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Ren G, Zhang Y, Liu J, Cheng W, Wu D, Han M, Zeng Y, Zhao X, Hu L, Zeng M, Gurram RK, Hu X, Zhou B, Hou Z, Zhu J, Jin W, Zhong C. Decreased GATA3 levels cause changed mouse cutaneous innate lymphoid cell fate, facilitating hair follicle recycling. Dev Cell 2024; 59:1809-1823.e6. [PMID: 38723629 PMCID: PMC11265981 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 07/25/2024]
Abstract
In mice, skin-resident type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) exhibit some ILC3-like characteristics. However, the underlying mechanism remains elusive. Here, we observed lower expression of the ILC2 master regulator GATA3 specifically in cutaneous ILC2s (cILC2s) compared with canonical ILC2s, in line with its functionally divergent role in transcriptional control in cILC2s. Decreased levels of GATA3 enabled the expansion of RORγt fate-mapped (RORγtfm+) cILC2s after postnatal days, displaying certain similarities to ILC3s. Single-cell trajectory analysis showed a sequential promotion of the RORγtfm+ cILC2 divergency by RORγt and GATA3. Notably, during hair follicle recycling, these RORγtfm+ cILC2s accumulated around the hair follicle dermal papilla (DP) region to facilitate the process. Mechanistically, we found that GATA3-mediated integrin α3β1 upregulation on RORγtfm+ cILC2s was required for their positioning around the DP. Overall, our study demonstrates a distinct regulatory role of GATA3 in cILC2s, particularly in promoting the divergence of RORγtfm+ cILC2s to facilitate hair follicle recycling.
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- Guanqun Ren
- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Department of Chemical Biology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China; Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Immunoregulation Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China
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- Institute of Systems Biomedicine, Beijing Key Laboratory of Tumor Systems Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191, China
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- Molecular and Cellular Immunoregulation Section, Laboratory of Immune System Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Medicine Innovation Center for Fundamental Researches on Major Immunology-Related Diseases, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Miskin RP, DiPersio CM. Roles for epithelial integrin α3β1 in regulation of the microenvironment during normal and pathological tissue remodeling. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2024; 326:C1308-C1319. [PMID: 38497112 PMCID: PMC11371326 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00128.2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2024] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024]
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Integrin receptors for the extracellular matrix activate intracellular signaling pathways that are critical for tissue development, homeostasis, and regeneration/repair, and their loss or dysregulation contributes to many developmental defects and tissue pathologies. This review will focus on tissue remodeling roles for integrin α3β1, a receptor for laminins found in the basement membranes (BMs) that underlie epithelial cell layers. As a paradigm, we will discuss literature that supports a role for α3β1 in promoting ability of epidermal keratinocytes to modify their tissue microenvironment during skin development, wound healing, or tumorigenesis. Preclinical and clinical studies have shown that this role depends largely on ability of α3β1 to govern the keratinocyte's repertoire of secreted proteins, or the "secretome," including 1) matrix proteins and proteases involved in matrix remodeling and 2) paracrine-acting growth factors/cytokines that stimulate other cells with important tissue remodeling functions (e.g., endothelial cells, fibroblasts, inflammatory cells). Moreover, α3β1 signaling controls gene expression that helps epithelial cells carry out these functions, including genes that encode secreted matrix proteins, proteases, growth factors, or cytokines. We will review what is known about α3β1-dependent gene regulation through both transcription and posttranscriptional mRNA stability. Regarding the latter, we will discuss examples of α3β1-dependent alternative splicing (AS) or alternative polyadenylation (APA) that prevents inclusion of cis-acting mRNA sequences that would otherwise target the transcript for degradation via nonsense-mediated decay or destabilizing AU-rich elements (AREs) in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR). Finally, we will discuss prospects and anticipated challenges of exploiting α3β1 as a clinical target for the treatment of cancer or wound healing.
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States
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Gopinatha Pillai MS, Aiswarya SU, Keerthana CK, Rayginia TP, Anto RJ. Targeting receptor tyrosine kinase signaling: Avenues in the management of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. iScience 2023; 26:106816. [PMID: 37235052 PMCID: PMC10206193 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most frequently diagnosed cancer worldwide. Among the various types of NMSCs, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) exhibits more aggressive phenotype and is also the second-most prevalent type. Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTK) triggers key signaling events that play critical roles in the development of various cancers including cSCC. Unsurprisingly, for this reason, this family of proteins has become the cynosure of anti-cancer drug discovery pipelines and is also being considered as attractive targets against cSCC. Though inhibition of RTKs in cSCC has yielded favourable results, there is still scope for bettering the therapeutic outcome. In this review, we discuss the relevance of RTK signaling in the progression of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, and observations from clinical trials that used RTK inhibitors against cSCC. Backed by results from preclinical studies, including those from our lab, we also give insights into the scope of using some natural products as effective suppressors of RTK signaling and skin carcinogenesis.
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- Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Division of Cancer Research, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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Peres C, Sellitto C, Nardin C, Putti S, Orsini T, Di Pietro C, Marazziti D, Vitiello A, Calistri A, Rigamonti M, Scavizzi F, Raspa M, Zonta F, Yang G, White TW, Mammano F. Antibody gene transfer treatment drastically improves epidermal pathology in a keratitis ichthyosis deafness syndrome model using male mice. EBioMedicine 2023; 89:104453. [PMID: 36736132 PMCID: PMC9926223 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Keratitis ichthyosis deafness (KID) syndrome is a rare disorder caused by hemichannel (HC) activating gain-of-function mutations in the GJB2 gene encoding connexin (Cx) 26, for which there is no cure, or current treatments based upon the mechanism of disease causation. METHODS We applied Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) mediated mAb gene transfer (AAVmAb) to treat the epidermal features of KID syndrome with a well-characterized HC blocking antibody using male mice of a murine model that replicates the skin pathology of the human disease. FINDINGS We demonstrate that in vivo AAVmAb treatment significantly reduced the size and thickness of KID lesions, in addition to blocking activity of mutant HCs in the epidermis in vivo. We also show that AAVmAb treatment eliminated abnormal keratinocyte proliferation and enlarged cell size, decreased apoptosis, and restored the normal distribution of keratin expression. INTERPRETATION Our findings reinforce the critical role played by increased HC activity in the skin pathology associated with KID syndrome. They also underscore the clinical potential of anti-HC mAbs coupled with genetic based delivery systems for treating the underlying mechanistic basis of this disorder. Inhibition of HC activity is an ideal therapeutic target in KID syndrome, and the genetic delivery of mAbs targeted against mutant HCs could form the basis of new therapeutic interventions to treat this incurable disease. FUNDING Fondazione Telethon grant GGP19148 and University of Padova grant Prot. BIRD187130 to FM; Foundation for Ichthyosis and Related Skin Types (FIRST) and National Institutes of Health grant EY 026911 to TWW.
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- Chiara Peres
- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, T5-147, Basic Science Tower; Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8661, USA
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35121, Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, 201210, China
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Stony Brook University, T5-147, Basic Science Tower; Stony Brook, NY, 11794-8661, USA.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Italian National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo, Rome, Italy; Department of Physics and Astronomy "G. Galilei", University of Padova, 35131, Padova, Italy.
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Cataisson C, Lee AJ, Zhang AM, Mizes A, Korkmaz S, Carofino BL, Meyer TJ, Michalowski AM, Li L, Yuspa SH. RAS oncogene signal strength regulates matrisomal gene expression and tumorigenicity of mouse keratinocytes. Carcinogenesis 2022; 43:1149-1161. [PMID: 36306264 PMCID: PMC10122430 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgac083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Environmental and molecular carcinogenesis are linked by the discovery that chemical carcinogen induced-mutations in the Hras or Kras genes drives tumor development in mouse skin. Importantly, enhanced expression or allele amplification of the mutant Ras gene contributes to selection of initiated cells, tumor persistence, and progression. To explore the consequences of Ras oncogene signal strength, primary keratinocytes were isolated and cultured from the LSL-HrasG12D and LSL-KrasG12D C57BL/6J mouse models and the mutant allele was activated by adeno-Cre recombinase. Keratinocytes expressing one (H) or two (HH) mutant alleles of HrasG12D, one KrasG12D allele (K), or one of each (HK) were studied. All combinations of activated Ras alleles stimulated proliferation and drove transformation marker expression, but only HH and HK formed tumors. HH, HK, and K sustained long-term keratinocyte growth in vitro, while H and WT could not. RNA-Seq yielded two distinct gene expression profiles; HH, HK, and K formed one cluster while H clustered with WT. Weak MAPK activation was seen in H keratinocytes but treatment with a BRAF inhibitor enhanced MAPK signaling and facilitated tumor formation. K keratinocytes became tumorigenic when they were isolated from mice where the LSL-KrasG12D allele was backcrossed from the C57BL/6 onto the FVB/N background. All tumorigenic keratinocytes but not the non-tumorigenic precursors shared a common remodeling of matrisomal gene expression that is associated with tumor formation. Thus, RAS oncogene signal strength determines cell-autonomous changes in initiated cells that are critical for their tumor-forming potential.
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- Christophe Cataisson
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- CCR Collaborative Bioinformatics Resource, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Advanced Biomedical Computational Science, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Aptamer Targets Triple-Negative Breast Cancer through Specific Binding to Surface CD49c. Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14061570. [PMID: 35326720 PMCID: PMC8946172 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14061570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Targeted therapy directed against many biomarkers has not shown significant improvement in outcome in TNBC, and therefore it is urgent to discover more biomarker candidates. Here, we found a DNA aptamer that bound to TNBC cells and identified CD49c as a specific surface marker for TNBC cells using the aptamer-facilitated biomarker discovery technology. The findings suggest that this DNA aptamer can be a drug delivery vehicle and CD49c is a potential target of targeted therapy for TNBC. Abstract Although targeted cancer therapy can induce higher therapeutic efficacy and cause fewer side effects in patients, the lack of targetable biomarkers on triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) cells limits the development of targeted therapies by antibody technology. Therefore, we investigated an alternative approach to target TNBC by using the PDGC21T aptamer, which selectively binds to poorly differentiated carcinoma cells and tumor tissues, although the cellular target is still unknown. We found that synthetic aptamer probes specifically bound cultured TNBC cells in vitro and selectively targeted TNBC xenografts in vivo. Subsequently, to identify the target molecule on TNBC cells, we performed aptamer-mediated immunoprecipitation in lysed cell membranes followed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). Sequencing analysis revealed a highly conserved peptide sequence consistent with the cell surface protein CD49c (integrin α3). For target validation, we stained cultured TNBC and non-TNBC cells with an aptamer probe or a CD49c antibody and found similar cell staining patterns. Finally, competition cell-binding assays using both aptamer and anti-CD49c antibody revealed that CD49c is the biomarker targeted by the PDGC21T aptamer on TNBC cells. Our findings provide a molecular foundation for the development of targeted TNBC therapy using the PDGC21T aptamer as a targeting ligand.
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Varney SD, Wu L, Longmate WM, DiPersio CM, Van De Water L. Loss of integrin α9β1 on tumor keratinocytes enhances the stromal vasculature and growth of cutaneous tumors. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 142:1966-1975.e8. [PMID: 34843681 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2021.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Angiogenesis is critical to tumor progression and the function of integrins in tumor angiogenesis is complex. Here we report that loss of integrin α9β1 expression from epidermal tumor cells is critical to maintain persistent stromal vessel density. Forced expression of α9 in transformed mouse keratinocytes dramatically reduces vessel density in allograft tumors, in vivo, compared to the same cells lacking α9β1. Moreover, α9 mRNA expression is dramatically reduced in mouse and human epidermal tumors as is α9β1-dependent gene regulation. Loss of tumor cell α9β1 occurs through at least two mechanisms: (1) ITGA9 gene copy number loss in human tumors, and (2) epigenetic silencing in mouse and human tumors. Importantly, we show that reversal of epigenetic silencing of Itga9 restores α9 expression in mouse keratinocytes, and that human tumors without ITGA9 copy number loss have increased promoter methylation. Our data suggest that for epidermal tumorigenesis to occur, tumor cells must avoid the tumor and angiogenic suppressive effects of α9β1 by repressing its expression through deletion and/or epigenetic silencing, thereby promoting stromal development and tumor growth.
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- Department of Surgery; Department of Regenerative & Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Kenney J, Ndoye A, Lamar JM, DiPersio CM. Comparative use of CRISPR and RNAi to modulate integrin α3β1 in triple negative breast cancer cells reveals that some pro-invasive/pro-metastatic α3β1 functions are independent of global regulation of the transcriptome. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0254714. [PMID: 34270616 PMCID: PMC8284828 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Integrin receptors for the extracellular matrix play critical roles at all stages of carcinogenesis, including tumor growth, tumor progression and metastasis. The laminin-binding integrin α3β1 is expressed in all epithelial tissues where it has important roles in cell survival, migration, proliferation, and gene expression programs during normal and pathological tissue remodeling. α3β1 signaling and adhesion functions promote tumor growth and metastasis in a number of different types of cancer cells. Previously, we used RNA interference (RNAi) technology to suppress the expression of the ITGA3 gene (encoding the α3 subunit) in the triple-negative breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB-231, thereby generating variants of this line with reduced expression of integrin α3β1. This approach revealed that α3β1 promotes pro-tumorigenic functions such as cell invasion, lung metastasis, and gene regulation. In the current study, we used CRISPR technology to knock out the ITGA3 gene in MDA-MB-231 cells, thereby ablating expression of integrin α3β1 entirely. RNA-seq analysis revealed that while the global transcriptome was altered substantially by RNAi-mediated suppression of α3β1, it was largely unaffected following CRISPR-mediated ablation of α3β1. Moreover, restoring α3β1 to the latter cells through inducible expression of α3 cDNA failed to alter gene expression substantially, suggesting that use of CRISPR to abolish α3β1 led to a decoupling of the integrin from its ability to regulate the transcriptome. Interestingly, both cell invasion in vitro and metastatic colonization in vivo were reduced when α3β1 was abolished using CRISPR, as we observed previously using RNAi to suppress α3β1. Taken together, our results show that pro-invasive/pro-metastatic roles for α3β1 are not dependent on its ability to regulate the transcriptome. Moreover, our finding that use of RNAi versus CRISPR to target α3β1 produced distinct effects on gene expression underlines the importance of using multiple approaches to obtain a complete picture of an integrin’s functions in cancer cells.
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- James Kenney
- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Slow-cycling (dormant) cancer cells in therapy resistance, cancer relapse and metastasis. Semin Cancer Biol 2021; 78:90-103. [PMID: 33979674 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2021] [Revised: 04/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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It is increasingly appreciated that cancer cell heterogeneity and plasticity constitute major barriers to effective clinical treatments and long-term therapeutic efficacy. Research in the past two decades suggest that virtually all treatment-naive human cancers harbor subsets of cancer cells that possess many of the cardinal features of normal stem cells. Such stem-like cancer cells, operationally defined as cancer stem cells (CSCs), are frequently quiescent and dynamically change and evolve during tumor progression and therapeutic interventions. Intrinsic tumor cell heterogeneity is reflected in a different aspect in that tumors also harbor a population of slow-cycling cells (SCCs) that are not in the proliferative cell cycle and thus are intrinsically refractory to anti-mitotic drugs. In this Perspective, we focus our discussions on SCCs in cancer and on various methodologies that can be employed to enrich and purify SCCs, compare the similarities and differences between SCCs, CSCs and cancer cells undergoing EMT, and present evidence for the involvement of SCCs in surviving anti-neoplastic treatments, mediating tumor relapse, maintaining tumor dormancy and mediating metastatic dissemination. Our discussions make it clear that an in-depth understanding of the biological properties of SCCs in cancer will be instrumental to developing new therapeutic strategies to prevent tumor relapse and distant metastasis.
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Longmate WM, Miskin RP, Van De Water L, DiPersio CM. Epidermal Integrin α3β1 Regulates Tumor-Derived Proteases BMP-1, Matrix Metalloprotease-9, and Matrix Metalloprotease-3. JID INNOVATIONS : SKIN SCIENCE FROM MOLECULES TO POPULATION HEALTH 2021; 1:100017. [PMID: 34909716 PMCID: PMC8659409 DOI: 10.1016/j.xjidi.2021.100017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Revised: 04/05/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2021] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
As the major cell surface receptors for the extracellular matrix, integrins regulate adhesion and migration and have been shown to drive tumor growth and progression. Previous studies showed that mice lacking integrin α3β1 in the epidermis fail to form skin tumors during two-step chemical tumorigenesis, indicating a protumorigenic role for α3β1. Furthermore, genetic ablation of α3β1 in established skin tumors caused their rapid regression, indicating an essential role in the maintenance of tumor growth. In this study, analysis of immortalized keratinocyte lines and their conditioned media support a role for α3β1 in regulating the expression of several extracellular proteases of the keratinocyte secretome, namely BMP-1, matrix metalloprotease (MMP)-9, and MMP-3. Moreover, immunofluorescence revealed reduced levels of each protease in α3β1-deficient tumors, and RNA in situ hybridization showed that their expression was correspondingly reduced in α3β1-deficient tumor cells in vivo. Bioinformatic analysis confirmed that the expression of BMP1, MMP9, and MMP3 genes correlate with the expression of ITGA3 (gene encoding the integrin α3 subunit) in human squamous cell carcinoma and that high ITGA3 and MMP3 associate with poor survival outcome in these patients. Overall, our findings identify α3β1 as a regulator of several proteases within the secretome of epidermal tumors and as a potential therapeutic target.
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Key Words
- CM, conditioned medium
- ECM, extracellular matrix
- IMK, immortalized mouse keratinocyte
- ISH, in situ hybridization
- KC, keratinocyte
- MK, mouse keratinocyte
- MMP, matrix metalloprotease
- SCC, squamous cell carcinoma
- TME, tumor microenvironment
- TMK, transformed mouse keratinocyte
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- The Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA,The Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA,Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology (MCP), Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA,Correspondence: C. Michael DiPersio, Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Mail Code 8, Room MR-421, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, New York 12208-3479, USA.
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Ramovs V, Krotenberg Garcia A, Kreft M, Sonnenberg A. Integrin α3β1 Is a Key Regulator of Several Protumorigenic Pathways during Skin Carcinogenesis. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:732-741.e6. [PMID: 32805217 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Integrin α3β1 plays a crucial role in tumor formation in the two-stage chemical carcinogenesis model (DMBA and TPA treatment). However, the mechanisms whereby the expression of α3β1 influences key oncogenic drivers of this established model are not known yet. Using an in vivo mouse model with epidermal deletion of α3β1 and in vitro Matrigel cultures of transformed keratinocytes, we demonstrate the central role of α3β1 in promoting the activation of several protumorigenic signaling pathways during the initiation of DMBA/TPA‒driven tumorigenesis. In transformed keratinocytes, α3β1-mediated focal adhesion kinase/Src activation leads to in vitro growth of spheroids and to strong Akt and STAT 3 activation when the α3β1-binding partner tetraspanin CD151 is present to stabilize cell‒cell adhesion and promote Smad2 phosphorylation. Remarkably, α3β1 and CD151 can support Akt and STAT 3 activity independently of α3β1 ligation by laminin-332 and as such control the essential survival signals required for suprabasal keratin-10 expression during keratinocyte differentiation. These data demonstrate that α3β1 together with CD151 regulate the signaling pathways that control the survival of differentiating keratinocytes and provide a mechanistic understanding of the essential role of α3β1 in early stages of skin cancer development.
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- Veronika Ramovs
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Emerging Laminin-332‒Dependent and ‒Independent Roles for Integrin α3 in Protumorigenic Signaling. J Invest Dermatol 2021; 141:713-716. [PMID: 33752808 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The epidermal integrin α3β1 promotes skin tumorigenesis in experimental models; yet, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain mostly unclear. In their article, Ramovs et al. (2020a) identify two spatially separated α3β1-dependent signaling branches fostering skin tumor outgrowth. In basal keratinocytes, α3β1/laminin (LN)-332 drives FAK/Src activation, whereas in suprabasal layers, junctional α3β1 and the tetraspanin CD151 mediate signal transducer and protein kinase B (Akt)‒dependent survival that is independent of LN-332 binding.
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Kleiser S, Nyström A. Interplay between Cell-Surface Receptors and Extracellular Matrix in Skin. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E1170. [PMID: 32796709 PMCID: PMC7465455 DOI: 10.3390/biom10081170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 08/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Skin consists of the epidermis and dermis, which are connected by a specialized basement membrane-the epidermal basement membrane. Both the epidermal basement membrane and the underlying interstitial extracellular matrix (ECM) created by dermal fibroblasts contain distinct network-forming macromolecules. These matrices play various roles in order to maintain skin homeostasis and integrity. Within this complex interplay of cells and matrices, cell surface receptors play essential roles not only for inside-out and outside-in signaling, but also for establishing mechanical and biochemical properties of skin. Already minor modulations of this multifactorial cross-talk can lead to severe and systemic diseases. In this review, major epidermal and dermal cell surface receptors will be addressed with respect to their interactions with matrix components as well as their roles in fibrotic, inflammatory or tumorigenic skin diseases.
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- Svenja Kleiser
- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Hauptstraße 7, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schänzlestraße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Hauptstraße 7, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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McKay TB, Schlötzer-Schrehardt U, Pal-Ghosh S, Stepp MA. Integrin: Basement membrane adhesion by corneal epithelial and endothelial cells. Exp Eye Res 2020; 198:108138. [PMID: 32712184 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.108138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Integrins mediate adhesion of cells to substrates and maintain tissue integrity by facilitating mechanotransduction between cells, the extracellular matrix, and gene expression in the nucleus. Changes in integrin expression in corneal epithelial cells and corneal endothelial cells impacts their adhesion to the epithelial basement membrane (EpBM) and Descemet's membrane, respectively. Integrins also play roles in assembly of basement membranes by both activating TGFβ1 and other growth factors. Over the past two decades, this knowledge has been translated into methods to grow corneal epithelial and endothelial cells in vitro for transplantation in the clinic thereby transforming clinical practice and quality of life for patients. Current knowledge on the expression and function of the integrins that mediate adhesion to the basement membrane expressed by corneal epithelial and endothelial cells in health and disease is summarized. This is the first review to discuss similarities and differences in the integrins expressed by both cell types.
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- Tina B McKay
- Department of Ophthalmology, Schepens Eye Research Institute / Mass Eye and Ear, 20 Staniford Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20052, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20052, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, The George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC, 20052, USA.
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Longmate WM, Varney S, Power D, Miskin RP, Anderson KE, DeFreest L, Van De Water L, DiPersio CM. Integrin α3β1 on Tumor Keratinocytes Is Essential to Maintain Tumor Growth and Promotes a Tumor-Supportive Keratinocyte Secretome. J Invest Dermatol 2020; 141:142-151.e6. [PMID: 32454065 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2020.05.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2020] [Revised: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The development of integrin-targeted cancer therapies is hindered by incomplete understanding of integrin function in tumor cells and the tumor microenvironment. Previous studies showed that mice with epidermis-specific deletion of the α3 integrin subunit fail to form skin tumors during two-step chemical tumorigenesis, indicating a protumorigenic role for integrin α3β1. Here, we generated mice with tamoxifen-inducible, epidermis-specific α3 knockout to determine the role of α3β1 in the maintenance of established tumor cells and/or the associated stroma. Genetic ablation of α3 in established skin tumors caused their rapid regression, indicating that α3β1 is essential to maintain tumor growth. Although reduced proliferation and increased apoptosis were observed in α3β1-deficient tumor cells, these changes followed a robust increase in stromal apoptosis. Furthermore, macrophages and fibulin-2 levels were reduced in stroma following α3 deletion from tumor cells. Mass spectrometric analysis of conditioned medium from immortalized keratinocytes showed that α3β1 regulates a substantial fraction of the keratinocyte secretome, including fibulin-2 and macrophage CSF1; RNA in situ hybridization showed that expression of these two genes was reduced in tumor keratinocytes in vivo. Our findings identify α3β1 as a regulator of the keratinocyte secretome and skin tumor microenvironment and as a potential therapeutic target.
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA; Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Surgery Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA; Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.
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Ramovs V, Krotenberg Garcia A, Song JY, de Rink I, Kreft M, Goldschmeding R, Sonnenberg A. Integrin α3β1 in hair bulge stem cells modulates CCN2 expression and promotes skin tumorigenesis. Life Sci Alliance 2020; 3:3/7/e202000645. [PMID: 32423907 PMCID: PMC7240742 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202000645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Although hair bulge stem cells are not the cancer cells-of-origin, they contribute to two-stage DMBA/TPA skin carcinogenesis in an α3β1-dependent manner. Epidermal-specific deletion of integrin α3β1 almost completely prevents the formation of papillomas during 7,12-Dimethylbenz[a]anthracene/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (DMBA/TPA) two-stage skin carcinogenesis. This dramatic decrease in tumorigenesis was thought to be due to an egress and premature differentiation of α3β1-depleted hair bulge (HB) stem cells (SCs), previously considered to be the cancer cells-of-origin in the DMBA/TPA model. Using a reporter mouse line with inducible deletion of α3β1 in HBs, we show that HB SCs remain confined to their niche regardless of the presence of α3β1 and are largely absent from skin tumors. However, tumor formation was significantly decreased in mice deficient for α3β1 in HB SCs. RNA sequencing of HB SCs isolated from short-term DMBA/TPA–treated skin showed α3β1-dependent expression of the matricellular protein connective tissue growth factor (CCN2), which was confirmed in vitro, where CCN2 promoted colony formation and 3D growth of transformed keratinocytes. Together, these findings show that HBs contribute to skin tumorigenesis in an α3β1-dependent manner and suggest a role of HB SCs in creating a permissive environment for tumor growth through the modulation of CCN2 secretion.
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- Veronika Ramovs
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Animal Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Genomics Core Facility, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Qiao Y, Zhao X, Liu J, Yang W. Epstein-Barr virus circRNAome as host miRNA sponge regulates virus infection, cell cycle, and oncogenesis. Bioengineered 2020; 10:593-603. [PMID: 31668120 PMCID: PMC6844377 DOI: 10.1080/21655979.2019.1679698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic virus that infects more than 90% of the world’s population. The proteins and miRNAs encoded by EBV are involved in multiple human malignancies. Recently R-resistance RNA-seq demonstrated that EBV-encoded circular RNAs. The current research aims to explore their functions in EBV-associated malignancies. Total 56 miRNAs were sponged by circRNAome. 24 and 9 in EBV host B and epithelial cells out of 56 miRNAs were detectable by miRNA-seq. 18 and 5 miRNAs were down-regulated in both types of host cells, respectively, after EBV infection. The network between five miRNAs and their targets included 1414 genes, 1419 nodes, and 2423 edges. These targets were enriched in multiple categories, and most of them were up-regulated in EBV-infected cells. These data represented the first report that EBV circRNAs could sponge the miRNAs to promote the up-regulated expression of their targets, involving in malignancies associated with EBV.
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- Yanwei Qiao
- Department of Infectious Disease, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Infectious Disease, Tianjin First Center Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Zhang H, Hui D, Fu X. Roles of Fibulin-2 in Carcinogenesis. Med Sci Monit 2020; 26:e918099. [PMID: 31915327 PMCID: PMC6977632 DOI: 10.12659/msm.918099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Fibulin-2, an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein expressed in normal epithelia, is a kind of fibulin which is associated with basement membranes (BM) and elastic ECM fibers. The role of fibulin-2 has been recognized as an oncogene. The upregulation of fibulin-2 correlates with cancer development and progression. Furthermore, the upregulation of fibulin has been detected in ovarian cancer and stomach adenocarcinoma. However, the downregulation of fibulin has been detected in different intestinal and respiratory tumor cells. Additional studies have revealed that the role of fibulin-2 in carcinogenesis is context dependent and is caused by the interaction of fibulin proteins such as cell surface receptors and other ECM proteins, including integrins and syndecans. The present study summarizes the role of fibulin in carcinogenesis and its underlying molecular mechanism.
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- Huayue Zhang
- Department of Medical Oncology, Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Yueyang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
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Rausch V, Hansen CG. The Hippo Pathway, YAP/TAZ, and the Plasma Membrane. Trends Cell Biol 2019; 30:32-48. [PMID: 31806419 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2019.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 10/13/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The plasma membrane allows the cell to sense and adapt to changes in the extracellular environment by relaying external inputs via intracellular signaling networks. One central cellular signaling pathway is the Hippo pathway, which regulates homeostasis and plays chief roles in carcinogenesis and regenerative processes. Recent studies have found that mechanical stimuli and diffusible chemical components can regulate the Hippo pathway primarily through receptors embedded in the plasma membrane. Morphologically defined structures within the plasma membrane, such as cellular junctions, focal adhesions, primary cilia, caveolae, clathrin-coated pits, and plaques play additional key roles. Here, we discuss recent evidence highlighting the importance of these specialized plasma membrane domains in cellular feedback via the Hippo pathway.
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- Valentina Rausch
- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK; Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK; Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
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Elimination of KLK5 inhibits early skin tumorigenesis by reducing epidermal proteolysis and reinforcing epidermal microstructure. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1865:165520. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2019.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 07/13/2019] [Accepted: 07/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Te Molder L, Juksar J, Harkes R, Wang W, Kreft M, Sonnenberg A. Tetraspanin CD151 and integrin α3β1 contribute to the stabilization of integrin α6β4-containing cell-matrix adhesions. J Cell Sci 2019; 132:jcs.235366. [PMID: 31488507 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.235366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Tetraspanin CD151 has been suggested to regulate cell adhesion through its association with laminin-binding integrins α3β1 and α6β4; however, its precise function in keratinocyte adhesion remains elusive. In this study, we investigated the role of CD151 in the formation and maintenance of laminin-associated adhesions. We show that CD151, through binding to integrin α3β1, plays a critical role in the stabilization of an adhesion structure with a distinct molecular composition of hemidesmosomes with tetraspanin features. These hybrid cell-matrix adhesions, which are formed early during cell adhesion and spreading and at later stages of cell spreading, are present in the central region of the cells. They contain the CD151-α3β1/α6β4 integrin complexes and the cytoskeletal linker protein plectin, but are not anchored to the keratin filaments. In contrast, hemidesmosomes, keratin filament-associated adhesions that contain integrin α6β4, plectin, BP180 (encoded by COL17A1) and BP230 (encoded by DST), do not require CD151 for their formation or maintenance. These findings provide new insights into the dynamic and complex regulation of adhesion structures in keratinocytes and the pathogenic mechanisms underlying skin blistering diseases caused by mutations in the gene for CD151.
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- Lisa Te Molder
- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology I, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, Amsterdam 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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DiPersio CM, Van De Water L. Integrin Regulation of CAF Differentiation and Function. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:cancers11050715. [PMID: 31137641 PMCID: PMC6563118 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11050715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix, together with paracrine communication between tumor cells and stromal cells, contribute to an “activated” tumor microenvironment that supports malignant growth and progression. These stromal cells include inflammatory cells, endothelial cells, and cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Integrins are expressed on all tumor and stromal cell types where they regulate both cell adhesion and bidirectional signal transduction across the cell membrane. In this capacity, integrins control pro-tumorigenic cell autonomous functions such as growth and survival, as well as paracrine crosstalk between tumor cells and stromal cells. The myofibroblast-like properties of cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), such as robust contractility and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition, allow them to generate both chemical and mechanical signals that support invasive tumor growth. In this review, we discuss the roles of integrins in regulating the ability of CAFs to generate and respond to extracellular cues in the tumor microenvironment. Since functions of specific integrins in CAFs are only beginning to emerge, we take advantage of a more extensive literature on how integrins regulate wound myofibroblast differentiation and function, as some of these integrin functions are likely to extrapolate to CAFs within the tumor microenvironment. In addition, we discuss the roles that integrins play in controlling paracrine signals that emanate from epithelial/tumor cells to stimulate fibroblasts/CAFs.
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Ramovs V, Secades P, Song JY, Thijssen B, Kreft M, Sonnenberg A. Absence of integrin α3β1 promotes the progression of HER2-driven breast cancer in vivo. Breast Cancer Res 2019; 21:63. [PMID: 31101121 PMCID: PMC6525362 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-019-1146-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND HER2-driven breast cancer is correlated with poor prognosis, especially during its later stages. Numerous studies have shown the importance of the integrin α3β1 during the initiation and progression of breast cancer; however, its role in this disease is complex and often opposite during different stages and in different types of tumors. In this study, we aim to elucidate the role of integrin α3β1 in a genetically engineered mouse model of HER2-driven mammary tumorigenesis. METHODS To investigate the role of α3β1 in HER2-driven tumorigenesis in vivo, we generated a HER2-driven MMTV-cNeu mouse model of mammary tumorigenesis with targeted deletion of Itga3 (Itga3 KO mice). We have further used several established triple-negative and HER2-overexpressing human mammary carcinoma cell lines and generated ITGA3-knockout cells to investigate the role of α3β1 in vitro. Invasion of cells was assessed using Matrigel- and Matrigel/collagen I-coated Transwell assays under static or interstitial fluid flow conditions. The role of α3β1 in initial adhesion to laminin and collagen was assessed using adhesion assays and immunofluorescence. RESULTS Tumor onset in mice was independent of the presence of α3β1. In contrast, the depletion of α3β1 reduced the survival of mice and increased tumor growth and vascularization. Furthermore, Itga3 KO mice were significantly more likely to develop lung metastases and had an increased metastatic burden compared to WT mice. In vitro, the deletion of ITGA3 caused a significant increase in the cellular invasion of HER2-overexpressing SKBR3, AU565, and BT474 cells, but not of triple-negative MDA-MB-231. This invasion suppressing function of α3β1 in HER2-driven cells depended on the composition of the extracellular matrix and the interstitial fluid flow. CONCLUSION Downregulation of α3β1 in a HER2-driven mouse model and in HER2-overexpressing human mammary carcinoma cells promotes progression and invasiveness of tumors. The invasion-suppressive role of α3β1 was not observed in triple-negative mammary carcinoma cells, illustrating the tumor type-specific and complex function of α3β1 in breast cancer.
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- Veronika Ramovs
- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Animal Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute and Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Salem O, Hansen CG. The Hippo Pathway in Prostate Cancer. Cells 2019; 8:E370. [PMID: 31018586 PMCID: PMC6523349 DOI: 10.3390/cells8040370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Despite recent efforts, prostate cancer (PCa) remains one of the most common cancers in men. Currently, there is no effective treatment for castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC). There is, therefore, an urgent need to identify new therapeutic targets. The Hippo pathway and its downstream effectors-the transcriptional co-activators, Yes-associated protein (YAP) and its paralog, transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif (TAZ)-are foremost regulators of stem cells and cancer biology. Defective Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ hyperactivation are common across various cancers. Here, we draw on insights learned from other types of cancers and review the latest advances linking the Hippo pathway and YAP/TAZ to PCa onset and progression. We examine the regulatory interaction between Hippo-YAP/TAZ and the androgen receptor (AR), as main regulators of PCa development, and how uncontrolled expression of YAP/TAZ drives castration resistance by inducing cellular stemness. Finally, we survey the potential therapeutic targeting of the Hippo pathway and YAP/TAZ to overcome PCa.
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- Omar Salem
- University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.
- Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
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- University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, Queen's Medical Research Institute, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, UK.
- Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh bioQuarter, 5 Little France Drive, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, UK.
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Lusche DF, Klemme MR, Soll BA, Reis RJ, Forrest CC, Nop TS, Wessels DJ, Berger B, Glover R, Soll DR. Integrin α-3 ß-1's central role in breast cancer, melanoma and glioblastoma cell aggregation revealed by antibodies with blocking activity. MAbs 2019; 11:691-708. [PMID: 30810437 DOI: 10.1080/19420862.2019.1583987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Breast cancer, melanoma and glioblastoma cells undergo cell-mediated aggregation and aggregate coalescence in a transparent 3D Matrigel environment. Cells from normal tissue and non-tumorigenic cell lines do not exhibit these behaviors. Here, 266 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) demonstrated to interact with a wide variety of membrane, secreted and matrix proteins, have been screened for their capacity to block these tumorigenic cell-specific behaviors in a 3D environment. Remarkably, only six of the 266 tested mAbs exhibited blocking activity, four targeting integrin ß-1, one targeting integrin α-3 and one targeting CD44. Colocalization of integrins ß-1 and α-3 in fixed cells and in live aggregates suggests that the integrin α-3 ß-1 dimer plays a central role in cancer cell aggregation in the 3D environment provided by Matrigel. Our results suggest that blocking by anti-integrin and anti-CD44 mAbs involves interference in cell-cell interactions.
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- Daniel F Lusche
- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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- a The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, Department of Biology , University of Iowa , Iowa City , IA , USA
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Romagnoli M, Cagnet S, Chiche A, Bresson L, Baulande S, de la Grange P, De Arcangelis A, Kreft M, Georges-Labouesse E, Sonnenberg A, Deugnier MA, Raymond K, Glukhova MA, Faraldo MM. Deciphering the Mammary Stem Cell Niche: A Role for Laminin-Binding Integrins. Stem Cell Reports 2019; 12:831-844. [PMID: 30905738 PMCID: PMC6450809 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Integrins, which bind laminin, a major component of the mammary basement membrane, are strongly expressed in basal stem cell-enriched populations, but their role in controlling mammary stem cell function remains unclear. We found that stem cell activity, as evaluated in transplantation and mammosphere assays, was reduced in mammary basal cells depleted of laminin receptors containing α3- and α6-integrin subunits. This was accompanied by low MDM2 levels, p53 stabilization, and diminished proliferative capacity. Importantly, disruption of p53 function restored the clonogenicity of α3/α6-integrin-depleted mammary basal stem cells, while inhibition of RHO or myosin II, leading to decreased p53 activity, rescued the mammosphere formation. These data suggest that α3/α6-integrin-mediated adhesion plays an essential role in controlling the proliferative potential of mammary basal stem/progenitor cells through myosin II-mediated regulation of p53 and indicate that laminins might be important components of the mammary stem cell niche. α3- and α6-integrins are required for mammary basal stem cell function p53 is activated in mammary basal cells depleted of α3- and α6-integrins RHO and myosin II mediate p53 activation in α3- and α6-integrin-depleted cells
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- Mathilde Romagnoli
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie Genomics of Excellence (ICGex) Platform, Institut Curie, 75005 Paris, France
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7104/INSERM U1258/Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS UMR 7104/INSERM U1258/Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Division of Cell Biology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France; Inserm, Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France; Inserm, Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France; Inserm, Paris, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, 26 Rue d'Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, 75005 Paris, France; Inserm, Paris, 75013 Paris, France.
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The Interaction between Laminin-332 and α3β1 Integrin Determines Differentiation and Maintenance of CAFs, and Supports Invasion of Pancreatic Duct Adenocarcinoma Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 11:cancers11010014. [PMID: 30583482 PMCID: PMC6356648 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2018] [Revised: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Ranking among the most lethal tumour entities, pancreatic duct adenocarcinoma cells invade neighbouring tissue resulting in high incidence of metastasis. They are supported by tumour stroma fibroblasts which have undergone differentiation into cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs). Stiffness of cell substratum, cytokines, such as transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), and stromal matrix proteins, such as laminin-332, are factors which promote CAF differentiation. In a spheroid culture system, differentiation of CAFs was analysed for laminin-332 production, laminin-binding integrin repertoire, adhesion and migration behaviour, and, in heterospheroids, for their interplay with the pancreatic duct adenocarcinoma AsPC-I cells. Our data reveal that CAFs produce laminin-332 thus contributing to its ectopic deposition within the tumour stroma. Moreover, CAF differentiation correlates with an increased expression of α3β1 integrin, the principal laminin-332-receptor. Beyond its role as novel CAF marker protein, integrin α3β1 crucially determines differentiation and maintenance of the CAF phenotype, as knock-out of the integrin α3 subunit reversed the CAF differentiated state. AsPC-I cells co-cultured in heterospheroids with integrin α3-deficient CAFs invaded less than from heterospheroids with wild-type CAFs. This study highlights the role of integrin α3β1 integrin-laminin-332 interaction of CAFs which promotes and sustains differentiation of CAFs and promotes carcinoma invasion.
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Longmate W, DiPersio CM. Beyond adhesion: emerging roles for integrins in control of the tumor microenvironment. F1000Res 2017; 6:1612. [PMID: 29026524 PMCID: PMC5583736 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11877.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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While integrins were originally discovered as cell adhesion receptors, recent studies have reinforced the concept that integrins have central roles in cancer that extend far beyond controlling cell adhesion and migration. Indeed, as transmembrane cell surface receptors that occupy a critical position at the interface of cellular and extracellular interactions and are capable of both "inside-out" and "outside-in" signaling, integrins are uniquely poised to regulate the cell's ability to promote, sense, and react to changes in the tumor microenvironment. Moreover, integrins are present on all cell types in the tumor microenvironment, and they have important roles in regulating intercellular communication. Decades of promising pre-clinical studies have implicated certain integrins as attractive therapeutic targets in the cancer clinic. Nevertheless, results of the few clinical trials that target integrins in cancer have thus far been disappointing. Importantly, these clinical failures likely reflect the emerging complexity of individual and combinatorial integrin function within both tumor cells and other cell types of the tumor microenvironment, together with a need to explore integrin-targeting agents not just as monotherapies but also as adjuvants to more conventional radiotherapies or chemotherapies. In this review, we will examine recent advances toward understanding how integrins regulate cancer progression, including their roles in intercellular communication and modulation of the tumor microenvironment. Additionally, we will discuss factors that underlie the limited efficacy of current efforts to target integrins in the cancer clinic as well as potential strategies to overcome these challenges.
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- Whitney Longmate
- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.,Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany , New York, USA
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Hufbauer M, Akgül B. Molecular Mechanisms of Human Papillomavirus Induced Skin Carcinogenesis. Viruses 2017; 9:v9070187. [PMID: 28708084 PMCID: PMC5537679 DOI: 10.3390/v9070187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Infection of the cutaneous skin with human papillomaviruses (HPV) of genus betapapillomavirus (βHPV) is associated with the development of premalignant actinic keratoses and squamous cell carcinoma. Due to the higher viral loads of βHPVs in actinic keratoses than in cancerous lesions, it is currently discussed that these viruses play a carcinogenic role in cancer initiation. In vitro assays performed to characterize the cell transforming activities of high-risk HPV types of genus alphapapillomavirus have markedly contributed to the present knowledge on their oncogenic functions. However, these assays failed to detect oncogenic functions of βHPV early proteins. They were not suitable for investigations aiming to study the interactive role of βHPV positive epidermis with mesenchymal cells and the extracellular matrix. This review focuses on βHPV gene functions with special focus on oncogenic mechanisms that may be relevant for skin cancer development.
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- Martin Hufbauer
- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
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Hu JKH, Du W, Shelton SJ, Oldham MC, DiPersio CM, Klein OD. An FAK-YAP-mTOR Signaling Axis Regulates Stem Cell-Based Tissue Renewal in Mice. Cell Stem Cell 2017; 21:91-106.e6. [PMID: 28457749 DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2017.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 170] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Tissue homeostasis requires the production of newly differentiated cells from resident adult stem cells. Central to this process is the expansion of undifferentiated intermediates known as transit-amplifying (TA) cells, but how stem cells are triggered to enter this proliferative TA state remains an important open question. Using the continuously growing mouse incisor as a model of stem cell-based tissue renewal, we found that the transcriptional cofactors YAP and TAZ are required both to maintain TA cell proliferation and to inhibit differentiation. Specifically, we identified a pathway involving activation of integrin α3 in TA cells that signals through an LATS-independent FAK/CDC42/PP1A cascade to control YAP-S397 phosphorylation and nuclear localization. This leads to Rheb expression and potentiates mTOR signaling to drive the proliferation of TA cells. These findings thus reveal a YAP/TAZ signaling mechanism that coordinates stem cell expansion and differentiation during organ renewal.
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- Jimmy Kuang-Hsien Hu
- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Brain Tumor Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences and Program in Craniofacial Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA; Department of Pediatrics and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA.
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Longmate WM, Lyons SP, Chittur SV, Pumiglia KM, Van De Water L, DiPersio CM. Suppression of integrin α3β1 by α9β1 in the epidermis controls the paracrine resolution of wound angiogenesis. J Cell Biol 2017; 216:1473-1488. [PMID: 28416479 PMCID: PMC5412555 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201510042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2015] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The development of novel therapies to promote wound healing is hindered by our poor understanding of how different integrins function together in the epidermis. Longmate et al. show that cross-suppression by integrins within the epidermis controls paracrine signals that regulate wound angiogenesis. Integrin α9β1 suppresses the proangiogenic functions of α3β1 during late-stage wound healing, leading to the normalization of blood vessel density in the wound bed. Development of wound therapies is hindered by poor understanding of combinatorial integrin function in the epidermis. In this study, we generated mice with epidermis-specific deletion of α3β1, α9β1, or both integrins as well as keratinocyte lines expressing these integrin combinations. Consistent with proangiogenic roles for α3β1, α3-null keratinocytes showed reduced paracrine stimulation of endothelial cell migration and survival, and wounds of epidermis-specific α3 knockout mice displayed impaired angiogenesis. Interestingly, α9β1 in keratinocytes suppressed α3β1-mediated stimulation of endothelial cells, and wounds of epidermis-specific α9 knockout mice displayed delayed vascular normalization and reduced endothelial apoptosis, indicating that α9β1 cross-suppresses α3β1 proangiogenic functions. Moreover, α9β1 inhibited α3β1 signaling downstream of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) autoactivation at the point of Src-mediated phosphorylation of FAK Y861/Y925. Finally, α9β1 cross-suppressed many α3β1-dependent genes, including the gene that encodes MMP-9, which we implicated as a regulator of integrin-dependent cross talk to endothelial cells. Our findings identify a novel physiological context for combinatorial integrin signaling, laying the foundation for therapeutic strategies that manipulate α9β1 and/or α3β1 during wound healing.
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- Whitney M Longmate
- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY 12144
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- Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208.,Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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- Department of Surgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208 .,Department of Regenerative and Cancer Cell Biology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208
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The opposing roles of laminin-binding integrins in cancer. Matrix Biol 2017; 57-58:213-243. [DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2016.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Varzavand A, Hacker W, Ma D, Gibson-Corley K, Hawayek M, Tayh OJ, Brown JA, Henry MD, Stipp CS. α3β1 Integrin Suppresses Prostate Cancer Metastasis via Regulation of the Hippo Pathway. Cancer Res 2016; 76:6577-6587. [PMID: 27680681 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-16-1483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 08/22/2016] [Accepted: 09/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Existing anticancer strategies focused on disrupting integrin functions in tumor cells or tumor-involved endothelial cells have met limited success. An alternative strategy is to augment integrin-mediated pathways that suppress tumor progression, but how integrins can signal to restrain malignant behavior remains unclear. To address this issue, we generated an in vivo model of prostate cancer metastasis via depletion of α3β1 integrin, a correlation observed in a significant proportion of prostate cancers. Our data describe a mechanism whereby α3β1 signals through Abl family kinases to restrain Rho GTPase activity, support Hippo pathway suppressor functions, and restrain prostate cancer migration, invasion, and anchorage-independent growth. This α3β1-Abl kinase-Hippo suppressor pathway identified α3 integrin-deficient prostate cancers as potential candidates for Hippo-targeted therapies currently under development, suggesting new strategies for targeting metastatic prostate cancer based on integrin expression. Our data also revealed paradoxical tumor suppressor functions for Abl kinases in prostate cancer that may help to explain the failure of Abl kinase inhibitor imatinib in prostate cancer clinical trials. Cancer Res; 76(22); 6577-87. ©2016 AACR.
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- Afshin Varzavand
- Department of Biology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Biochemistry, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Pathology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Pathology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Biology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Biology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Urology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Pathology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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- Department of Biology, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. .,Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 inhibits cell adhesion via suppression of integrin β4 expression. Oncotarget 2016; 6:15150-63. [PMID: 25945837 PMCID: PMC4558142 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We previously reported that IGF binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3), a major IGF-binding protein in human serum, regulates angiogenic activities of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) through IGF-dependent and IGF-independent mechanisms. However, the role of IGFBP-3 in cell adhesion is largely unknown. We demonstrate here that IGFBP-3 inhibits the adhesion of HNSCC cells and HUVECs to the extracellular matrix (ECM). IGFBP-3 reduced transcription of a variety of integrins, especially integrin β4, and suppressed phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and Src in these cells through both IGF-dependent and IGF-independent pathways. IGFBP-3 was found to suppress the transcription of c-fos and c-jun and the activity of AP1 transcription factor. The regulatory effect of IGFBP-3 on integrin β4 transcription was attenuated by blocking c-jun and c-fos gene expression via siRNA transfection. Taken together, our data show that IGFBP-3 has IGF-dependent and -independent inhibitory effects on intracellular adhesion signaling in HNSCC and HUVECs through its ability to block c-jun and c-fos transcription and thus AP-1-mediated integrin β4 transcription. Collectively, our data suggest that IGFPB-3 may be an effective cancer therapeutic agent by blocking integrin-mediated adhesive activity of tumor and vascular endothelial cells.
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Heuser S, Hufbauer M, Steiger J, Marshall J, Sterner-Kock A, Mauch C, Zigrino P, Akgül B. The fibronectin/α3β1 integrin axis serves as molecular basis for keratinocyte invasion induced by βHPV. Oncogene 2016; 35:4529-39. [PMID: 26804167 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2015.512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2015] [Revised: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Organ-transplant-recipients exhibit cancerization of the skin from which multiple human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) arise. However, the molecular basis for HPV-induced invasion of skin keratinocytes is not known. We generated a transgenic mouse model expressing the E7 oncoprotein of HPV8 in the murine epidermis under the control of the keratin-14 promoter and showed that E7 is carcinogenic in mice. We further showed that both, the E7-expressing keratinocyte and mesenchymal components of the extracellular matrix as critical in eliciting the invasive behavior. E7 expression in basal keratinocytes, grown on fibronectin, led to epithelial-mesenchymal transition mediated by a cadherin switch. E7-positive keratinocytes displayed enhanced EDA-fibronectin expression and secretion and stimulated dermal fibroblasts to express EDA-fibronectin. Deposition of fibronectin was also detected in the peritumoral stroma of HPV8-positive skin SCC. When grown on fibronectin, E7-positive keratinocytes, in particular stem cell-like cells, exhibited increased cell surface levels of the α3-integrin chain. Functional blocking confirmed α3 as a critical molecule sufficient to induce E7-mediated invasion. This mechanistic link is further supported by expression of an E7-mutant, impaired in targeting α3 to the cell surface. These findings highlight the importance of epithelial-extracellular matrix interaction required for keratinocyte invasion and provide further mechanistic evidence for a role of HPV in skin carcinogenesis.
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- S Heuser
- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Barts Cancer Institute, Centre for Tumour Biology, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, London, UK
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- Center for Experimental Medicine, University Hospital, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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Goldstein J, Roth E, Roberts N, Zwick R, Lin S, Fletcher S, Tadeu A, Wu C, Beck A, Zeiss C, Suárez-Fariñas M, Horsley V. Loss of endogenous Nfatc1 reduces the rate of DMBA/TPA-induced skin tumorigenesis. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:3606-14. [PMID: 26310443 PMCID: PMC4603931 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-05-0282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Immunosuppressive therapies using calcineurin inhibitors, such as cyclosporine A, are associated with a higher incidence of squamous cell carcinoma formation in mice and humans. Calcineurin is believed to suppress tumorigenesis in part through Nfatc1, a transcription factor expressed primarily in hair follicle bulge stem cells in mice. However, mice overexpressing a constitutively active Nfatc1 isoform in the skin epithelium developed increased spontaneous skin squamous cell carcinomas. Because follicular stem cells can contribute to skin tumorigenesis, whether the endogenous expression of Nfatc1 inhibits or enhances skin tumorigenesis is unclear. Here we show that loss of the endogenous expression of Nfatc1 suppresses the rate of DMBA/TPA-induced skin tumorigenesis. Inducible deletion of Nfatc1 in follicular stem cells before tumor initiation significantly reduces the rate of tumorigenesis and the contribution of follicular stem cells to skin tumors. We find that skin tumors from mice lacking Nfatc1 display reduced Hras codon 61 mutations. Furthermore, Nfatc1 enhances the expression of genes involved in DMBA metabolism and increases DMBA-induced DNA damage in keratinocytes. Together these data implicate Nfatc1 in the regulation of skin stem cell-initiated tumorigenesis via the regulation of DMBA metabolism.
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- Jill Goldstein
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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- Departments of Population Health Science and Policy, Genetics and Genomics Science, and Dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520 Department of Dermatology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520
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Baldwin LA, Hoff JT, Lefringhouse J, Zhang M, Jia C, Liu Z, Erfani S, Jin H, Xu M, She QB, van Nagell JR, Wang C, Chen L, Plattner R, Kaetzel DM, Luo J, Lu M, West D, Liu C, Ueland FR, Drapkin R, Zhou BP, Yang XH. CD151-α3β1 integrin complexes suppress ovarian tumor growth by repressing slug-mediated EMT and canonical Wnt signaling. Oncotarget 2015; 5:12203-17. [PMID: 25356755 PMCID: PMC4322965 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 10/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Human ovarian cancer is diagnosed in the late, metastatic stages but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. We report a surprising functional link between CD151-α3β1 integrin complexes and the malignancy of serous-type ovarian cancer. Analyses of clinical specimens indicate that CD151 expression is significantly reduced or diminished in 90% of metastatic lesions, while it remains detectable in 58% of primary tumors. These observations suggest a putative tumor-suppressing role of CD151 in ovarian cancer. Indeed, our analyses show that knocking down CD151 or α3 integrin enhances tumor cell proliferation, growth and ascites production in nude mice. These changes are accompanied by impaired cell-cell contacts and aberrant expression of E-cadherin, Mucin 5AC and fibronectin, largely reminiscent of an epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)-like change. Importantly, Slug, a master regulator of EMT, is markedly elevated. Knocking down Slug partially restores CD151-α3β1 integrin complex-dependent suppression of cell proliferation. Moreover, disruption of these adhesion protein complexes is accompanied by a concomitant activation of canonical Wnt signaling, including elevated levels of β-catenin and Axin-2 as well as resistance to the inhibition in β-catenin-dependent transcriptional complexes. Together, our study demonstrates that CD151-α3β1 integrin complexes regulate ovarian tumor growth by repressing Slug-mediated EMT and Wnt signaling.
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- Lauren A Baldwin
- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Biomedical Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, United States of America
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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- Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Science, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
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Duperret EK, Dahal A, Ridky TW. Focal-adhesion-independent integrin-αv regulation of FAK and c-Myc is necessary for 3D skin formation and tumor invasion. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:3997-4013. [PMID: 26359297 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.175539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Integrins play crucial roles in epithelial adhesion, proliferation, wound healing and cancer. In the epidermis, the roles of many integrin subunits are incompletely defined and mechanistic details regarding their functions are lacking. We performed a multiplexed small hairpin (sh)RNA screen to define roles for each subunit in human organotypic skin. We show that integrin-αv (also known as ITGAV) heterodimers are essential for epidermal generation, with integrin-αv loss driving a keratinocyte G1-S cell cycle block. Surprisingly, integrin αv is not localized within keratinocyte focal adhesions, and instead maintains proliferation by controlling cellular (c)-Myc translation through FAK, p38β and p90RSK1. These phenotypes depend only on the binding partners of integrin-αv--integrin β5 and integrin β6 (also known as ITGB5 and ITGB6, respectively). Through inducible depletion of integrin αv in both normal organotypic epidermis and Ras-driven invasive neoplasia, we show that integrin αv is required for de novo tissue generation and neoplastic invasion but that it is dispensable for epidermal maintenance. Heterodimers of integrin αv with integrin β5 (integrin αvβ5) or integrin β6 (integrin αvβ6) are required to similar extents for neoplastic invasion, thus identifying integrin αvβ5 and integrin αvβ6 heterodimers as potential therapeutic targets for epidermal squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Elizabeth K Duperret
- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, BRB 1010, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, BRB 1010, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Dermatology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, BRB 1010, 421 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Thomas G, van Voskuilen J, Truong H, Gerritsen HC, Sterenborg HJCM. In vivo nonlinear optical imaging to monitor early microscopic changes in a murine cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma model. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2015; 8:668-680. [PMID: 25319484 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.201400074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Revised: 08/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Early detection of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) can enable timely therapeutic and preventive interventions for patients. In this study, in vivo nonlinear optical imaging (NLOI) based on two-photon excitation fluorescence (TPEF) and second harmonic generation (SHG), was used to non-invasively detect microscopic changes occurring in murine skin treated topically with 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene (DMBA). The optical microscopic findings and the measured TPEF-SHG index show that NLOI was able to clearly detect early cytostructural changes in DMBA treated skin that appeared clinically normal. This suggests that in vivo NLOI could be a non-invasive tool to monitor early signs of cSCC. In vivo axial NLOI scans of normal murine skin (upper left), murine skin with preclinical hyperplasia (upper right), early clinical murine skin lesion (lower left) and late or advanced murine skin lesion (lower right).
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- Giju Thomas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Centre for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Erasmus Medical Centre, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Yin Y, Deng X, Liu Z, Baldwin LA, Lefringhouse J, Zhang J, Hoff JT, Erfani SF, Rucker EB, O'Connor K, Liu C, Wu Y, Zhou BP, Yang XH. CD151 represses mammary gland development by maintaining the niches of progenitor cells. Cell Cycle 2015; 13:2707-22. [PMID: 25486358 DOI: 10.4161/15384101.2015.945823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Tetraspanin CD151 interacts with laminin-binding integrins (i.e., α3β1, α6β1 and α6β4) and other cell surface molecules to control diverse cellular and physiological processes, ranging from cell adhesion, migration and survival to tissue architecture and homeostasis. Here, we report a novel role of CD151 in maintaining the branching morphogenesis and activity of progenitor cells during the pubertal development of mammary glands. In contrast to the disruption of laminin-binding integrins, CD151 removal in mice enhanced the tertiary branching in mammary glands by 2.4-fold and the number of terminal end buds (TEBs) by 30%, while having minimal influence on either primary or secondary ductal branching. Consistent with these morphological changes are the skewed distribution of basal/myoepithelial cells and a 3.2-fold increase in proliferating Ki67-positive cells. These novel observations suggest that CD151 impacts the branching morphogenesis of mammary glands by upregulating the activities of bipotent progenitor cells. Indeed, our subsequent analyses indicate that upon CD151 removal the proportion of CD24(Hi)CD49f(Low) progenitor cells in the mammary gland increased by 34%, and their proliferating and differentiating activities were significantly upregulated. Importantly, fibronectin, a pro-branching extracellular matrix (ECM) protein deposited underlying mammary epithelial or progenitor cells, increased by >7.2-fold. Moreover, there was a concomitant increase in the expression and nuclear distribution of Slug, a transcription factor implicated in the maintenance of mammary progenitor cell activities. Taken together, our studies demonstrate that integrin-associated CD151 represses mammary branching morphogenesis by controlling progenitor cell activities, ECM integrity and transcription program.
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- Yuanqin Yin
- a Cancer Institute; First Affiliated Hospital ; China Medical University ; Shenyang , China
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Missan DS, Mitchell K, Subbaram S, DiPersio CM. Integrin α3β1 signaling through MEK/ERK determines alternative polyadenylation of the MMP-9 mRNA transcript in immortalized mouse keratinocytes. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0119539. [PMID: 25751421 PMCID: PMC4353714 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Integrin α3β1 is highly expressed in both normal and tumorigenic epidermal keratinocytes where it regulates genes that control cellular function and extracellular matrix remodeling during normal and pathological tissue remodeling processes, including wound healing and development of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC). Previous studies identified a role for α3β1 in immortalized and transformed keratinocytes in the regulation of genes that promote tumorigenesis, invasion, and pro-angiogenic crosstalk to endothelial cells. One such gene, matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), is induced by α3β1 through a post-transcriptional mechanism of enhanced mRNA stability. In the current study, we sought to investigate the mechanism through which α3β1 controls MMP-9 mRNA stability. First, we utilized a luciferase reporter assay to show that AU-rich elements (AREs) residing within the 3’-untranslated region (3’-UTR) of the MMP-9 mRNA renders the transcript unstable in a manner that is independent of α3β1. Next, we cloned a truncated variant of the MMP-9 mRNA which is generated through usage of an alternative, upstream polyadenylation signal and lacks the 3’-UTR region containing the destabilizing AREs. Using an RNase protection assay to distinguish “long” (full-length 3’-UTR) and “short” (truncated 3’-UTR) MMP-9 mRNA variants, we demonstrated that the shorter, more stable mRNA that lacks 3’-UTR AREs was preferentially generated in α3β1-expressing keratinocytes compared with α3β1-deficient (i.e., α3-null) keratinocytes. Moreover, we determined that α3β1-dependent alternative polyadenylation was acquired by immortalized keratinocytes, as primary neonatal keratinocytes did not display α3β1-dependent differences in the long and short transcripts. Finally, pharmacological inhibition of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in α3β1-expressing keratinocytes caused a shift towards long variant expression, while Raf-1-mediated activation of ERK in α3-null keratinocytes dramatically enhanced short variant expression, indicating a role for ERK/MAPK signaling in α3β1-mediated selection of the proximal polyadenylation site. These findings identify a novel mode of integrin α3β1-mediated gene regulation through alternative polyadenylation.
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- Dara S. Missan
- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America
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Aravalli RN, Talbot NC, Steer CJ. Gene expression profiling of MYC-driven tumor signatures in porcine liver stem cells by transcriptome sequencing. World J Gastroenterol 2015; 21:2011-2029. [PMID: 25717234 PMCID: PMC4326136 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v21.i7.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To identify the genes induced and regulated by the MYC protein in generating tumors from liver stem cells.
METHODS: In this study, we have used an immortal porcine liver stem cell line, PICM-19, to study the role of c-MYC in hepatocarcinogenesis. PICM-19 cells were converted into cancer cells (PICM-19-CSCs) by overexpressing human MYC. To identify MYC-driven differential gene expression, transcriptome sequencing was carried out by RNA sequencing, and genes identified by this method were validated using real-time PCR. In vivo tumorigenicity studies were then conducted by injecting PICM-19-CSCs into the flanks of immunodeficient mice.
RESULTS: Our results showed that MYC-overexpressing PICM-19 stem cells formed tumors in immunodeficient mice demonstrating that a single oncogene was sufficient to convert them into cancer cells (PICM-19-CSCs). By using comparative bioinformatics analyses, we have determined that > 1000 genes were differentially expressed between PICM-19 and PICM-19-CSCs. Gene ontology analysis further showed that the MYC-induced, altered gene expression was primarily associated with various cellular processes, such as metabolism, cell adhesion, growth and proliferation, cell cycle, inflammation and tumorigenesis. Interestingly, six genes expressed by PICM-19 cells (CDO1, C22orf39, DKK2, ENPEP, GPX6, SRPX2) were completely silenced after MYC-induction in PICM-19-CSCs, suggesting that the absence of these genes may be critical for inducing tumorigenesis.
CONCLUSION: MYC-driven genes may serve as promising candidates for the development of hepatocellular carcinoma therapeutics that would not have deleterious effects on other cell types in the liver.
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Thomas G, van Voskuilen J, Truong H, Song JY, Gerritsen HC, Sterenborg HJCM. In vivo nonlinear spectral imaging as a tool to monitor early spectroscopic and metabolic changes in a murine cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma model. BIOMEDICAL OPTICS EXPRESS 2014; 5:4281-99. [PMID: 25574438 PMCID: PMC4285605 DOI: 10.1364/boe.5.004281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 11/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Timely detection of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma with non-invasive modalities like nonlinear spectral imaging (NLSI) can ensure efficient preventive or therapeutic measures for patients. In this study, in vivo NLSI was used to study spectral characteristics in murine skin treated with 7, 12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene. The results show that NLSI could detect emission spectral changes during the early preclinical stages of skin carcinogenesis. Analyzing these emission spectra using simulated band-pass filters at 450-460 nm and 525-535 nm, gave parameters that were expressed as a ratio. This ratio was increased and thus suggestive of elevated metabolic activity in early stages of skin carcinogenesis.
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- Giju Thomas
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The
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- Centre for Optical Diagnostics and Therapy, Erasmus Medical Centre, Post Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The
Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The
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- Department of Experimental Animal Pathology, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Utrecht University, 3508 TA, Utrecht, The
Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Physics, Academic Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The
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Eke I, Cordes N. Focal adhesion signaling and therapy resistance in cancer. Semin Cancer Biol 2014; 31:65-75. [PMID: 25117005 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2014] [Revised: 07/22/2014] [Accepted: 07/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Interlocking gene mutations, epigenetic alterations and microenvironmental features perpetuate tumor development, growth, infiltration and spread. Consequently, intrinsic and acquired therapy resistance arises and presents one of the major goals to solve in oncologic research today. Among the myriad of microenvironmental factors impacting on cancer cell resistance, cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM) has recently been identified as key determinant. Despite the differentiation between cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance (CAMDR) and cell adhesion-mediated radioresistance (CAMRR), the underlying mechanisms share great overlap in integrin and focal adhesion hub signaling and differ further downstream in the complexity of signaling networks between tumor entities. Intriguingly, cell adhesion to ECM is per se also essential for cancer cells similar to their normal counterparts. However, based on the overexpression of focal adhesion hub signaling receptors and proteins and a distinct addiction to particular integrin receptors, targeting of focal adhesion proteins has been shown to potently sensitize cancer cells to different treatment regimes including radiotherapy, chemotherapy and novel molecular therapeutics. In this review, we will give insight into the role of integrins in carcinogenesis, tumor progression and metastasis. Additionally, literature and data about the function of focal adhesion molecules including integrins, integrin-associated proteins and growth factor receptors in tumor cell resistance to radio- and chemotherapy will be elucidated and discussed.
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- Iris Eke
- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany; Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; Institute of Radiation Oncology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden 01328, Germany.
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Jain M, Zhang L, Boufraqech M, Liu-Chittenden Y, Bussey K, Demeure MJ, Wu X, Su L, Pacak K, Stratakis CA, Kebebew E. ZNF367 inhibits cancer progression and is targeted by miR-195. PLoS One 2014; 9:e101423. [PMID: 25047265 PMCID: PMC4105551 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Background Several members of the zinc finger protein family have been recently shown to have a role in cancer initiation and progression. Zinc finger protein 367 (ZNF367) is a member of the zinc finger protein family and is expressed in embryonic or fetal erythroid tissue but is absent in normal adult tissue. Methodology/Principal Findings We show that ZNF367 is overexpressed in adrenocortical carcinoma, malignant pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma and thyroid cancer as compared to normal tissue and benign tumors. Using both functional knockdown and ectopic overexpression in multiple cell lines, we show that ZNF367 inhibits cellular proliferation, invasion, migration, and adhesion to extracellular proteins in vitro and in vivo. Integrated gene and microRNA expression analyses showed an inverse correlation between ZNF367 and miR-195 expression. Luciferase assays demonstrated that miR-195 directly regulates ZNF367 expression and that miR-195 regulates cellular invasion. Moreover, integrin alpha 3 (ITGA3) expression was regulated by ZNF367. Conclusions/Significance Our findings taken together suggest that ZNF367 regulates cancer progression.
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- Meenu Jain
- Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Translational Genomic Research Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Molecular Technology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Section on Endocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Endocrine Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Aggarwal A, Al-Rohil RN, Batra A, Feustel PJ, Jones DM, DiPersio CM. Expression of integrin α3β1 and cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) are positively correlated in human breast cancer. BMC Cancer 2014; 14:459. [PMID: 24950714 PMCID: PMC4069347 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Expression of integrin α3β1 is associated with tumor progression, metastasis, and poor prognosis in several cancers, including breast cancer. Moreover, preclinical studies have revealed important pro-tumorigenic and pro-metastatic functions for this integrin, including tumor growth, survival, invasion, and paracrine induction of angiogenesis. Our previously published work in a preclinical breast cancer model showed that integrin α3β1 promotes expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2/PTGS2), a known driver of breast cancer progression. However, the clinical significance of this regulation was unknown. The objective of the current study was to assess the clinical relevance of the relationship between integrin α3β1 and COX2 by testing for their correlated expression among various forms of human breast cancer. METHODS Immunohistochemistry was performed to assess co-expression of α3 and COX2 in specimens of human invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), either on a commercial tissue microarray (n = 59 samples) or obtained from Albany Medical Center archives (n = 68 samples). Immunostaining intensity for the integrin α3 subunit or COX2 was scored, and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient analysis was performed to assess their co-expression across and within different tumor subtypes or clinicopathologic criteria. RESULTS Although expression of integrin α3 or COX2 varied among clinical IDC samples, a statistically significant, positive correlation was detected between α3 and COX2 in both tissue microarrays (r(s) = 0.49, p < 0.001, n = 59) and archived samples (r(s) = 0.59, p < 0.0001, n = 68). In both sample sets, this correlation was independent of hormone receptor status, histological grade, or disease stage. CONCLUSIONS COX2 and α3 are correlated in IDC independently of hormone receptor status or other clinicopathologic features, supporting the hypothesis that integrin α3β1 is a determinant of COX2 expression in human breast cancer. These results support the clinical relevance of α3β1-dependent COX2 gene expression that we reported previously in breast cancer cells. The findings also suggest that COX2-positive breast carcinomas of various subtypes might be vulnerable to therapeutic strategies that target α3β1, and that α3 expression might serve as an independent prognostic biomarker.
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- Anshu Aggarwal
- Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Mail Code 165, Room MS-420, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208-3479, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neurosciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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- Center for Cell Biology & Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Mail Code 165, Room MS-420, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208-3479, USA
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Missan DS, Chittur SV, DiPersio CM. Regulation of fibulin-2 gene expression by integrin α3β1 contributes to the invasive phenotype of transformed keratinocytes. J Invest Dermatol 2014; 134:2418-2427. [PMID: 24694902 PMCID: PMC4134363 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 02/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The laminin-binding integrin α3β1 is highly expressed in epidermal keratinocytes, where it regulates both cell-autonomous and paracrine functions that promote wound healing and skin tumorigenesis. However, the roles for α3β1 in regulating gene expression programs that control the behaviors of immortalized or transformed keratinocytes remain underexplored. In the current study, we used a microarray approach to identify genes that are regulated by α3β1 in immortalized keratinocytes. α3β1-Responsive genes included several genes that are involved in extracellular matrix proteolysis or remodeling, including fibulin-2 and secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine. However, α3β1-dependent induction of specific target genes was influenced by the genetic lesion that triggered immortalization, as α3β1-dependent fibulin-2 expression occurred in cells immortalized by either SV40 large T antigen or p53-null mutation, whereas α3β1-dependent expression of secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine occurred only in the former cells. Interestingly, quantitative PCR arrays did not reveal strong patterns of α3β1-dependent gene expression in freshly isolated primary keratinocytes, suggesting that this regulation is acquired during immortalization. p53-null keratinocytes transformed with oncogenic RasV12 retained α3β1-dependent fibulin-2 expression, and RNAi-mediated knockdown of fibulin-2 in these cells reduced invasion, although not their tumorigenic potential. These findings demonstrate a prominent role for α3β1 in immortalized/transformed keratinocytes in regulating fibulin-2 and other genes that promote matrix remodeling and invasion.
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- Dara S Missan
- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA
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- Center for Functional Genomics, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York, USA
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, USA.
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Longmate WM, DiPersio CM. Integrin Regulation of Epidermal Functions in Wounds. Adv Wound Care (New Rochelle) 2014; 3:229-246. [PMID: 24669359 DOI: 10.1089/wound.2013.0516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Significance: Integrins are bidirectional signaling receptors for extracellular matrix that regulate both inside-out signaling that controls keratinocyte-mediated changes to the wound microenvironment and outside-in signaling that controls keratinocyte responses to microenvironmental changes. As such, integrins represent attractive therapeutic targets for treatment of chronic wounds or general promotion of wound healing. Advances in wound management are particularly important as the elderly and diabetic populations within the United States continue to grow. Recent Advances: Although integrins are best known for mediating cell adhesion and migration, integrins in wound epidermis also control cell survival, proliferation, matrix remodeling, and paracrine crosstalk to other cellular compartments of the wound. Importantly, the concept of targeting integrins in the clinic has been established for treatment of certain cancers and other diseases, laying the groundwork for similar exploitation of integrins as targets to treat chronic wounds. Critical Issues: Despite their attractiveness as therapeutic targets, integrins have complex roles in wound healing that are impacted by both their own expression and a highly dynamic wound microenvironment that determines ligand availability. Therefore, identifying relevant integrin ligands in the wound and understanding both distinct and overlapping functions that different integrins play in the epidermis will be critical to determine their precise roles in wound healing. Future Directions: Future research should focus on gaining a thorough understanding of the highly coordinated functions of different integrins in wound epidermis, and on determining which of these functions go awry in pathological wounds. This focus should facilitate development of integrin-targeting therapeutics for treating chronic wounds.
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- Whitney M. Longmate
- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
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- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
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Subbaram S, Lyons SP, Svenson KB, Hammond SL, McCabe LG, Chittur SV, DiPersio CM. Integrin α3β1 controls mRNA splicing that determines Cox-2 mRNA stability in breast cancer cells. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:1179-89. [PMID: 24434582 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.131227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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It is unknown how cues from the tumor microenvironment can regulate post-transcriptional mechanisms, such as alternative splicing, that control genes that drive malignant growth. The induction of cyclooxygenase 2 (Cox-2) by integrin α3β1 in breast cancer cells can promote tumor progression. We have used RNAi to suppress α3β1 in human MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and then investigated changes in global gene expression. Numerous mRNAs, including Cox-2, show altered expression and/or alternative exon usage (AEU) in α3β1-deficient cells. AEU included patterns predicted to render an mRNA susceptible to degradation, such as 3'-UTR variations or retention of elements that target an mRNA for nonsense-mediated decay (NMD). PCR-based analysis of α3β1-deficient cells confirmed changes in Cox-2 mRNA that might target it for NMD, including retention of an intron that harbors premature termination codons and changes within the 3'-UTR. Moreover, Cox-2 mRNA has reduced stability in α3β1-deficient cells, which is partially reversed by knockdown of the essential NMD factor UPF1. Our study identifies α3β1-mediated AEU as a novel paradigm of integrin-dependent gene regulation that has potential for exploitation as a therapeutic target.
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- Sita Subbaram
- Center for Cell Biology and Cancer Research, Albany Medical College, MC-165, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Wu BL, Lv GQ, Zou HY, Du ZP, Wu JY, Zhang PX, Xu LY, Li EM. Exploration of potential roles of a new LOXL2 splicing variant using network knowledge in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. ScientificWorldJournal 2014; 2014:431792. [PMID: 25254241 PMCID: PMC4165399 DOI: 10.1155/2014/431792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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LOXL2 (lysyl oxidase-like 2), an enzyme that catalyzes oxidative deamination of lysine residue, is upregulated in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC). A LOXL2 splice variant LOXL2-e13 and its wild type were overexpressed in ESCC cells followed by microarray analyses. In this study, we explored the potential role and molecular mechanism of LOXL2-e13 based on known protein-protein interactions (PPIs), following microarray analysis of KYSE150 ESCC cells overexpressing a LOXL2 splice variant, denoted by LOXL2-e13, or its wild-type counterpart. The differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of LOXL2-WT and LOXL2-e13 were applied to generate individual PPI subnetworks in which hundreds of DEGs interacted with thousands of other proteins. These two DEG groups were annotated by Functional Annotation Chart analysis in the DAVID bioinformatics database and compared. These results found many specific annotations indicating the potential specific role or mechanism for LOXL2-e13. The DEGs of LOXL2-e13, comparing to its wild type, were prioritized by the Random Walk with Restart algorithm. Several tumor-related genes such as ERO1L, ITGA3, and MAPK8 were found closest to LOXL2-e13. These results provide helpful information for subsequent experimental identification of the specific biological roles and molecular mechanisms of LOXL2-e13. Our study also provides a work flow to identify potential roles of splice variants with large scale data.
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- Bing-Li Wu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Pathology, Shantou Central Hospital, Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Institute of Oncologic Pathology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong 515041, China
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