1
|
Sharma VP, Williams J, Leung E, Sanders J, Eddy R, Castracane J, Oktay MH, Entenberg D, Condeelis JS. SUN-MKL1 Crosstalk Regulates Nuclear Deformation and Fast Motility of Breast Carcinoma Cells in Fibrillar ECM Microenvironment. Cells 2021; 10:1549. [PMID: 34205257 PMCID: PMC8234170 DOI: 10.3390/cells10061549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Aligned collagen fibers provide topography for the rapid migration of single tumor cells (streaming migration) to invade the surrounding stroma, move within tumor nests towards blood vessels to intravasate and form distant metastases. Mechanisms of tumor cell motility have been studied extensively in the 2D context, but the mechanistic understanding of rapid single tumor cell motility in the in vivo context is still lacking. Here, we show that streaming tumor cells in vivo use collagen fibers with diameters below 3 µm. Employing 1D migration assays with matching in vivo fiber dimensions, we found a dependence of tumor cell motility on 1D substrate width, with cells moving the fastest and the most persistently on the narrowest 1D fibers (700 nm-2.5 µm). Interestingly, we also observed nuclear deformation in the absence of restricting extracellular matrix pores during high speed carcinoma cell migration in 1D, similar to the nuclear deformation observed in tumor cells in vivo. Further, we found that actomyosin machinery is aligned along the 1D axis and actomyosin contractility synchronously regulates cell motility and nuclear deformation. To further investigate the link between cell speed and nuclear deformation, we focused on the Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complex proteins and SRF-MKL1 signaling, key regulators of mechanotransduction, actomyosin contractility and actin-based cell motility. Analysis of The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset showed a dramatic decrease in the LINC complex proteins SUN1 and SUN2 in primary tumor compared to the normal tissue. Disruption of LINC complex by SUN1 + 2 KD led to multi-lobular elongated nuclei, increased tumor cell motility and concomitant increase in F-actin, without affecting Lamin proteins. Mechanistically, we found that MKL1, an effector of changes in cellular G-actin to F-actin ratio, is required for increased 1D motility seen in SUN1 + 2 KD cells. Thus, we demonstrate a previously unrecognized crosstalk between SUN proteins and MKL1 transcription factor in modulating nuclear shape and carcinoma cell motility in an in vivo relevant 1D microenvironment.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ved P. Sharma
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
- Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
| | - James Williams
- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA; (J.W.); (J.S.); (J.C.)
| | - Edison Leung
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
| | - Joe Sanders
- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA; (J.W.); (J.S.); (J.C.)
| | - Robert Eddy
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
| | - James Castracane
- Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY 12203, USA; (J.W.); (J.S.); (J.C.)
| | - Maja H. Oktay
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
- Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Integrated Imaging Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
| | - David Entenberg
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
- Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Integrated Imaging Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
| | - John S. Condeelis
- Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA; (E.L.); (R.E.); (M.H.O.); (D.E.)
- Gruss Lipper Biophotonics Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Integrated Imaging Program, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
- Department of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Saby C, Collin G, Sinane M, Buache E, Van Gulick L, Saltel F, Maquoi E, Morjani H. DDR1 and MT1-MMP Expression Levels Are Determinant for Triggering BIK-Mediated Apoptosis by 3D Type I Collagen Matrix in Invasive Basal-Like Breast Carcinoma Cells. Front Pharmacol 2019; 10:462. [PMID: 31130862 PMCID: PMC6509437 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.00462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
Type I collagen is the major adhesive component in breast interstitial stroma, which represents the first barrier against tumor cell invasion after basement-membrane degradation. Among cellular receptors, type I collagen is able to activate discoidin domain receptors DDR1 and DDR2. We have previously shown that in 3D collagen matrix, DDR1 plays a key role as it promotes cell growth suppression and apoptosis through the upregulation of the pro-apoptotic mediator BIK in noninvasive luminal-like breast carcinoma cells. We have also shown that MT1-MMP is able to rescue these cells and protect them against the effects induced by collagen/DDR1/BIK axis. Our data suggested that the protective effect of MT1-MMP might be mediated through the degradation of type I collagen and/or DDR1 cleavage. Decreased DDR1 expression has been associated with the epithelial to mesenchymal transition process in breast cancer, and its overexpression in aggressive basal-like breast cancer cells reduces their invasiveness in 3D cultures and in vivo. In the present work, we propose to study the role of MT1-MMP in the resistance against collagen-induced apoptosis in basal-like breast carcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells. We aimed to investigate whether MT1-MMP depletion is able to restore apoptosis mediated by collagen/DDR1/BIK axis and to verify if such depletion is able to restore full-length DDR1 expression and phosphorylation. ShRNA strategy against MT1-MMP mRNA was able to partially restore full length DDR1 expression and phosphorylation. This was accompanied by a decrease in cell growth and an upregulation of BIK expression. This suggested that MT1-MMP expression in basal-like breast carcinoma cells, in addition to a low basal level of DDR1 expression, protects these cells against collagen-induced apoptosis via DDR1 cleavage. Since DDR1 was moderately expressed in MDA-MB-231 cells, we then investigated whether overexpression of DDR1 could be able to increase its ability to suppress cell growth and to induce apoptosis. Data showed that overexpression of DDR1 induced a decrease in cell growth and an increase in BIK expression, suggesting that moderate expression level of full length DDR1 in basal-like breast carcinoma provides them with a capacity to resist to collagen-induced cell growth suppression and apoptosis. Finally, the combined overexpression of DDR1 and depletion of MT1-MMP in MDA-MB-231 cells synergistically increased collagen-induced cell growth suppression and apoptosis to a level similar to that observed in luminal breast carcinoma. Taken together, our data suggest that during the acquisition of mesenchymal features, the low level of DDR1 expression should be considered as an important biomarker in the prognosis of basal-like breast carcinoma, conferring them a high rate of cell growth and resistance to BIK-mediated apoptosis induced by the stromal collagen.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Charles Saby
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| | - Guillaume Collin
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| | - Maha Sinane
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| | - Emilie Buache
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| | - Laurence Van Gulick
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| | - Frédéric Saltel
- INSERM, UMR1053, BaRITOn Bordeaux Research in Translational Oncology, Bordeaux, France
| | - Erik Maquoi
- Unit of Cancer, Laboratory of Tumour and Developmental Biology, Groupe Interdisciplinaire de Génoprotéomique Appliqué (GIGA), University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
| | - Hamid Morjani
- Unité BioSpecT, EA7506, SFR CAP-Santé, UFR de Pharmacie, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Guo J, Zhao C, Yao R, Sui A, Sun L, Liu X, Wu S, Su Z, Li T, Liu S, Gao Y, Liu J, Feng X, Wang W, Zhao H, Cui Z, Li G, Meng F. 3D culture enhances chemoresistance of ALL Jurkat cell line by increasing DDR1 expression. Exp Ther Med 2019; 17:1593-1600. [PMID: 30783426 PMCID: PMC6364197 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2019.7153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Three dimensional (3D) culture has gradually become a research hotspot in the field of drug screening, stem cell research, and tissue engineering due to its more physiological-like morphology and function. In this study, we compared the differences of cell proliferation, population, protein expression and chemoresistance profiles between two dimensional (2D) and 3D culture of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) Jurkat cell line. Polycaprolactone (PCL) is used for 3D culture owing to its biochemical properties and compatibility. Culturing of ALL Jurkat cell line in collagen type I coated polycaprolactone scaffold for 168 h increased cell proliferation, attachment, as well as the drug resistance to cytarabine (Ara-C) and daunorubicin (DNR) without changing the original CD2+CD3+CD4+dimCD8−CD34−CD45+dim phenotype, compared to uncoated PCL scaffold and tissue culture plate systems. Molecularly, increased chemoresistance is associated with the upregulation of discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR1) and transcription factor STAT3. Inhibition of DDR1 activity by DDR1-specific inhibitor DDR-IN-1 accelerated cell death in the presence of Ara-C, DNR or their combination. These results demonstrated that 3D culture enhances chemoresistance of ALL Jurkat cell line by increasing DDR1 expression. Importantly, the cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance induced by DDR1 in the scaffold was similar to the clinical situation, indicating the 3D culture of cancer cells recapitulate the in vivo tumor environment and this platform can be used as a promising pre-clinic drug-screen system.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jun Guo
- College of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266071, P.R. China.,Department of Hematology, People's Hospital of Rizhao, Rizhao, Shandong 276800, P.R. China
| | - Chunting Zhao
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Ruyong Yao
- Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035, P.R. China
| | - Aihua Sui
- Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035, P.R. China
| | - Lingjie Sun
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Xiaodan Liu
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Shaoling Wu
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Zhan Su
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Tianlan Li
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Shanshan Liu
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Yan Gao
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Jiaxiu Liu
- Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Medical College, Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266035, P.R. China
| | - Xianqi Feng
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Wei Wang
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Hongguo Zhao
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Zhongguang Cui
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Guanglun Li
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| | - Fanjun Meng
- Department of Hematology, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, P.R. China
| |
Collapse
|