: 04/19/2004] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The interaction of cells with surrounding matrix and neighbouring cells governs many aspects of cell behaviour. Aside from transmitting signals from the external environment, adhesion receptors also receive signals from the cell interior. Here we review the interrelationship between adhesion receptors, tyrosine kinases (both growth factor receptor and non-receptor) and modulators of the actin cytoskeletal network. Deregulation of many aspects of these signalling pathways in cancer highlights the need for a better understanding of the complexities involved.
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- V G Brunton
- The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Beatson Laboratories, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD.
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Mimeault M, Bonenfant D, Batra SK. New advances on the functions of epidermal growth factor receptor and ceramides in skin cell differentiation, disorders and cancers. Skin Pharmacol Physiol 2004; 17:153-66. [PMID: 15258446 DOI: 10.1159/000078818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2003] [Accepted: 04/22/2004] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Recent advances in understanding of the biological functions of the epidermal growth factor and epidermal growth factor receptor (EGF-EGFR) system and ceramide production for the maintenance of skin integrity and barrier function are reported. In particular, the opposite roles of EGFR and ceramide cascades in epithelial keratinocyte proliferation, migration and terminal differentiation are described. Moreover, the functions of ceramides in the epidermal permeability barrier are reviewed. The alterations in EGFR signaling and ceramide metabolism, which might be involved in the etiopathogenesis of diverse skin disorders and cancers, are described. New progress in understanding of skin organization, which might provide the basis for the design of new transcutaneous drug delivery techniques as well as for the development of new therapies of skin disorders and cancers, are reported.
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- M Mimeault
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UNMC/Eppley Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4525, USA.
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Salon C, Moro D, Lantuejoul S, Brichon Py PY, Drabkin H, Brambilla C, Brambilla E. E-cadherin-beta-catenin adhesion complex in neuroendocrine tumors of the lung: a suggested role upon local invasion and metastasis. Hum Pathol 2004; 35:1148-55. [PMID: 15343518 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Dysfunction or loss of the intercellular adhesion complex E-cadherin-beta-catenin is frequent in non-small cell lung carcinomas in which E-cadherin and beta-catenin loss has been considered to be a molecular marker of tumor progression and poor prognosis. With an aim of evaluating the expression of the E-cadherin-beta-catenin complex and its prognostic role in neuroendocrine tumors (NET) of the lung, immunohistochemical analysis was performed in 102 NET, including 16 low-grade typical carcinoids, 8 intermediate-grade atypical carcinoids, 37 large-cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNEC), and 41 small-cell lung carcinomas, both high-grade tumors. Impaired E-cadherin expression (loss or cytoplasmic delocalization) was observed in 80 (78%) of 102 samples, and impaired beta-catenin expression was noted in 74 (72%) of 102 cases. The impaired expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin was observed with a higher frequency in high-grade tumors (87% and 83%, respectively) than in carcinoids (50% and 37%, respectively; P < 0.0001). Impaired expression of the E-cadherin and beta-catenin molecules also correlated with lymph node metastasis (P = 0.0001 and P = 0.0005, respectively) and with advanced stage disease (P < 0.0001 for both factors). Moreover, impaired E-cadherin expression directly correlated with an extensive disease in carcinoids and in LCNEC (P = 0.02 and P = 0.04, respectively) and with node metastasis in LCNEC (P = 0.01). Levels of E-cadherin and beta-catenin were correlated with each other, consistent with an internal regulatory loop. Our results indicate that down-regulation of the E-cadherin-beta-catenin complex plays a role in NET progression.
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- C Salon
- Department of Thoracic Oncology, University Hospital, Grenoble, France
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Lorch JH, Klessner J, Park JK, Getsios S, Wu YL, Stack MS, Green KJ. Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition promotes desmosome assembly and strengthens intercellular adhesion in squamous cell carcinoma cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:37191-200. [PMID: 15205458 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405123200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) has been proposed as a key modulator of cadherin-containing intercellular junctions, particularly in tumors that overexpress this tyrosine kinase. Here the EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor PKI166 and EGFR blocking antibody C225, both of which are used clinically to treat head and neck cancers, were used to determine the effects of EGFR inhibition on intercellular junction assembly and adhesion in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. EGFR inhibition resulted in a transition from a fibroblastic morphology to a more epithelial phenotype in cells grown in low calcium; under these conditions cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion is normally reduced, and desmosomes are absent. The accumulated levels of desmoglein 2 (Dsg2) and desmocollin 2 increased 1.7-2.0-fold, and both desmosomal cadherin and plaque components were recruited to cell-cell borders. This redistribution was paralleled by an increase in Dsg2 and desmoplakin in the Triton-insoluble cell fraction, suggesting that EGFR blockade promotes desmosome assembly. Importantly, E-cadherin expression and solubility were unchanged. Furthermore, PKI166 blocked tyrosine phosphorylation of Dsg2 and plakoglobin following epidermal growth factor stimulation, whereas no change in phosphorylation was detected for E-cadherin and beta-catenin. The increase in Dsg2 protein was in part due to the inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-dependent proteolysis of this desmosomal cadherin. These morphological and biochemical changes were accompanied by an increase in intercellular adhesion based on functional assays at all calcium concentrations tested. Our results suggest that EGFR inhibition promotes desmosome assembly in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells, resulting in increased cell-cell adhesion.
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- Jochen H Lorch
- Departments of Pathology and Dermatology, The Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Jones LJG, Veale RB. Redistribution of β-catenin in response to EGF and lithium signalling in human oesophageal squamous carcinoma cell lines. Cancer Cell Int 2003; 3:13. [PMID: 12956888 PMCID: PMC194614 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-3-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2003] [Accepted: 08/15/2003] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The β-catenin link between membrane-bound cadherins and the actin cytoskeleton regulates cell adhesion and consequently metastasis. Abnormal stabilisation of β-catenin enhances its transcriptional activities. Factors affecting β-catenin's functions are important in understanding metastatic diseases such as oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). RESULTS In human oesophageal SCCs β-catenin localises predominantly to the plasma membrane. The presence of free β-catenin in the cytoplasm/nucleus was low. This indicates that β-catenin's activities are skewed towards cell-cell adhesion in these oesophageal SCCs. Exposure to EGF or Li alone, produced a slight increase in membrane concentrations but only Li induced β-catenin stabilisation in the cytoplasm. In combination, EGF and Li decreased membrane-associated β-catenin, concomitantly increasing cytoplasmic concentrations. Convergence of these signalling pathways appears to induce a β-catenin shift from the membrane into the cytoplasm. CONCLUSION Therefore, although the adhesive role of β-catenin appears to be intact, exogenous signals increase the stability of free β-catenin thereby reducing cell-cell adhesion in these tumours.
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- Lindsay JG Jones
- School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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- School of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, WITS, 2050, South Africa
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Zhou L, An N, Haydon RC, Zhou Q, Cheng H, Peng Y, Jiang W, Luu HH, Vanichakarn P, Szatkowski JP, Park JY, Breyer B, He TC. Tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI-571/Gleevec down-regulates the beta-catenin signaling activity. Cancer Lett 2003; 193:161-70. [PMID: 12706873 PMCID: PMC4527752 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(03)00013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Beta-Catenin is a critical transducer of the Wnt signal pathway and plays an important role in many developmental and cellular processes. Deregulation of beta-catenin signaling has been observed in a broad range of human tumors. In this report, we investigated whether tyrosine kinase inhibitor STI-571 could inhibit the beta-catenin signaling activity and hence suppress cell proliferation. Our results demonstrated that STI-571 effectively inhibited the constitutive activity of beta-catenin signaling in human colon cancer cells as well as the Wnt1-induced activation of beta-catenin signaling in HOS, HTB-94, and HEK 293 cells. Furthermore, STI-571 was shown to effectively suppress the proliferation of human colon cancer cells. Finally, we demonstrated that the Wnt1-mediated activation of a GAL4-beta-catenin heterologous transcription system was effectively inhibited by STI-571. Thus, our findings suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation may play an important role in regulating beta-catenin signaling activity, and inhibition of this signaling pathway by STI-571 may be further explored as an important target for alternative/adjuvant treatments for a broader range of human cancer.
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- Lan Zhou
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 400046, China
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Committee on Cancer Biology, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chongqing University of Medical Sciences, Chongqing 400046, China
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Committee on Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Committee on Cancer Biology, The University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Committee on Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
- Corresponding author. Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC3079, Room J-611, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Tel.: +1-773-702-7169; fax: +1-773-834-4598. (T.-C. He)
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Xu G, Arregui C, Lilien J, Balsamo J. PTP1B modulates the association of beta-catenin with N-cadherin through binding to an adjacent and partially overlapping target site. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:49989-97. [PMID: 12377785 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206454200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nonreceptor tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B associates with the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin and may regulate cadherin function through dephosphorylation of beta-catenin. We have now identified the domain on N-cadherin to which PTP1B binds and characterized the effect of perturbing this domain on cadherin function. Deletion constructs lacking amino acids 872-891 fail to bind PTP1B. This domain partially overlaps with the beta-catenin binding domain. To further define the relationship of these two sites, we used peptides to compete in vitro binding. A peptide representing the most NH(2)-terminal 8 amino acids of the PTP1B binding site, the region of overlap with the beta-catenin target, effectively competes for binding of beta-catenin but is much less effective in competing PTP1B, whereas two peptides representing the remaining 12 amino acids have no effect on beta-catenin binding but effectively compete for PTP1B binding. Introduction into embryonic chick retina cells of a cell-permeable peptide mimicking the 8 most COOH-terminal amino acids in the PTP1B target domain, the region most distant from the beta-catenin target site, prevents binding of PTP1B, increases the pool of free, tyrosine-phosphorylated beta-catenin, and results in loss of N-cadherin function. N-cadherin lacking this same region of the PTP1B target site does not associate with PTP1B or beta-catenin and is not efficiently expressed at the cell surface of transfected L cells. Thus, interaction of PTP1B with N-cadherin is essential for its association with beta-catenin, stable expression at the cell surface, and consequently, cadherin function.
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- Gang Xu
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Al Moustafa AE, Yen L, Benlimame N, Alaoui-Jamali MA. Regulation of E-cadherin/catenin complex patterns by epidermal growth factor receptor modulation in human lung cancer cells. Lung Cancer 2002; 37:49-56. [PMID: 12057867 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(02)00025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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We previously demonstrated that a ligand-blocking monoclonal antibody (mAb) against the epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGF-R), LA1, induced morphological conversion from epithelial-like to epithelial of the human lung cancer cell line, H322. This was accompanied by an up-regulation of epithelial cadherin (E-cadherin) expression (Clin. Cancer Res. 5 (1999) 681). In the present paper, we show that mAb LA1 induces the epithelial-like to epithelial conversion of the human lung cancer cell line, A549. In A549 and H322 cells, which express a detectable amount of EGF-R (ErbB-1), ErbB-2, ErbB-3, and ErbB-4 receptors, the LA1 mAb induces up-regulation of the E-cadherin/catenin complex (alpha-, beta-, and gamma-catenins). This is associated with re-localization of E-cadherin, alpha-catenin, (and to a lesser extent beta-catenin), but not gamma-catenin. Additionally, we report that mAb LA1 inhibits cell motility. In contrast, epidermal growth factor (EGF) or heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) induces the epithelial-like to fibroblastoid conversion of A549 and H322 cell lines, slightly reduces the expression of E-cadherin and beta-catenin, but not alpha- and gamma-catenins, and stimulates cell motility. These studies demonstrate that EGF-R modulation regulates the E-cadherin/catenin complex and cell motility in human lung epithelial carcinoma cells. Our results may have important therapeutic implications for the treatment of invasive human lung carcinomas via the restoration of the cadherin/catenin complex using inhibitors of EGF-R.
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- Ala-Eddin Al Moustafa
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research of the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Departments of Medicine and Oncology, and McGill Center for Translational Research in Cancer, Montreal, Que., Canada H3T 1E2.
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Lilien J, Balsamo J, Arregui C, Xu G. Turn-off, drop-out: functional state switching of cadherins. Dev Dyn 2002; 224:18-29. [PMID: 11984870 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.10087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The classic cadherins are a group of calcium dependent, homophilic cell-cell adhesion molecules that drive morphogenetic rearrangements and maintain the integrity of cell groups through the formation of adherens junctions. The formation and maintenance of cadherin-mediated adhesions is a multistep process and mechanisms have evolved to regulate each step. This suggests that functional state switching plays an important role in development. Among the many challenges ahead is to determine the developmental role that functional state switching plays in tissue morphogenesis and to define the roles of each of the several regulatory interactions that participate in switching. One correlate of the loss of cadherin-mediated adhesion, the "turn-off" of cadherin function, is the exit, or "drop-out" of cells from neural and epithelial layers and their conversion to a motile phenotype. We suggest that epithelial mesenchymal conversions may be initiated by signaling pathways that result in the loss of cadherin function. Tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin is one such mechanism. Enhanced phosphorylation of tyrosine residues on beta-catenin is almost invariably associated with loss of the cadherin-actin connection concomitant with loss of adhesive function. There are several tyrosine kinases and phosphatases that have been shown to have the potential to alter the phosphorylation state of beta-catenin and thus the function of cadherins. Our laboratory has focused on the role of the nonreceptor tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B in regulating the phosphorylation of beta-catenin on tyrosine residues. Our data suggest that PTP1B is crucial for maintenance of N-cadherin-mediated adhesions in embryonic neural retina cells. By using an L-cell model system constitutively expressing N-cadherin, we have worked out many of the molecular interactions essential for this regulatory interaction. Extracellular cues that bias this critical regulatory interaction toward increased phosphorylation of beta-catenin may be a critical component of many developmental events.
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- Jack Lilien
- Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Woodfield RJ, Hodgkin MN, Akhtar N, Morse MA, Fuller KJ, Saqib K, Thompson NT, Wakelam MJ. The p85 subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase is associated with beta-catenin in the cadherin-based adhesion complex. Biochem J 2001; 360:335-44. [PMID: 11716761 PMCID: PMC1222233 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3600335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Cell adhesion is fundamental to establishing and maintaining the discrete tissues in multicellular organisms. Adhesion must be sufficiently strong to preserve tissue architecture, whilst having the capacity to readily dissociate to permit fundamental processes, such as wound repair, to occur. However, very little is known about the signalling mechanisms involved in temporary down-regulation of cell adhesion to facilitate such processes. Cadherins are the principal mediators of cell-cell adhesion in a wide variety of tissues and species and form multi-protein complexes with cytosolic and cytoskeletal proteins to express their full adhesive capacity. In the present study we report that the p85 subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) is associated with the cadherin-based adhesion complex in human epithelial cells. The interaction of p85 with the complex is via beta-catenin. We also show that the interaction of p85 and beta-catenin is direct, involves the N-terminal Src homology domain 2 of p85 and is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation. These data suggest that PI 3-kinase may play a role in the functional regulation of the cadherin-based adhesion complex.
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- R J Woodfield
- Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TA, U.K
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Gaudry CA, Palka HL, Dusek RL, Huen AC, Khandekar MJ, Hudson LG, Green KJ. Tyrosine-phosphorylated plakoglobin is associated with desmogleins but not desmoplakin after epidermal growth factor receptor activation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:24871-80. [PMID: 11335725 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102731200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tyrosine phosphorylation of junctional components has been proposed as a mechanism for modulating cell-cell adhesion. Although a correlation exists between the tyrosine phosphorylation of the adherens junction protein beta-catenin and loss of classical cadherin-mediated adhesion, the effects of tyrosine phosphorylation on the function of the adherens junction and desmosome-associated protein plakoglobin is unknown. In the present study, we investigated the effects of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase activation on the subcellular distribution of plakoglobin and its association with its junctional binding partners. Long term epidermal growth factor (EGF) treatment of A431 cells revealed a modest decrease in the cytoskeleton-associated pool of plakoglobin (Pg) and a corresponding increase in the cytosolic pool of Pg. After short term EGF treatment, plakoglobin was rapidly phosphorylated, and tyrosine-phosphorylated Pg was distributed predominantly in a membrane-associated Triton X-100-soluble pool, along with a co-precipitating high molecular weight tyrosine-phosphorylated protein identified as desmoglein 2. Analysis of deletion and point mutants defined the primary EGFR-dependent targets as one or more of three C-terminal tyrosine residues. Whereas phosphorylated Pg remained associated with the desmoglein tail after both short and long term EGFR activation, no phosphorylated Pg was found associated with the N-terminal Pg-binding domain (DPNTP) of the intermediate filament-associated protein, desmoplakin. Together these results are consistent with the possibility that EGF-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of Pg may modulate cell-cell adhesion by compromising the link between desmosomal cadherins and the intermediate filament cytoskeleton.
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- C A Gaudry
- Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 East Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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Moon HS, Choi EA, Park HY, Choi JY, Chung HW, Kim JI, Park WI. Expression and Tyrosine Phosphorylation of E-Cadherin, β- and γ-Catenin, and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor in Cervical Cancer Cells. Gynecol Oncol 2001; 81:355-9. [PMID: 11371122 DOI: 10.1006/gyno.2001.6163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The cadherin/catenin adhesion complex is fundamentally involved in epithelial cancer invasion and metastasis. Much evidence suggesting that epidermal growth factor (EGF) induced the scattering and invasion of cancer cells, probably by affecting E-cadherin function, has been reported. The present study aimed to confirm the hypothesis that EGF/epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) was related with the E-cadherin adhesion system in cervical cancer cells and that EGF might induce tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin. METHODS Cervical cancer cells were treated for different time durations with 30 ng/ml of EGF. Alteration of the cell morphology was examined by light microscopy and the expression of E-cadherin, beta-catenin, gamma-catenin, EGFR, and activated EGFR was assayed using Western blotting. Tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin was also examined using immunoprecipitation. RESULTS E-cadherin and EGFR were expressed in CaSki, HT-3, and ME-180 cell lines, which showed epithelial contact growth. The expression of E-cadherin and beta- and gamma-catenin did not change after treatment with EGF. The expression of EGFR decreased and activated EGFR expression increased in 30 min and then decreased subsequently. The simultaneous expression of activated EGFR and tyrosine phosphorylation of beta- and gamma-catenin was found. CONCLUSIONS EGF-induced scattering of the E-cadherin-positive cervical cancer cells might be the result of tyrosine phosphorylation of the beta- and gamma-catenin. Phosphorylation of the beta- and gamma-catenin may hamper the adhesive function of the E-cadherin-catenin complex.
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- H S Moon
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, 158-710, Korea
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Van Hoorde L, Van Aken E, Mareel M. Collagen type I: a substrate and a signal for invasion. PROGRESS IN MOLECULAR AND SUBCELLULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 25:105-34. [PMID: 10986721 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-59766-4_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- L Van Hoorde
- Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium
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Roura S, Miravet S, Piedra J, García de Herreros A, Duñach M. Regulation of E-cadherin/Catenin association by tyrosine phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:36734-40. [PMID: 10593980 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 456] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Alteration of cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion is frequently associated to tyrosine phosphorylation of p120- and beta-catenins. We have examined the role of this modification in these proteins in the control of beta-catenin/E-cadherin binding using in vitro assays with recombinant proteins. Recombinant pp60(c-src) efficiently phosphorylated both catenins in vitro, with stoichiometries of 1.5 and 2.0 mol of phosphate/mol of protein for beta-catenin and p120-catenin, respectively. pp60(c-src) phosphorylation had opposing effects on the affinities of beta-catenin and p120 for the cytosolic domain of E-cadherin; it decreased (in the case of beta-catenin) or increased (for p120) catenin/E-cadherin binding. However, a role for p120-catenin in the modulation of beta-catenin/E-cadherin binding was not observed, since addition of phosphorylated p120-catenin did not modify the affinity of phosphorylated (or unphosphorylated) beta-catenin for E-cadherin. The phosphorylated Tyr residues were identified as Tyr-86 and Tyr-654. Experiments using point mutants in these two residues indicated that, although Tyr-86 was a better substrate for pp60(c-src), only modification of Tyr-654 was relevant for the interaction with E-cadherin. Transient transfections of different mutants demonstrated that Tyr-654 is phosphorylated in conditions in which adherens junctions are disrupted and evidenced that binding of beta-catenin to E-cadherin in vivo is controlled by phosphorylation of beta-catenin Tyr-654.
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- S Roura
- Unitat de Biologia Cellular i Molecular, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/. Dr. Aiguader 80, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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Müller T, Choidas A, Reichmann E, Ullrich A. Phosphorylation and free pool of beta-catenin are regulated by tyrosine kinases and tyrosine phosphatases during epithelial cell migration. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:10173-83. [PMID: 10187801 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.15.10173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 231] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cell migration requires precise control, which is altered or lost when tumor cells become invasive and metastatic. Although the integrity of cell-cell contacts, such as adherens junctions, is essential for the maintenance of functional epithelia, they need to be rapidly disassembled during migration. The transmembrane cell adhesion protein E-cadherin and the cytoplasmic catenins are molecular elements of these structures. Here we demonstrate that epithelial cell migration is accompanied by tyrosine phosphorylation of beta-catenin and an increase of its free cytoplasmic pool. We show further that the protein-tyrosine phosphatase LAR (leukocyte common antigen related) colocalizes with the cadherin-catenin complex in epithelial cells and associates with beta-catenin and plakoglobin. Interestingly, ectopic expression of protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) LAR inhibits epithelial cell migration by preventing phosphorylation and the increase in the free pool of beta-catenin; moreover, it inhibits tumor formation in nude mice. These data support a function for PTP LAR in the regulation of epithelial cell-cell contacts at adherens junctions as well as in the control of beta-catenin signaling functions. Thus PTP-LAR appears to play an important role in the maintenance of epithelial integrity, and a loss of its regulatory function may contribute to malignant progression and metastasis.
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- T Müller
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18a, 82152 Martinsried, Federal Republic of Germany.
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Malliri A, Symons M, Hennigan RF, Hurlstone AF, Lamb RF, Wheeler T, Ozanne BW. The transcription factor AP-1 is required for EGF-induced activation of rho-like GTPases, cytoskeletal rearrangements, motility, and in vitro invasion of A431 cells. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1998; 143:1087-99. [PMID: 9817764 PMCID: PMC2132955 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.4.1087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Human squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) frequently express elevated levels of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). EGFR overexpression in SCC-derived cell lines correlates with their ability to invade in an in vitro invasion assay in response to EGF, whereas benign epidermal cells, which express low levels of EGFR, do not invade. EGF-induced invasion of SCC-derived A431 cells is inhibited by sustained expression of the dominant negative mutant of c-Jun, TAM67, suggesting a role for the transcription factor AP-1 (activator protein-1) in regulating invasion. Significantly, we establish that sustained TAM67 expression inhibits growth factor-induced cell motility and the reorganization of the cytoskeleton and cell-shape changes essential for this process: TAM67 expression inhibits EGF-induced membrane ruffling, lamellipodia formation, cortical actin polymerization and cell rounding. Introduction of a dominant negative mutant of Rac and of the Rho inhibitor C3 transferase into A431 cells indicates that EGF-induced membrane ruffling and lamellipodia formation are regulated by Rac, whereas EGF-induced cortical actin polymerization and cell rounding are controlled by Rho. Constitutively activated mutants of Rac or Rho introduced into A431 or A431 cells expressing TAM67 (TA cells) induce equivalent actin cytoskeletal rearrangements, suggesting that the effector pathways downstream of Rac and Rho required for these responses are unimpaired by sustained TAM67 expression. However, EGF-induced translocation of Rac to the cell membrane, which is associated with its activation, is defective in TA cells. Our data establish a novel link between AP-1 activity and EGFR activation of Rac and Rho, which in turn mediate the actin cytoskeletal rearrangements required for cell motility and invasion.
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- A Malliri
- Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Bearsden, Glasgow, G61 1BD, United Kingdom
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Arregui CO, Balsamo J, Lilien J. Impaired integrin-mediated adhesion and signaling in fibroblasts expressing a dominant-negative mutant PTP1B. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1998; 143:861-73. [PMID: 9813103 PMCID: PMC2148148 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.3.861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To investigate the role of nonreceptor protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B) in beta1-integrin- mediated adhesion and signaling, we transfected mouse L cells with normal and catalytically inactive forms of the phosphatase. Parental cells and cells expressing the wild-type or mutant PTP1B were assayed for (a) adhesion, (b) spreading, (c) presence of focal adhesions and stress fibers, and (d) tyrosine phosphorylation. Parental cells and cells expressing wild-type PTP1B show similar morphology, are able to attach and spread on fibronectin, and form focal adhesions and stress fibers. In contrast, cells expressing the inactive PTP1B have a spindle-shaped morphology, reduced adhesion and spreading on fibronectin, and almost a complete absence of focal adhesions and stress fibers. Attachment to fibronectin induces tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and paxillin in parental cells and cells transfected with the wild-type PTP1B, while in cells transfected with the mutant PTP1B, such induction is not observed. Additionally, in cells expressing the mutant PTP1B, tyrosine phosphorylation of Src is enhanced and activity is reduced. Lysophosphatidic acid temporarily reverses the effects of the mutant PTP1B, suggesting the existence of a signaling pathway triggering focal adhesion assembly that bypasses the need for active PTP1B. PTP1B coimmunoprecipitates with beta1-integrin from nonionic detergent extracts and colocalizes with vinculin and the ends of actin stress fibers in focal adhesions. Our data suggest that PTP1B is a critical regulatory component of integrin signaling pathways, which is essential for adhesion, spreading, and formation of focal adhesions.
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- C O Arregui
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Balsamo J, Arregui C, Leung T, Lilien J. The nonreceptor protein tyrosine phosphatase PTP1B binds to the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin and regulates the cadherin-actin linkage. J Biophys Biochem Cytol 1998; 143:523-32. [PMID: 9786960 PMCID: PMC2132848 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.143.2.523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cadherin-mediated adhesion depends on the association of its cytoplasmic domain with the actin-containing cytoskeleton. This interaction is mediated by a group of cytoplasmic proteins: alpha-and beta- or gamma- catenin. Phosphorylation of beta-catenin on tyrosine residues plays a role in controlling this association and, therefore, cadherin function. Previous work from our laboratory suggested that a nonreceptor protein tyrosine phosphatase, bound to the cytoplasmic domain of N-cadherin, is responsible for removing tyrosine-bound phosphate residues from beta-catenin, thus maintaining the cadherin-actin connection (). Here we report the molecular cloning of the cadherin-associated tyrosine phosphatase and identify it as PTP1B. To definitively establish a causal relationship between the function of cadherin-bound PTP1B and cadherin-mediated adhesion, we tested the effect of expressing a catalytically inactive form of PTP1B in L cells constitutively expressing N-cadherin. We find that expression of the catalytically inactive PTP1B results in reduced cadherin-mediated adhesion. Furthermore, cadherin is uncoupled from its association with actin, and beta-catenin shows increased phosphorylation on tyrosine residues when compared with parental cells or cells transfected with the wild-type PTP1B. Both the transfected wild-type and the mutant PTP1B are found associated with N-cadherin, and recombinant mutant PTP1B binds to N-cadherin in vitro, indicating that the catalytically inactive form acts as a dominant negative, displacing endogenous PTP1B, and rendering cadherin nonfunctional. Our results demonstrate a role for PTP1B in regulating cadherin-mediated cell adhesion.
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- J Balsamo
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Rosato R, Veltmaat JM, Groffen J, Heisterkamp N. Involvement of the tyrosine kinase fer in cell adhesion. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:5762-70. [PMID: 9742093 PMCID: PMC109162 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.10.5762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The Fer protein belongs to the fes/fps family of nontransmembrane receptor tyrosine kinases. Lack of success in attempts to establish a permanent cell line overexpressing it at significant levels suggested a strong negative selection against too much Fer protein and pointed to a critical cellular function for Fer. Using a tetracycline-regulatable expression system, overexpression of Fer in embryonic fibroblasts was shown to evoke a massive rounding up, and the subsequent detachment of the cells from the substratum, which eventually led to cell death. Induction of Fer expression coincided with increased complex formation between Fer and the cadherin/src-associated substrate p120(cas) and elevated tyrosine phosphorylation of p120(cas). beta-Catenin also exhibited clearly increased phosphotyrosine levels, and Fer and beta-catenin were found to be in complex. Significantly, although the levels of alpha-catenin, beta-catenin, and E-cadherin were unaffected by Fer overexpression, decreased amounts of alpha-catenin and beta-catenin were coimmunoprecipitated with E-cadherin, demonstrating a dissolution of adherens junction complexes. A concomitant decrease in levels of phosphotyrosine in the focal adhesion-associated protein p130 was also observed. Together, these results provide a mechanism for explaining the phenotype of cells overexpressing Fer and indicate that the Fer tyrosine kinase has a function in the regulation of cell-cell adhesion.
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- R Rosato
- Section of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Department of Pathology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles Research Institute and School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90027, USA
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Kowalczyk AP, Bornslaeger EA, Norvell SM, Palka HL, Green KJ. Desmosomes: intercellular adhesive junctions specialized for attachment of intermediate filaments. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1998; 185:237-302. [PMID: 9750269 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60153-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cell-cell adhesion is thought to play important roles in development, in tissue morphogenesis, and in the regulation of cell migration and proliferation. Desmosomes are adhesive intercellular junctions that anchor the intermediate filament network to the plasma membrane. By functioning both as an adhesive complex and as a cell-surface attachment site for intermediate filaments, desmosomes integrate the intermediate filament cytoskeleton between cells and play an important role in maintaining tissue integrity. Recent observations indicate that tissue integrity is severely compromised in autoimmune and genetic diseases in which the function of desmosomal molecules is impaired. In addition, the structure and function of many of the desmosomal molecules have been determined, and a number of the molecular interactions between desmosomal proteins have now been elucidated. Finally, the molecular constituents of desmosomes and other adhesive complexes are now known to function not only in cell adhesion, but also in the transduction of intracellular signals that regulate cell behavior.
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- A P Kowalczyk
- Department of Pathology, R.H. Lurie Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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Collares-Buzato CB, Jepson MA, Simmons NL, Hirst BH. Increased tyrosine phosphorylation causes redistribution of adherens junction and tight junction proteins and perturbs paracellular barrier function in MDCK epithelia. Eur J Cell Biol 1998; 76:85-92. [PMID: 9696347 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-9335(98)80020-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Polarized monolayers of strain II Madin-Darby canine kidney cells (MDCK II) were treated with vanadate/H2O2, known inhibitors of protein tyrosine phosphatase activity. Vanadate/H2O2 treatment resulted in a rapid increase in paracellular permeability as revealed by decreased transepithelial resistance and increased permeability to inulin. These alterations in epithelial barrier function coincided with increased phosphotyrosine immunofluorescence in the vicinity of intercellular junctions and with redistribution of F-actin, the adherens junction protein E-cadherin and the tight junction protein ZO-1. The effects of vanadate/H2O2 on intercellular junction permeability and protein distribution were completely blocked by the specific protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitor tyrphostin 25 and partially inhibited by the alternative PTK inhibitor genistein. The relative potency of these two inhibitors in blocking the effects of vanadate/H2O2 on intercellular junctions correlated with their abilities to inhibit tyrosine phosphorylation. The potent ser/thr protein kinase inhibitor staurosporine had only a small influence on the vanadate/H2O2-induced increase in paracellular permeability and did not affect the observed redistribution of intercellular junction proteins or phosphotyrosine immunofluorescence. The relative potencies of these distinct protein kinase inhibitors in reversing the effects of vanadate/H2O2 indicate that these effects are directly related to tyrosine phosphorylation. In conclusion, our data provide evidence that enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of intercellular junction proteins in MDCK epithelia increases paracellular permeability and can also induce prominent reorganization of the junctional complex.
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- C B Collares-Buzato
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Medical School, UK.
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Hazan RB, Norton L. The epidermal growth factor receptor modulates the interaction of E-cadherin with the actin cytoskeleton. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:9078-84. [PMID: 9535896 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.15.9078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Alterations in the expression or function of molecules that affect cellular adhesion and proliferation are thought to be critical events for tumor progression. Loss of expression of the cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin and increased expression of the epidermal growth factor receptor are two prominent molecular events that are associated with tumorigenesis. The regulation of E-cadherin-dependent cell adhesion by epidermal growth factor (EGF) was therefore examined in the human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-468. In this study, changes were observed in the subcellular distribution of components that mediate the cytoplasmic connection between E-cadherin and the actin-based cytoskeleton in response to activation of the EGF receptor. Serum withdrawal activated E-cadherin-dependent cell-cell aggregation in MDA-MB-468 cells, and this treatment stimulated the interaction of actin, alpha-actinin, and vinculin with E-cadherin complexes, despite the absence of alpha-catenin in these cells. By contrast, the co-precipitation of actin with E-cadherin was not detected in several alpha-catenin positive epithelial cell lines. Treatment with EGF inhibited cellular aggregation but did not affect either the levels of E-cadherin or catenin expression nor the association of catenins (beta-catenin, plakoglobin/gamma-catenin, or p120(cas)) with E-cadherin. However, EGF treatment of the MDA-MB-468 cell line dissociated actin, alpha-actinin, and vinculin from the E-cadherin-catenin complex, and this coincided with a robust phosphorylation of beta-catenin, plakoglobin/gamma-catenin, and p120(cas) on tyrosine residues. Furthermore, inactivation of the EGF receptor in serum-treated MDA-MB-468 cells with either a function-blocking antibody or EGF receptor kinase inhibitors mimicked the effects of serum starvation by stimulating both cellular aggregation and assembly of E-cadherin complexes with vinculin and actin. These results demonstrate that the EGF receptor directly regulates cell-cell adhesion through modulation of the interaction of E-cadherin with the actin cytoskeleton and thus substantiates the coordinate role of both of these molecules in tumor progression and metastasis.
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- R B Hazan
- Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
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Tsukatani Y, Suzuki K, Takahashi K. Loss of density-dependent growth inhibition and dissociation of alpha-catenin from E-cadherin. J Cell Physiol 1997; 173:54-63. [PMID: 9326449 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4652(199710)173:1<54::aid-jcp7>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Normal human breast epithelial (HBE) cells at early (9th) passage ceased growth and formed a monolayer when they reached confluence. Immunostaining and Western blotting revealed that alpha- and beta-catenins colocalized and coprecipitated with E-cadherin, suggesting a complex formation of E-cadherin with alpha- and beta-catenins in early passage cells. In contrast, HBE cells at late (12-13th) passage did not cease growth after confluence but stratified. The late passage cells exhibited enhanced colony forming ability in soft agar compared with early passage cells, however, they had a definite proliferating lifespan and were primarily diploid. In late passage cells grown as multilayers, alpha-catenin was expressed but did not colocalize or coprecipitate with E-cadherin, suggesting its dissociation from E-cadherin. Coimmunoprecipitation of alpha-actinin with alpha-catenin suggested an indirect link between the E-cadherin-beta-catenin complex and alpha-actinin via alpha-catenin in early, but not in late passage cells. Beta-Catenin in late passage cells was tyrosine phosphorylated and was not dephosphorylated following the addition of inhibitors of tyrosine kinases. Inhibition of dephosphorylation of beta-catenin in early passage cells by vanadate, an inhibitor of protein tyrosine phosphatases, caused overgrowth of cells beyond the saturation density and loss of alpha-catenin from the E-cadherin-beta-catenin complex. The results suggest that E-cadherin requires its association with alpha-actinin-associated alpha-catenin to maintain epithelial monolayers and accomplish the density-dependent inhibition of growth. In addition, association between E-cadherin and alpha-catenin is suggested to be prevented by the presence of tyrosine phosphorylated beta-catenin which associates with E-cadherin.
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- Y Tsukatani
- Department of Biochemistry, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Yokohama, Japan
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Cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion is perturbed in protein tyrosine kinase (PTK)-transformed cells. While cadherins themselves appear to be poor PTK substrates, their cytoplasmic binding partners, the Arm catenins, are excellent PTK substrates and therefore good candidates for mediating PTK-induced changes in cadherin behavior. These proteins, p120ctn, beta-catenin and plakoglobin, bind to the cytoplasmic region of classical cadherins and function to modulate adhesion and/or bridge cadherins to the actin cytoskeleton. In addition, as demonstrated recently for beta-catenin, these proteins also have crucial signaling roles that may or may not be related to their effects on cell-cell adhesion. Tyrosine phosphorylation of cadherin complexes is well documented and widely believed to modulate cell adhesiveness. The data to date, however, is largely correlative and the mechanism of action remains unresolved. In this review, we discuss the current literature and suggest models whereby tyrosine phosphorylation of Arm catenins contribute to regulation or perturbation of cadherin function.
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- J M Daniel
- Dept of Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2175, USA
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Lilien J, Balsamo J, Hoffman S, Eisenberg C. beta-Catenin is a target for extracellular signals controlling cadherin function: the neurocan-GalNAcPTase connection. Curr Top Dev Biol 1997; 35:161-89. [PMID: 9292270 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)60259-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- J Lilien
- Department of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48230, USA
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Fujii K. Ligand activation of overexpressed epidermal growth factor receptor results in loss of epithelial phenotype and impaired RGD-sensitive integrin function in HSC-1 cells. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 107:195-202. [PMID: 8757762 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12329606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Various human carcinomas overexpress epidermal growth factor receptor, and the degree of the expression correlates with their malignant phenotype. Because phenotypic transformation of cells involves qualitative and quantitative alteration of integrin function, we compared the effects of exogenous epidermal growth factor on cell-matrix interactions between HSC-1 human cutaneous squamous carcinoma cells overexpressing epidermal growth factor receptor and their revertant cells. Epidermal growth factor impaired RGD-sensitive cell spreading on fibrinogen, fibronectin, or vitronectin in the parent cells in a concentration-dependent manner; 50 ng epidermal growth factor per ml treatment for 1-24 h reduced cell spreading on these substrata by 75-95%. In the presence of epidermal growth factor, the parent HSC-1 cells lost their epithelial phenotype and did not form coherent colonies. This might involve the impaired RGD-sensitive integrin function, because treatment of the cells with the peptide GRGDS mimicked the effects of epidermal growth factor on cell and colony morphology. The revertant cells expressing about one-tenth the amount of epidermal growth factor receptor did not show reduced RGD-sensitive cell spreading or loss of epithelial phenotype in response to epidermal growth factor. Epidermal growth factor did not downregulate the subunits for the RGD-sensitive integrin receptors for fibrinogen, fibronectin, or vitronectin. Tyrosine phosphorylation of integrin beta subunits might be involved in the impairment of integrin function, because EGF tyrosine phosphorylated beta1, subunit in the parent, but not in the revertant cells. Our results suggest that the ligand activation of overexpressed epidermal growth factor receptor results in impairment of RGD-sensitive integrin function and loss of epithelial phenotype. This may be advantageous to epithelial tumor cells progressing along malignant pathways.
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- K Fujii
- Department of Dermatology, Kobe City General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
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