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Gou S, Wu A, Luo Z. Integrins in cancer stem cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1434378. [PMID: 39239559 PMCID: PMC11375753 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1434378] [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: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/12/2024] [Indexed: 09/07/2024] Open
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Integrins are a class of adhesion receptors on cell membranes, consisting of α and β subunits. By binding to the extracellular matrix, integrins activate intracellular signaling pathways, participating in every step of cancer initiation and progression. Tumor stem cells possess self-renewal and self-differentiation abilities, along with strong tumorigenic potential. In this review, we discussed the role of integrins in cancer, with a focus on their impact on tumor stem cells and tumor stemness. This will aid in targeting tumor stem cells as a therapeutic approach, leading to the exploration of novel cancer treatment strategies.
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- Siqi Gou
- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Department of urology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Department of Clinical Research Center, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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- The Second Affiliated Hospital, Department of urology, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China
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Huang Y, Wang X, Liu H, Meng X, Yin H, Hou R, Lin W, Zhang X, Ma J, Zhang X, Zhang F, Miao Y. Knocking Down HN1 Blocks Helicobacter pylori-Induced Malignant Phenotypes in Gastric Mucosal Cells and Inhibits Gastric Cancer Cell Proliferation, Cytoskeleton Remodeling, and Migration. Biochem Genet 2024:10.1007/s10528-024-10731-7. [PMID: 38526710 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-024-10731-7] [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: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024]
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is implicated in the aberrant proliferation and malignant transformation of gastric mucosal cells, heightening the risk of gastric cancer (GC). HN1 is involved in the development of various tumors. However, precise mechanistic underpinnings of HN1 promoting GC progression in H. pylori remain elusive. The study collected 79 tissue samples of GC patients, including 47 with H. pylori-positive GC and 32 H. pylori-negative controls. Using human gastric epithelial cells (GES-1) and human gastric adenocarcinoma cells (HGC-27), the effect of overexpression / knocking down of HN1 and H. pylori infection was evaluated on cell function (proliferation, migration, apoptosis), cytoskeleton, and expression of cell malignant phenotype factors that promote the malignant biological behavior of cancer cells. The expression of HN1 in GC tissues is higher than that in paracancerous tissue and is closely related to infiltration, lymphatic metastasis, distant metastasis, survival, and H. pylori infection. Downregulation of HN1 effectively hinders the ability of H. pylori strains 26695 and SS1 to promote migration of GES-1 and HGC-27 cells, while lowering the expression of key indicators associated with malignant phenotype. Downregulated GSK3B, β-catenin, and Vimentin after knockdown Integrinβ1, but HN1 expression remained largely unchanged, when HN1 and Integrinβ1 were knocked down, GSK3B, β-catenin, and Vimentin expression were considerably reduced. Our research demonstrated the crucial role of HN1 in H. pylori-induced acquisition of a malignant phenotype in GES-1 cells. Knockdown of HN1 blocked the pathogenic mechanism of H. pylori-induced GC and downregulated the expression of GSK3Β, β-catenin and Vimentin via Integrin β1.
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- Ying Huang
- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Pathology, North China University of Science and Technology Affiliated Hospital, Tangshan, 063000, Hebie Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Hui Autonomous Region, 804 Shengli South Street, Xingqing District, Yinchuan, 750004, Ningxia, China.
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Lu Z, Yuan S, Ruan L, Tu Z, Liu H. Partitioning defective 6 homolog alpha (PARD6A) promotes epithelial–mesenchymal transition via integrin β1-ILK-SNAIL1 pathway in ovarian cancer. Cell Death Dis 2022; 13:304. [PMID: 35379775 PMCID: PMC8980072 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-022-04756-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Partitioning-defective protein 6 (Par6) family proteins have been demonstrated to be closely associated with the occurrence and development of cancers. It is well accepted that dysregulation of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) greatly contributes to carcinogenesis and metastases of ovarian cancer. So far, the roles of Par6 in EMT of ovarian cancer are not clear. Functional experiments were carried out to study the roles of PARD6A in EMT of ovarian cancer in vitro and in vivo, and EMT pathways potentially affected by PARD6A expression were screened. We found that PARD6A was significantly highly expressed in tissues of ovarian cancer patients in III-IV stages, poorly differentiated or with lymphatic metastases versus I-II stages, moderately or well differentiated, or without lymphatic metastases, respectively. PARD6A knockdown suppressed EMT of SKOV3 and A2780 cells in vitro and ovarian cancer metastasis in vivo, while overexpression of PARD6A promoted EMT in HO8910 and OVCAR8 cells. It was indicated that PARD6A affected EMT of ovarian cancer cells through SNAIL1 signaling pathway and subsequently modulated the expression of VIMENTIN and E-cadherin, which was further confirmed by knockdown and overexpression of SNAIL1 experiments. PARD6A was also demonstrated to regulate expression of SNAIL1 by modulating integrin β1 and ILK proteins, specifically it was shown that the transcription of SNAIL1 was regulated by ILK in this study. In addition, expression of ILK in ovarian cancer tissues was demonstrated to be correlated with tumor stages and lymphatic metastases clinically. In this study, we identified a novel role of PARD6A as an inducer of cell migration and invasion, which is likely to play an important role in metastasis of ovarian cancer. The molecular pathways of EMT mediated by PARD6A-Integrin β1-ILK-SNAIL1 and finally implemented by E-cadherin and VIMENTIN may provide a novel strategy for drug development for ovarian cancer therapy in the near future.
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OSU-T315 as an Interesting Lead Molecule for Novel B Cell-Specific Therapeutics. J Immunol Res 2018; 2018:2505818. [PMID: 30276218 PMCID: PMC6157143 DOI: 10.1155/2018/2505818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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B cells are pathogenic in various disease processes and therefore represent an interesting target for the development of novel immunosuppressants. In the search for new therapeutic molecules, we utilized an in vitro B cell activation assay with ODN2006-stimulated Namalwa cells to screen a chemical library of small molecules for B cell modulating effects. OSU-T315, described as an inhibitor of integrin-linked kinase (ILK), was hereby identified as a hit. On human and murine primary B cells, OSU-T315 potently suppressed the proliferation and the production of antibodies and cytokines upon stimulation, suggesting that ILK could be a promising target in the modulation of B cell activity. Mice with B cell-specific knockout of ILK were generated. Surprisingly, knockout of ILK in murine B cells did not affect B cell function as assessed by several in vivo and ex vivo B cell assays and did not alter the B cell immunosuppressive activity of OSU-T315. In conclusion, OSU-T315 displays potency as B cell modulator, probably through a mechanism of action independent of ILK, and might serve as lead drug molecule for the development of novel B cell-selective drugs.
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Yang H, Mao W, Rodriguez-Aguayo C, Mangala LS, Bartholomeusz G, Iles LR, Jennings NB, Ahmed AA, Sood AK, Lopez-Berestein G, Lu Z, Bast RC. Paclitaxel Sensitivity of Ovarian Cancer Can be Enhanced by Knocking Down Pairs of Kinases that Regulate MAP4 Phosphorylation and Microtubule Stability. Clin Cancer Res 2018; 24:5072-5084. [PMID: 30084832 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-18-0504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2018] [Revised: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 06/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Purpose: Most patients with ovarian cancer receive paclitaxel chemotherapy, but less than half respond. Pre-treatment microtubule stability correlates with paclitaxel response in ovarian cancer cell lines. Microtubule stability can be increased by depletion of individual kinases. As microtubule stability can be regulated by phosphorylation of microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs), we reasoned that depletion of pairs of kinases that regulate phosphorylation of MAPs could induce microtubule stabilization and paclitaxel sensitization.Experimental Design: Fourteen kinases known to regulate paclitaxel sensitivity were depleted individually in 12 well-characterized ovarian cancer cell lines before measuring proliferation in the presence or absence of paclitaxel. Similar studies were performed by depleting all possible pairs of kinases in six ovarian cancer cell lines. Pairs that enhanced paclitaxel sensitivity across multiple cell lines were studied in depth in cell culture and in two xenograft models.Results: Transfection of siRNA against 10 of the 14 kinases enhanced paclitaxel sensitivity in at least six of 12 cell lines. Dual knockdown of IKBKB/STK39 or EDN2/TBK1 enhanced paclitaxel sensitivity more than silencing single kinases. Sequential knockdown was superior to concurrent knockdown. Dual silencing of IKBKB/STK39 or EDN2/TBK1 stabilized microtubules by inhibiting phosphorylation of p38 and MAP4, inducing apoptosis and blocking cell cycle more effectively than silencing individual kinases. Knockdown of IKBKB/STK39 or EDN2/TBK1 enhanced paclitaxel sensitivity in two ovarian xenograft models.Conclusions: Sequential knockdown of dual kinases increased microtubule stability by decreasing p38-mediated phosphorylation of MAP4 and enhanced response to paclitaxel in ovarian cancer cell lines and xenografts, suggesting a strategy to improve primary therapy. Clin Cancer Res; 24(20); 5072-84. ©2018 AACR.
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- Hailing Yang
- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.,Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.,Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Ovarian Cancer Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.,Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.,Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
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El Kharbili M, Robert C, Witkowski T, Danty-Berger E, Barbollat-Boutrand L, Masse I, Gadot N, de la Fouchardière A, McDonald PC, Dedhar S, Le Naour F, Degoul F, Berthier-Vergnes O. Tetraspanin 8 is a novel regulator of ILK-driven β1 integrin adhesion and signaling in invasive melanoma cells. Oncotarget 2017; 8:17140-17155. [PMID: 28188308 PMCID: PMC5370029 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Melanoma is well known for its propensity for lethal metastasis and resistance to most current therapies. Tumor progression and drug resistance depend to a large extent on the interplay between tumor cells and the surrounding matrix. We previously identified Tetraspanin 8 (Tspan8) as a critical mediator of melanoma invasion, whose expression is absent in healthy skin. The present study investigated whether Tspan8 may influence cell-matrix anchorage and regulate downstream molecular pathways leading to an aggressive behavior. Using silencing and ectopic expression strategies, we showed that Tspan8-mediated invasion of melanoma cells resulted from defects in cell-matrix anchorage by interacting with β1 integrins and by interfering with their clustering, without affecting their surface or global expression levels. These effects were associated with impaired phosphorylation of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and its downstream target Akt-S473, but not FAK. Specific blockade of Akt or ILK activity strongly affected cell-matrix adhesion. Moreover, expression of a dominant-negative form of ILK reduced β1 integrin clustering and cell-matrix adhesion. Finally, we observed a tumor-promoting effect of Tspan8 in vivo and a mutually exclusive expression pattern between Tspan8 and phosphorylated ILK in melanoma xenografts and human melanocytic lesions. Altogether, the in vitro, in vivo and in situ data highlight a novel regulatory role for Tspan8 in melanoma progression by modulating cell-matrix interactions through β1 integrin-ILK axis and establish Tspan8 as a negative regulator of ILK activity. These findings emphasize the importance of targeting Tspan8 as a means of switching from low- to firm-adhesive states, mandatory to prevent tumor dissemination.
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- Manale El Kharbili
- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne, France.,Current address: Department of Dermatology, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Imagerie Moléculaire et Thérapie Vectorisée, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Inserm, U990, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université Lyon 1, Fédération de Recherche Santé Lyon-Est, ANIPATH, Faculté Laennec, Lyon, France
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- Department of Integrative Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Integrative Oncology, British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, Canada
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- INSERM U602, Villejuif, France.,Current address: INSERM U1193, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
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- Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Imagerie Moléculaire et Thérapie Vectorisée, Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Inserm, U990, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Lyon, Lyon, France.,Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.,CNRS, UMR5534, Centre de Génétique et de Physiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Villeurbanne, France
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Dickreuter E, Cordes N. The cancer cell adhesion resistome: mechanisms, targeting and translational approaches. Biol Chem 2017; 398:721-735. [PMID: 28002024 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2016-0326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Cell adhesion-mediated resistance limits the success of cancer therapies and is a great obstacle to overcome in the clinic. Since the 1990s, where it became clear that adhesion of tumor cells to the extracellular matrix is an important mediator of therapy resistance, a lot of work has been conducted to understand the fundamental underlying mechanisms and two paradigms were deduced: cell adhesion-mediated radioresistance (CAM-RR) and cell adhesion-mediated drug resistance (CAM-DR). Preclinical work has evidently demonstrated that targeting of integrins, adapter proteins and associated kinases comprising the cell adhesion resistome is a promising strategy to sensitize cancer cells to both radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Moreover, the cell adhesion resistome fundamentally contributes to adaptation mechanisms induced by radiochemotherapy as well as molecular drugs to secure a balanced homeostasis of cancer cells for survival and growth. Intriguingly, this phenomenon provides a basis for synthetic lethal targeted therapies simultaneously administered to standard radiochemotherapy. In this review, we summarize current knowledge about the cell adhesion resistome and highlight targeting strategies to override CAM-RR and CAM-DR.
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- , Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus
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Hausmann C, Temme A, Cordes N, Eke I. ILKAP, ILK and PINCH1 control cell survival of p53-wildtype glioblastoma cells after irradiation. Oncotarget 2016; 6:34592-605. [PMID: 26460618 PMCID: PMC4741475 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The prognosis is generally poor for patients suffering from glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) due to radiation and drug resistance. Prosurvival signaling originating from focal adhesion hubs essentially contributes to therapy resistance and tumor aggressiveness. As the underlying molecular mechanisms remain largely elusive, we addressed whether targeting of the focal adhesion proteins particularly interesting new cysteine-histidine-rich 1 (PINCH1), integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and ILK associated phosphatase (ILKAP) modulates GBM cell radioresistance. Intriguingly, PINCH1, ILK and ILKAP depletion sensitized p53-wildtype, but not p53-mutant, GBM cells to radiotherapy. Concomitantly, these cells showed inactivated Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3β) and reduced proliferation. For PINCH1 and ILKAP knockdown, elevated levels of radiation-induced γH2AX/53BP1-positive foci, as a marker for DNA double strand breaks, were observed. Mechanistically, we identified radiation-induced phosphorylation of DNA protein kinase (DNAPK), an important DNA repair protein, to be dependent on ILKAP. This interaction was fundamental to radiation survival of p53-wildtype GBM cells. Conclusively, our data suggest an essential role of PINCH1, ILK and ILKAP for the radioresistance of p53-wildtype GBM cells and provide evidence for DNAPK functioning as a central mediator of ILKAP signaling. Strategies for targeting focal adhesion proteins in combination with radiotherapy might be a promising approach for patients with GBM.
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- Christina Hausmann
- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- Section of Experimental Neurosurgery/Tumor Immunology, Department of Neurosurgery University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital and Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Institute of Radiooncology, 01328 Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 01307 Dresden, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, 01307 Dresden, Germany.,Radiation Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Rudqvist N, Spetz J, Schüler E, Langen B, Parris TZ, Helou K, Forssell-Aronsson E. Gene expression signature in mouse thyroid tissue after (131)I and (211)At exposure. EJNMMI Res 2015; 5:59. [PMID: 26492889 PMCID: PMC4615992 DOI: 10.1186/s13550-015-0137-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/09/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND (131)I and (211)At are used in nuclear medicine and accumulate in the thyroid gland and may impact normal thyroid function. The aim of this study was to determine transcriptional profile variations, assess the impact on cellular activity, and identify genes with biomarker properties in thyroid tissue after (131)I and (211)At administration in mice. METHODS To further investigate thyroid tissue transcriptional responses to (131)I and (211)At administration, we generated a new transcriptional dataset that includes re-evaluated raw intensity values from our previous (131)I and (211)At studies. Differential transcriptional profiles were identified by comparing treated and mock-treated samples using Nexus Expression 3.0 software. Further data analysis was performed using R/Bioconductor and IPA. RESULTS A total of 1144 genes were regulated. Hierarchical clustering subdivided the groups into two clusters containing the lowest and highest absorbed dose levels, respectively, and revealed similar transcriptional regulation patterns for many kallikrein-related genes. Twenty-seven of the 1144 genes were recurrently regulated after (131)I and (211)At exposure and divided into six clusters. Several signalling pathways were affected, including calcium, integrin-linked kinase, and thyroid cancer signalling, and the peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptor network. CONCLUSIONS Substantial changes in transcriptional regulation were shown in (131)I and (211)At-treated samples, and 27 genes were identified as potential biomarkers for (131)I and (211)At exposure. Clustering revealed distinct differences between transcriptional profiles of both similar and different exposures, demonstrating the necessity for better understanding of radiation-induced effects on cellular activity. Additionally, ionizing radiation-induced changes in kallikrein gene expression and identified canonical pathways should be further assessed.
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- Nils Rudqvist
- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Radiation Physics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Zienert E, Eke I, Aust D, Cordes N. LIM-only protein FHL2 critically determines survival and radioresistance of pancreatic cancer cells. Cancer Lett 2015; 364:17-24. [PMID: 25917075 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2015.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Numerous factors determine the current poor prognosis of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). One of the greatest challenges to overcome is treatment resistance. Among a large repertoire of intrinsic resistance mechanisms, integrin-mediated cell adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) has been identified to be fundamental. Coalesced in focal adhesion complexes, integrins, receptor tyrosine kinases, protein kinases and adapter proteins mediate prosurvival signaling. Four and a half LIM domains protein 2 (FHL2) is one of these adapter proteins, which operates through protein-protein interactions and shows tumor-specific expression. Based on this, we investigated FHL2 expression in PDAC specimens and three-dimensionally grown cell lines and how FHL2 mechanistically contributes to cell survival, cell cycling and radiation resistance. PDAC exhibited a significantly increased and heterogeneous FHL2 expression. Upon FHL2 depletion, pancreatic cancer cell lines showed significantly decreased cell survival, proliferation and radioresistance as well as enhanced apoptosis and MEK/ERK signaling and cyclin D1, E, A and B1 expression were strongly induced. Targeting of FHL2 and MEK1 was similarly effective than FHL2 depletion alone, suggesting MEK1 as a downstream signaling mediator of FHL2. Taken together, our results provide evidence for the importance of the focal adhesion protein FHL2 in pancreatic cancer cell survival, proliferation and radiosensitivity.
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- Elisa Zienert
- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Pathology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay - National Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Institute of Radiooncology, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany; Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), 01307 Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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Di Venosa G, Perotti C, Batlle A, Casas A. The role of cytoskeleton and adhesion proteins in the resistance to photodynamic therapy. Possible therapeutic interventions. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2015; 14:1451-64. [PMID: 25832889 DOI: 10.1039/c4pp00445k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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It is known that Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) induces changes in the cytoskeleton, the cell shape, and the adhesion properties of tumour cells. In addition, these targets have also been demonstrated to be involved in the development of PDT resistance. The reversal of PDT resistance by manipulating the cell adhesion process to substrata has been out of reach. Even though the existence of cell adhesion-mediated PDT resistance has not been reported so far, it cannot be ruled out. In addition to its impact on the apoptotic response to photodamage, the cytoskeleton alterations are thought to be associated with the processes of metastasis and invasion after PDT. In this review, we will address the impact of photodamage on the microfilament and microtubule cytoskeleton components and its regulators on PDT-treated cells as well as on cell adhesion. We will also summarise the impact of PDT on the surviving and resistant cells and their metastatic potential. Possible strategies aimed at taking advantage of the changes induced by PDT on actin, tubulin and cell adhesion proteins by targeting these molecules will also be discussed.
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- Gabriela Di Venosa
- Centro de Investigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias (CIPYP). CONICET and Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, University of Buenos Aires, Córdoba 2351 1er subsuelo, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, CP1120AAF, Argentina.
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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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Park JJ, Lee M. Increasing the α 2, 6 sialylation of glycoproteins may contribute to metastatic spread and therapeutic resistance in colorectal cancer. Gut Liver 2013; 7:629-41. [PMID: 24312702 PMCID: PMC3848550 DOI: 10.5009/gnl.2013.7.6.629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Revised: 10/02/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Abnormal glycosylation due to dysregulated glycosyltransferases and glycosidases is a key phenomenon of many malignancies, including colorectal cancer (CRC). In particular, increased ST6 Gal I (β-galactoside α 2, 6 sialyltransferase) and subsequently elevated levels of cell-surface α 2, 6-linked sialic acids have been associated with metastasis and therapeutic failure in CRC. As many CRC patients experience metastasis to the liver or lung and fail to respond to curative therapies, intensive research efforts have sought to identify the molecular changes underlying CRC metastasis. ST6 Gal I has been shown to facilitate CRC metastasis, and we believe that additional investigations into the involvement of ST6 Gal I in CRC could facilitate the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic targets. This review summarizes how ST6 Gal I has been implicated in the altered expression of sialylated glycoproteins, which have been linked to CRC metastasis, radioresistance, and chemoresistance.
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- Jung-Jin Park
- Division of Life Science, Korea University College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Seoul, Korea
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Li X, Ishihara S, Yasuda M, Nishioka T, Mizutani T, Ishikawa M, Kawabata K, Shirato H, Haga H. Lung cancer cells that survive ionizing radiation show increased integrin α2β1- and EGFR-dependent invasiveness. PLoS One 2013; 8:e70905. [PMID: 23951036 PMCID: PMC3738636 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Ionizing radiation (IR)-enhanced tumor invasiveness is emerging as a contributor to the limited benefit of radiotherapy; however, its mechanism is still unclear. We previously showed that subcloned lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells (P cells), which survived 10 Gy IR (IR cells), acquired high invasiveness in vitro. Here, we tried to identify the mechanism by which IR cells increase their invasiveness by examining altered gene expression and signaling pathways in IR cells compared with those in P cells. To simulate the microenvironment in vivo, cells were embedded in a three-dimensional (3D) collagen type I gel, in which the IR cells were elongated, while the P cells were spherical. The integrin expression pattern was surveyed, and expression levels of the integrin α2 and β1 subunits were significantly elevated in IR cells. Knockdown of α2 expression or functional blockade of integrin α2β1 resulted in a round morphology of IR cells, and abrogated their invasion in the collagen matrix, suggesting the molecule's essential role in cell spread and invasion in 3D collagen. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) also presented enhanced expression and activation in IR cells. Treatment with EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor, PD168393, decreased the ratio of elongated cells and cell invasiveness. Signaling molecules, including extracellular signal-regulated kinase-1/2 (Erk1/2) and Akt, exhibited higher activation in IR cells. Inhibition of Akt activation by treating with phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor LY294002 decreased IR cell invasion, whereas inhibition of Erk1/2 activation by mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase (MEK) inhibitor U0126 did not. Our results show that integrin α2β1 and EGFR cooperatively promote higher invasiveness of IR-survived lung cancer cells, mediated in part by the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, and might serve as alternative targets in combination with radiotherapy.
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- Xue Li
- Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Pathobiological Science, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Medical Physics, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Transdisciplinary Life Science Course, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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The Xenopus Tgfbi is required for embryogenesis through regulation of canonical Wnt signalling. Dev Biol 2013; 379:16-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2012.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2011] [Revised: 09/18/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Over-expression of integrin-linked kinase correlates with aberrant expression of Snail, E-cadherin and N-cadherin in oral squamous cell carcinoma: implications in tumor progression and metastasis. Clin Exp Metastasis 2012; 29:957-69. [PMID: 22638656 DOI: 10.1007/s10585-012-9485-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Integrin-linked kinase (ILK), an intracellular protein with serine/threonine protein kinase activities, plays a key role in integrin mediated cell-excellular matrix interactions, regulating cell proliferation, apoptosis, differentiation, and migration. ILK has been implicated in the development and progression in several malignancies. However, the role of ILK and ILK-mediated epithelial-mensenchymal transition (EMT) in the progression of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has not been well understood. Here, by immunohistochemistry, we studied the expression of ILK, Snail, E-cadherin and N-cadherin in 98 primary OSCC specimens and analyzed their correlations with clinicopathologic profiles and clinical outcome. We also investigated the expression of ILK in 42 corresponding lymph node metastases. Positive expression of ILK protein was detected in 87.8 % of the primary tumors and 100 % of metastatic lesions. Increased ILK expression was correlated strongly with enhanced tumor invasion, higher tumor grade, advanced clinical stage, positive lymph node status and increased risk of recurrence. Higher ILK expression was also observed in lymph node metastases in comparison with the corresponding primary tumor. Moreover, up-regulation of Snail and N-cadherin and down-regulation of E-cadherin correlated significantly with both ILK over-expression and tumor invasion. Patients with higher ILK expression exhibited shorter disease-free survival while those with absent E-cadherin expression exhibited shorter overall and disease-free survival. Taken together, our results suggest that ILK may have an important role in progression and metastasis of OSCC, possibly through EMT involving up-regulation of Snail and consequent aberrant expression of E-cadherin and N-cadherin. ILK should be considered as a critical prognostic indicator for patients with OSCC.
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Eke I, Cordes N. Radiobiology goes 3D: How ECM and cell morphology impact on cell survival after irradiation. Radiother Oncol 2011; 99:271-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2011] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 06/06/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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c-Jun N-terminal kinase is involved in the regulation of proliferation and apoptosis by integrin-linked kinase in human retinoblastoma cells. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 2011; 249:1399-407. [DOI: 10.1007/s00417-010-1607-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2010] [Revised: 11/27/2010] [Accepted: 12/15/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Casas A, Di Venosa G, Hasan T, Al Batlle. Mechanisms of resistance to photodynamic therapy. Curr Med Chem 2011; 18:2486-515. [PMID: 21568910 PMCID: PMC3780570 DOI: 10.2174/092986711795843272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 211] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves the administration of a photosensitizer (PS) followed by illumination with visible light, leading to generation of reactive oxygen species. The mechanisms of resistance to PDT ascribed to the PS may be shared with the general mechanisms of drug resistance, and are related to altered drug uptake and efflux rates or altered intracellular trafficking. As a second step, an increased inactivation of oxygen reactive species is also associated to PDT resistance via antioxidant detoxifying enzymes and activation of heat shock proteins. Induction of stress response genes also occurs after PDT, resulting in modulation of proliferation, cell detachment and inducing survival pathways among other multiple extracellular signalling events. In addition, an increased repair of induced damage to proteins, membranes and occasionally to DNA may happen. PDT-induced tissue hypoxia as a result of vascular damage and photochemical oxygen consumption may also contribute to the appearance of resistant cells. The structure of the PS is believed to be a key point in the development of resistance, being probably related to its particular subcellular localization. Although most of the features have already been described for chemoresistance, in many cases, no cross-resistance between PDT and chemotherapy has been reported. These findings are in line with the enhancement of PDT efficacy by combination with chemotherapy. The study of cross resistance in cells with developed resistance against a particular PS challenged against other PS is also highly complex and comprises different mechanisms. In this review we will classify the different features observed in PDT resistance, leading to a comparison with the mechanisms most commonly found in chemo resistant cells.
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- A Casas
- Centro de Invesigaciones sobre Porfirinas y Porfirias (CIPYP), CONICET and Hospital de Clinicas José de San Martin, University of Buenos Aires Córdoba 2351 ler subsuelo, Argentina.
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Gao L, Li F, Dong B, Zhang J, Rao Y, Cong Y, Mao B, Chen X. Inhibition of STAT3 and ErbB2 Suppresses Tumor Growth, Enhances Radiosensitivity, and Induces Mitochondria-Dependent Apoptosis in Glioma Cells. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2010; 77:1223-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2009] [Revised: 12/05/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Sowa MB, Chrisler WB, Zens KD, Ashjian EJ, Opresko LK. Three-dimensional culture conditions lead to decreased radiation induced cytotoxicity in human mammary epithelial cells. Mutat Res 2010; 687:78-83. [PMID: 20211636 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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For both targeted and non-targeted exposures, the cellular responses to ionizing radiation have predominantly been measured in two-dimensional monolayer cultures. Although convenient for biochemical analysis, the true interactions in vivo depend upon complex interactions between cells themselves and the surrounding extracellular matrix. This study directly compares the influence of culture conditions on radiation induced cytotoxicity following exposure to low-LET ionizing radiation. Using a three-dimensional (3D) human mammary epithelial tissue model, we have found a protective effect of 3D cell culture on cell survival after irradiation. The initial state of the cells (i.e., 2D versus 3D culture) at the time of irradiation does not alter survival, nor does the presence of extracellular matrix during and after exposure to dose, but long term culture in 3D which offers significant reduction in cytotoxicity at a given dose (e.g. approximately 4-fold increased survival at 5Gy). The cell cycle delay induced following exposure to 2 and 5Gy was almost identical between 2D and 3D culture conditions and cannot account for the observed differences in radiation responses. However the amount of apoptosis following radiation exposure is significantly decreased in 3D culture relative to the 2D monolayer after the same dose. A likely mechanism of the cytoprotective effect afforded by 3D culture conditions is the down regulation of radiation induced apoptosis in 3D structures.
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- Marianne B Sowa
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, United States.
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, United States
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- School of Public Health, Infectious Disease and Vaccinology Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
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- School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, United States
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- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, United States
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Goulioumis AK, Varakis J, Goumas P, Papadaki H. Differential β-catenin expression between glottic and supraglottic laryngeal carcinoma. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2010; 267:1573-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1249-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2010] [Accepted: 04/06/2010] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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PURPOSE Integrin-Linked Kinase (ILK) is associated with integrin and growth factor receptor signalling. As both signalling pathways contribute to cancer cell resistance, ILK seems well suited as a promising tumour target. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were obtained by performing a PubMed database search and summarised with a focus on the function of ILK in cancer biology. RESULTS The findings on the catalytic function of ILK, on the putative substrates of ILK and on the expression of ILK in tumour and normal tissues are heterogeneous. In the context of cancer, two of these issues might be of importance. First, a variety of reports indicate a lack of ILK overexpression in tumours. Second, wild-type or overexpression of ILK has been found to considerably sensitise tumour cells to ionising irradiation as compared to ILK knockout or ILK knockdown conditions. In contrast, wild-type or overexpression of ILK has been shown to protect tumour cells from chemotherapy-induced cell death. CONCLUSIONS Due to these conflicting data, it is difficult to evaluate if therapeutic targeting of ILK is a reasonable strategy in cancer therapy. A more comprehensive understanding of the molecular mechanisms controlled by ILK may help to answer this question.
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- Iris Eke
- OncoRay-Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl-Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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Eke I, Leonhardt F, Storch K, Hehlgans S, Cordes N. The small molecule inhibitor QLT0267 Radiosensitizes squamous cell carcinoma cells of the head and neck. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6434. [PMID: 19649326 PMCID: PMC2713401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2009] [Accepted: 06/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The constant increase of cancer cell resistance to radio- and chemotherapy hampers improvement of patient survival and requires novel targeting approaches. Integrin-Linked Kinase (ILK) has been postulated as potent druggable cancer target. On the basis of our previous findings clearly showing that ILK transduces antisurvival signals in cells exposed to ionizing radiation, this study evaluated the impact of the small molecule inhibitor QLT0267, reported as putative ILK inhibitor, on the cellular radiation survival response of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells (hHNSCC). METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Parental FaDu cells and FaDu cells stably transfected with a constitutively active ILK mutant (FaDu-IH) or empty vectors, UTSCC45 cells, ILK(floxed/floxed(fl/fl)) and ILK(-/-) mouse fibroblasts were used. Cells grew either two-dimensionally (2D) on or three-dimensionally (3D) in laminin-rich extracellular matrix. Cells were treated with QLT0267 alone or in combination with irradiation (X-rays, 0-6 Gy single dose). ILK knockdown was achieved by small interfering RNA transfection. ILK kinase activity, clonogenic survival, number of residual DNA double strand breaks (rDSB; gammaH2AX/53BP1 foci assay), cell cycle distribution, protein expression and phosphorylation (e.g. Akt, p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)) were measured. Data on ILK kinase activity and phosphorylation of Akt and p44/42 MAPK revealed a broad inhibitory spectrum of QLT0267 without specificity for ILK. QLT0267 significantly reduced basal cell survival and enhanced the radiosensitivity of FaDu and UTSCC45 cells in a time- and concentration-dependent manner. QLT0267 exerted differential, cell culture model-dependent effects with regard to radiogenic rDSB and accumulation of cells in the G2 cell cycle phase. Relative to corresponding controls, FaDu-IH and ILK(fl/fl) fibroblasts showed enhanced radiosensitivity, which failed to be antagonized by QLT0267. A knockdown of ILK revealed no change in clonogenic survival of the tested cell lines as compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Our data clearly show that the small molecule inhibitor QLT0267 has potent cytotoxic and radiosensitizing capability in hHNSCC cells. However, QLT0267 is not specific for ILK. Further in vitro and in vivo studies are necessary to clarify the potential of QLT0267 as a targeted therapeutic in the clinic.
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- Iris Eke
- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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Chen Q, Zhu X, Zhang Y, Wetsel WC, Lee TH, Zhang X. Integrin-linked kinase is involved in cocaine sensitization by regulating PSD-95 and synapsin I expression and GluR1 Ser845 phosphorylation. J Mol Neurosci 2009; 40:284-94. [PMID: 19629758 DOI: 10.1007/s12031-009-9218-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2008] [Accepted: 07/13/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Our recent studies have demonstrated that integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is involved in the induction and maintenance of cocaine behavioral sensitization and chronic cocaine-induced neural plasticity in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core. In the present study, we used ILK silencing to investigate how ILK may influence cocaine-induced neural plasticity. Adeno-associated virus carrying a small interfering RNA-ILK cassette under the control of an inducible Tet-On system was injected into the NAc core of Sprague-Dawley rats. Induced silencing was established during repeated cocaine injections (sensitization induction period) or between withdrawal days 9 and 22 (sensitization maintenance period). Under both paradigms, established cocaine sensitization under non-silenced conditions was associated with enhanced PSD-95 and synapsin I protein expression as well as enhanced Ser(845) phosphorylation of the GluR1 subunit on withdrawal day. Silencing ILK expression under both paradigms prevented or reversed these changes. Importantly, ILK appears to form a complex with PSD-95 and synapsin I because it co-immunoprecipitated with each of these proteins. Together, these data suggest that ILK exerts pleiotropic actions by regulating pre- and postsynaptic neural plasticities within the NAc core in response to repeated cocaine exposure.
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- Qiang Chen
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3870, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Hehlgans S, Eke I, Cordes N. An essential role of integrin-linked kinase in the cellular radiosensitivity of normal fibroblasts during the process of cell adhesion and spreading. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 83:769-79. [DOI: 10.1080/09553000701694327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Stephanie Hehlgans
- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Germany
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Sandfort V, Koch U, Cordes N. Cell adhesion-mediated radioresistance revisited. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 83:727-32. [DOI: 10.1080/09553000701694335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- V. Sandfort
- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology
- Gastroenterologie, Hepatologie & Endokrinologie Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology
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- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology
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- Nils Cordes
- OncoRay – Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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Durbin AD, Somers GR, Forrester M, Pienkowska M, Hannigan GE, Malkin D. JNK1 determines the oncogenic or tumor-suppressive activity of the integrin-linked kinase in human rhabdomyosarcoma. J Clin Invest 2009; 119:1558-70. [PMID: 19478459 DOI: 10.1172/jci37958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2008] [Accepted: 03/25/2009] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Although most reports describe the protein kinase integrin-linked kinase (ILK) as a proto-oncogene, occasional studies detail opposing functions in the regulation of normal and transformed cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Here, we demonstrated that ILK functions as an oncogene in the highly aggressive pediatric sarcoma alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma (ARMS) and as a tumor suppressor in the related embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS). These opposing functions hinge on signaling through a noncanonical ILK target, JNK1, to the proto-oncogene c-Jun. RNAi-mediated depletion of ILK induced activation of JNK and its target, c-Jun, resulting in growth of ERMS cells, whereas in ARMS cells, it led to loss of JNK/c-Jun signaling and suppression of growth both in vitro and in vivo. Ectopic expression of the fusion gene characteristic of ARMS (paired box 3-forkhead homolog in rhabdomyosarcoma [PAX3-FKHR]) in ERMS cells was sufficient to convert them to an ARMS signaling phenotype and render ILK activity oncogenic. Furthermore, restoration of JNK1 in ARMS reestablished a tumor-suppressive function for ILK. These findings indicate what we believe to be a novel effector pathway regulated by ILK, provide a mechanism for interconversion of oncogenic and tumor-suppressor functions of a single regulatory protein based on the genetic background of the tumor cells, and suggest a rationale for tailored therapy of rhabdomyosarcoma based on the different activities of ILK.
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- Adam D Durbin
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Han S, Sun X, Ritzenthaler JD, Roman J. Fish oil inhibits human lung carcinoma cell growth by suppressing integrin-linked kinase. Mol Cancer Res 2009; 7:108-17. [PMID: 19147542 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-08-0384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We previously showed that synthetic peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARgamma) ligands inhibit non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) cell growth through multiple signaling pathways. Here, we show that dietary compounds, such as fish oil (which contains certain kinds of fatty acids like omega3 and omega6 polyunsaturated fatty acids), also inhibit NSCLC cell growth by affecting PPARgamma and by inhibiting the expression of integrin-linked kinase (ILK). Exogenous expression of ILK overcame, whereas silencing ILK enhanced the inhibitory effect of fish oil on cell growth. The inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase, SB239023, abrogated the inhibitory effect of fish oil on ILK expression, whereas the inhibitor of extracellular signal-regulated kinase, PD98059, had no effect. Transient transfection experiments showed that fish oil reduced ILK promoter activity, and this effect was abolished by AP-2alpha small interfering RNA and SB239023 and by deletion of a specific portion of the ILK gene promoter. Western blot analysis and gel mobility shift assay showed that fish oil significantly induced AP-2alpha protein expression and AP-2 DNA-binding activity in the ILK gene promoter and that this was dependent on PPARgamma activation. Blockade of AP-2alpha abrogated the effect of fish oil on ILK expression and on cell growth, whereas exogenous expression of AP-2alpha enhanced cell growth in the setting of fish oil exposure. Taken together, these findings show that fish oil inhibits ILK expression through activation of PPARgamma-mediated and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated induction of AP-2alpha. In turn, this leads to inhibition of NSCLC cell proliferation. This study unveils a novel mechanism by which fish oil inhibits human lung cancer cell growth.
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- Shouwei Han
- Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Whitehead Bioresearch Building, 615 Michael Street, Suite 205-M, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Adhesion, Invasion, Integrins, and Beyond. THE IMPACT OF TUMOR BIOLOGY ON CANCER TREATMENT AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRATEGIES 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74386-6_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Chen Q, Xiong X, Lee TH, Liu Y, Wetsel WC, Zhang X. Neural plasticity and addiction: integrin-linked kinase and cocaine behavioral sensitization. J Neurochem 2008; 107:679-89. [PMID: 18702665 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05619.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Behavioral sensitization of psychostimulants was accompanied by alterations in a variety of biochemical molecules in different brain regions. However, which change is actually related to drug-produced sensitization lacks of accurate clarification. In this study, we investigated the role of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in both the induction and expression of cocaine sensitization. Conditional inhibition of ILK expression was established in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) core by microinjecting recombinant adeno-associated virus-carrying, tetracycline-on-regulated small interfering RNA which reversed the chronic cocaine-induced psychomotor sensitization, as well as the changes in protein kinase B Ser473 phosphorylation, dendritic density, and dendritic spine numbers locally. Importantly, the reversed psychomotor sensitization did not recover after cessation of the silencing for 8 days. We also demonstrated that inhibition of ILK expression pre- and during-chronic cocaine treatments blocked the induction of cocaine psychomotor sensitization and abolished the stimulant effect of cocaine on ILK expression. In contrast, inhibition of ILK expression in the NAc core has no significant effect on cocaine-induced stereotypical behaviors. This concludes that ILK is involved in cocaine sensitization with the earlier induction and later expression functioning as a kinase to regulate protein kinase B Ser473 phosphorylation and a scaffolding protein to regulate the reorganization of the NAc spine morphology.
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- Qiang Chen
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Chen Q, Xiong X, Lee TH, Liu Y, Sun QA, Wetsel W, Zhang X. Adeno-associated virus-mediated ILK gene silencing in the rat NAc core. J Neurosci Methods 2008; 173:208-14. [PMID: 18602949 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2008.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Revised: 06/01/2008] [Accepted: 06/06/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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In this study we established conditional silencing of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) expression in Sprague-Dawley rat brain by microinjection of rAAV-2-carrying, Tet-On-regulated siRNA expression cassette into nucleus accumbens (NAc) core and induction with doxycycline. We demonstrated that inhibition of ILK expression was effectively induced by administration of doxycycline for 2 weeks while ILK expression was restored after withdrawing doxycycline for 8 days. Increases in GFAP and OX42 expression were observed 5 weeks post virus injection. Importantly, inhibition of ILK expression in the NAc core had no significant effect on cell apoptosis and animal basal locomotion and stereotypical behaviors, but decreased dendritic density of medium spiny neurons. Our studies suggest that: (1) rAAV-delivered Tet-On-regulated siRNA expression can conditionally regulate gene expression in rat brain; (2) inhibition of ILK expression has no significant effect on cell apoptosis and basal locomotor and stereotypical behaviors, but decreases dendritic density; and (3) microinjection of rAAV-2 causes inflammatory response around the injection track.
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- Qiang Chen
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, PO Box 3870, Research Drive, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Monferran S, Skuli N, Delmas C, Favre G, Bonnet J, Cohen-Jonathan-Moyal E, Toulas C. Alphavbeta3 and alphavbeta5 integrins control glioma cell response to ionising radiation through ILK and RhoB. Int J Cancer 2008; 123:357-364. [PMID: 18464290 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Integrins are extracellular matrix receptors involved in tumour invasion and angiogenesis. Although there is evidence that inhibiting integrins might enhance the efficiency of radiotherapy, little is known about the exact mechanisms involved in the integrin-dependent modulation of tumor radiosensitivity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of alphavbeta3 and alphavbeta5 integrins in glioblastoma cell radioresistance and overall to decipher the downstream biological pathways. We first demonstrated that silencing alphavbeta3 and alphavbeta5 integrins with specific siRNAs significantly reduced the survival after irradiation of 2 glioblastoma cell lines: U87 and SF763. We then showed that integrin activity and integrin signalling pathways controlled the glioma cell radiosensitivity. This regulation of glioma cell response to ionising radiation was mediated through the integrin-linked kinase, ILK, and the small GTPase, RhoB, by two mechanisms. The first one, independent of ILK, consists in the regulation of the intracellular level of RhoB by alphavbeta3 or alphavbeta5 integrin. The second pathway involved in cell radiosensitivity consists in RhoB activation by ionising radiation through ILK. Furthermore, we demonstrated that the alphavbeta3/alphavbeta5 integrins/ILK/RhoB pathway controlled the glioma cells radiosensitivity by regulating radiation-induced mitotic cell death. This work identifies a new biological pathway controlling glioblastoma cells radioresistance, activated from the membrane through alphavbeta3 and/or alphavbeta5 integrins via ILK and RhoB. Our results are clues that downstream effectors of alphavbeta3 and alphavbeta5 integrins as ILK and RhoB might also be promising candidate targets for improving the efficiency of radiotherapy and thus the clinical outcome of patients with glioblastoma.
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- Sylvie Monferran
- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France
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- Department of Radiations, 20-24 rue du Pont St Pierre, 31052 Toulouse, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France.,Department of Radiations, 20-24 rue du Pont St Pierre, 31052 Toulouse, France
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- Institut Claudius Regaud, INSERMU563, Department of Oncogenesis, Signalling and Therapeutic Innovation, France
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Haase M, Gmach CC, Eke I, Hehlgans S, Baretton GB, Cordes N. Expression of integrin-linked kinase is increased in differentiated cells. J Histochem Cytochem 2008; 56:819-29. [PMID: 18505933 DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.951095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Integrin-linked kinase (ILK), a mediator of beta integrin signals, has emerged as a therapeutic target in malignant tumors. Because malignant transformation is accompanied by dedifferentiation, ILK expression was evaluated in diverse normal and tumor tissue samples with regard to tissue differentiation. In single sections and in a tissue microarray (323 tumor tissues, 181 normal tissues), immunohistochemistry was performed [ILK, Akt, phospho-Akt-S473, loricrin, transforming growth factor beta2 (TGFbeta2)], and staining intensities were semiquantitatively scored. Increased ILK expression was clearly associated with increased differentiation in normal gastrointestinal, neural, bone marrow, renal tissue, and in more differentiated areas of malignant tumors. ILK colocalized with its putative downstream target Akt and with loricrin or TGFbeta2. Our findings clearly show that elevated levels of ILK are associated with cellular differentiation in high turnover tissues but not generally with a malignant phenotype. Our study indicates that ILK is not a general molecular target for cancer therapy but rather an indicator of differentiation. This manuscript contains online supplemental material at http://www.jhc.org. Please visit this article online to view these materials.
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- Michael Haase
- OncoRay-Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstrasse 74/PF 86, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Eke I, Sandfort V, Storch K, Baumann M, Röper B, Cordes N. Pharmacological inhibition of EGFR tyrosine kinase affects ILK-mediated cellular radiosensitization in vitro. Int J Radiat Biol 2008; 83:793-802. [PMID: 18058367 DOI: 10.1080/09553000701727549] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) mediates signals from beta integrins and links integrins to epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). Previous studies have identified an antisurvival effect of ILK in irradiated cells. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of EGFR tyrosine kinase (tk) activity for ILK-mediated radiosensitization. MATERIALS AND METHODS Human FaDu squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells stably transfected with hyperactive ILK (ILK-hk) and ILK(fl/fl) and ILK(-/-) mouse fibroblasts were treated with the pharmacological EGFR-tk inhibitor BIBX1382BS without or in combination with single doses of X-rays. Clonogenic radiation survival, protein expression and phosphorylation (EGFR, v-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog 1 (Akt), p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase), DNA-double strand break (DSB) repair measured by gammaH2AX foci, cell morphology and cell cycle distribution were examined. RESULTS Expression of ILK-hk or ILK(fl/fl) status resulted in significant radiosensitization relative to vector controls or ILK(-/-). Following BIBX1382BS, clonogenic survival of normal fibroblasts and vector controls remained unaffected while ILK-hk-related radiosensitization was significantly diminished. In contrast to BIBX1382BS, which did not affect DNA-DSB repair, ILK-hk-mediated radiosensitization was associated with reduced DNA-DSB repair. At 10 days after BIBX1382BS treatment, FaDu transfectants, in contrast to fibroblasts, showed reduced cell size, accumulation of G1 phase cells and reduced Akt-serine(S)473 phosphorylation. CONCLUSIONS Our findings confirm ILK as a cell type-independent antisurvival factor in irradiated cells, which actions in terms of radiosensitization critically depend on proper EGFR-tk activity.
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- Iris Eke
- OncoRay - Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany
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Liu P, Lu J, Cardoso WV, Vaziri C. The SPARC-related factor SMOC-2 promotes growth factor-induced cyclin D1 expression and DNA synthesis via integrin-linked kinase. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 19:248-61. [PMID: 17989364 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Secreted modular calcium-binding protein-2 (SMOC-2) is a recently-identified SPARC-related protein of unknown function. In mRNA profiling experiments we, found that SMOC-2 expression was elevated in quiescent (G0) mouse fibroblasts and repressed after mitogenic stimulation with serum. The G0-specific expression of SMOC-2 was similar to that of platelet-derived growth factor-beta receptor (PDGFbetaR), a major mitogenic receptor. Therefore, we tested a possible role for SMOC-2 in growth factor-induced cell cycle progression. SMOC-2 overexpression augmented DNA synthesis induced by serum and fibroblast mitogens (including PDGF-BB and basic fibroblast growth factor). Conversely, SMOC-2 ablation by using small interfering RNA attenuated DNA synthesis in response to PDGF-BB and other growth factors. Mitogen-induced expression of cyclin D1 was attenuated in SMOC-2-ablated cells, and cyclin D1-overexpressing cells were resistant to inhibition of mitogenesis after SMOC-2 ablation. Therefore, cyclin D1 is limiting for G1 progression in SMOC-2-deficient cells. SMOC-2 ablation did not inhibit PDGF-induced PDGFbetaR autophosphorylation or PDGF-BB-dependent activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and Akt kinases, suggesting that SMOC-2 is dispensable for growth factor receptor activation. However, integrin-linked kinase (ILK) activity was reduced in SMOC-2-ablated cells. Ectopic expression of hyperactive ILK corrected the defective mitogenic response of SMOC-2-deficient cells. Therefore, SMOC-2 contributes to cell cycle progression by maintaining ILK activity during G1. These results identify a novel role for SMOC-2 in cell cycle control.
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- Peijun Liu
- The Department of Genetics and Genomics and The Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Hehlgans S, Eke I, Deuse Y, Cordes N. Integrin-linked kinase: dispensable for radiation survival of three-dimensionally cultured fibroblasts. Radiother Oncol 2007; 86:329-35. [PMID: 17905456 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2007] [Revised: 08/07/2007] [Accepted: 09/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Cancer treatment by conventional radiotherapy is limited by normal tissue side-effects. Fibroblasts as "non-target" stromal cell type are considered as strong promoter of tumor growth and for developing a therapy resistant phenotype. Regarding application of novel molecular therapeutics combined with radiotherapy, evaluation of a specific targeted molecule in both tumor and normal cells is mandatory for efficacy and tolerability assessment. Previous work showed integrin-linked kinase (ILK), a mediator of beta-integrin signals and putative phosphorylator of AKT, as potent anti-survival regulator in human cancer cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS To evaluate the role of ILK in normal fibroblast survival, ILK-wild-type (ILK(fl/fl)), ILK(-/-) and ILK(N-terminal) and ILK(C-terminal) domain expressing fibroblasts were irradiated with X-rays on different substrata or in three-dimensional laminin-rich extracellular matrix (lrECM). RESULTS On control substrata, ILK-deficient and ILK-mutant fibroblasts showed significant increase in radiation survival relative to ILK-wild-type cells. This effect was compensated by growth on ECM proteins and in 3D lrECM. ILK regulated AKT activity in a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K)-dependent manner. Upon PI3K inhibition, only ILK-wild-type fibroblasts showed significant radiosensitization. CONCLUSIONS These findings obtained in 3D cell cultures suggest ILK to be dispensable for the radiation survival response of normal fibroblasts. However, targeting the PI3K/AKT signaling axis pharmacologically might be critical for survival of normal fibroblasts exposed to ionizing radiation.
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- Stephanie Hehlgans
- OncoRay - Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Dresden University of Technology, Fetscherstrasse, Germany
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Cordes N, Frick S, Brunner TB, Pilarsky C, Grützmann R, Sipos B, Klöppel G, McKenna WG, Bernhard EJ. Human pancreatic tumor cells are sensitized to ionizing radiation by knockdown of caveolin-1. Oncogene 2007; 26:6851-62. [PMID: 17471232 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Caveolin-1 (Cav-1) is an integral transmembrane protein and a critical component in interactions of integrin receptors with cytoskeleton-associated and signaling molecules. Since integrin-mediated cell adhesion generates signals conferring radiation resistance, we examined the effects of small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of Cav-1 alone or in combination with beta1-integrin or focal adhesion kinase (FAK) on radiation survival and proliferation of pancreatic carcinoma cell lines. Irradiation induced Cav-1 expression in PATU8902, MiaPaCa2 and Panc1 cell lines. The cell lines showed significant radiosensitization after knockdown of Cav-1, beta1-integrin or FAK and cholesterol depletion by beta-cyclodextrin relative to nonspecific controls. Under knockdown conditions, proliferation of non-irradiated and irradiated cells was significantly attenuated relative to controls. These findings correlated with changes in expression or phosphorylation of Akt, glycogen synthase kinase 3beta, Paxillin, Src, c-Jun N-terminal kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase. Analysis of DNA microarray data revealed a Cav-1 overexpression in a subset of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma samples. The data presented show, for the first time, that disruption of interactions of Cav-1 with beta1-integrin or FAK affects radiation survival and proliferation of pancreatic carcinoma cells and suggest that Cav-1 is critical to these processes. These results indicate that strategies targeting Cav-1 may be useful as an approach to improve conventional therapies, including radiotherapy, for pancreatic cancer.
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- N Cordes
- OncoRay - Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany.
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Baluna RG, Eng TY, Thomas CR. Adhesion molecules in radiotherapy. Radiat Res 2007; 166:819-31. [PMID: 17149971 DOI: 10.1667/rr0380.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Recent studies have documented changes in adhesion molecule expression and function after exposure to ionizing radiation. Adhesion molecules mediate cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions and are essential for a variety of physiological and pathological processes including maintenance of normal tissue integrity as well as tumor development and progression. Consequently, modulation of adhesion molecules by radiation may have a role in radiation-induced tumor control and normal tissue damage by interfering with cell signaling, radioresistance, metastasis, angiogenesis, carcinogenesis, immune response, inflammation and fibrosis. In addition, the interactions of radiation with adhesion molecules could have a major impact in developing new strategies to increase the efficacy of radiation therapy. Remarkable progress has been made in recent years to design targeted drug delivery to radiation-up-regulated adhesion molecules. Furthermore, the inhibition of adhesion, migration, invasion and angiogenesis by blocking adhesion receptors may represent a new therapeutic approach to improve tumor control and decrease radiation toxicity. This review is focused on current data concerning the mechanistic interactions of radiation with adhesion molecules and the possible clinical-pathological implications in radiotherapy.
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- Roxana G Baluna
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA.
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Hehlgans S, Haase M, Cordes N. Signalling via integrins: implications for cell survival and anticancer strategies. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2006; 1775:163-80. [PMID: 17084981 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2006.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2006] [Revised: 09/26/2006] [Accepted: 09/28/2006] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Integrin-associated signalling renders cells more resistant to genotoxic anti-cancer agents like ionizing radiation and chemotherapeutic substances, a phenomenon termed cell adhesion-mediated radioresistance/drug resistance (CAM-RR, CAM-DR). Integrins are heterodimeric cell-surface molecules that on one side link the actin cytoskeleton to the cell membrane and on the other side mediate cell-matrix interactions. In addition to their structural functions, integrins mediate signalling from the extracellular space into the cell through integrin-associated signalling and adaptor molecules such as FAK (focal adhesion kinase), ILK (integrin-linked kinase), PINCH (particularly interesting new cysteine-histidine rich protein) and Nck2 (non-catalytic (region of) tyrosine kinase adaptor protein 2). Via these molecules, integrin signalling tightly and cooperatively interacts with receptor tyrosine kinase signalling to regulate survival, proliferation and cell shape as well as polarity, adhesion, migration and differentiation. In tumour cells of diverse origin like breast, colon or skin, the function and regulation of these molecules is partly disturbed and thus might contribute to the malignant phenotype and pre-existent and acquired multidrug resistance. These issues as well as a variety of therapeutic options envisioned to influence tumour cell growth, metastasis and resistance, including kinase inhibitors, anti-integrin antibodies or RNA interference, will be summarized and discussed in this review.
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- Stephanie Hehlgans
- OncoRay, Center for Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden, Fetscherstrasse 74/PF 86, 01307 Dresden, Germany
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Cordes N. Integrin-mediated cell–matrix interactions for prosurvival and antiapoptotic signaling after genotoxic injury. Cancer Lett 2006; 242:11-9. [PMID: 16448744 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2005] [Revised: 11/22/2005] [Accepted: 12/04/2005] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Interactions of cells with their microenvironment modify the cellular sensitivity of normal and tumor cells for radiation- and drug-induced genotoxic injury. The preexistent or acquired cellular resistance against such agents aggravates anticancer therapies and, therefore, complicates the recovery of patients. Recently, integrin-mediated adhesion was shown to improve cell survival of both normal and cancer cells following DNA damage. Here, I will discuss the role of integrins and integrin-mediated signaling cascades in the survival or death response upon genotoxic stress. Detailed knowledge of the responsible molecular processes might provide implications for putative therapies targeting integrins or integrin-associated molecules to achieve an optimization of anticancer treatments.
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- Nils Cordes
- OncoRay-Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden,Fetscherstrasse 74/PF 86, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
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Hess F, Estrugo D, Fischer A, Belka C, Cordes N. Integrin-linked kinase interacts with caspase-9 and -8 in an adhesion-dependent manner for promoting radiation-induced apoptosis in human leukemia cells. Oncogene 2006; 26:1372-84. [PMID: 16936772 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Integrin-mediated adhesion of leukemia cells to extracellular matrix proteins reduces apoptosis following radiation-induced genotoxic injury. To evaluate the role of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) in this process, HL60 human acute promyelocytic leukemia cells were stably transfected with ILK wild-type or kinase-hyperactive overexpression vectors. Suspension or fibronectin (FN) adhesion cultures were irradiated with X-rays and processed for measurement of apoptosis, mitochondrial transmembrane potential and caspase activation. Adhesion to FN pronouncedly reduced radiation-induced apoptosis of HL60 cells and vector controls. Intriguingly, overexpressed ILK enhanced apoptosis after irradiation by combined activation of caspase-3 through caspase-8 and -9 in irradiated FN cultures. Irradiation of ILK suspension cultures lacked caspase-8 activation, but showed serial cleavage of caspase-9, -3 and poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. These findings further characterize the cell death-promoting function of ILK in DNA-damaged cells. Moreover, ILK might represent a potential therapeutic target for innovative chemo- and radiooncological approaches in hematological malignancies.
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- F Hess
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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Eke I, Sandfort V, Mischkus A, Baumann M, Cordes N. Antiproliferative effects of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition and radiation-induced genotoxic injury are attenuated by adhesion to fibronectin. Radiother Oncol 2006; 80:178-84. [PMID: 16891020 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2006] [Revised: 07/19/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) functions in cooperative integrin-growth factor receptor-mediated signaling to control cell survival and proliferation. The effect of tyrosine kinase (tk) inhibition of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on radiation survival and growth was evaluated in human FaDu squamous cell carcinoma cells expressing different forms of ILK. MATERIAL AND METHODS ILK-wild-type (wk) and -hyperactive kinase (hk) transfected cells were grown on fibronectin (Fn) under serum presence or depletion, irradiated (0-6Gy) and/or treated with the EGFR-tk inhibitor BIBX1382BS. RESULTS ILK-wk and -hk transfectants showed significant radiosensitization compared to vector control cells. Antisurvival and antiproliferative effects of EGFR-tk inhibition plus/minus irradiation were counteracted by adhesion to Fn relative to the control substratum, poly-L-lysine. Similar to vector controls, ILK transfectants exhibited a strong decrease in cell proliferation but no enhanced radiation sensitivity after EGFR-tk inhibition. This decrease was accompanied by changes in cyclin D1 and phosphorylated MAPK persisting to day 10 following transient drug exposure. CONCLUSIONS Our data demonstrate a prosurvival role of adhesion and an antisurvival role of ILK upon irradiation. Inhibition of EGFR-tk using BIBX1382BS does not affect the intrinsic cellular radiosensitivity of cells grown on fibronectin. Thus, simultaneous targeting of adhesion and growth factor receptor-mediated signaling might potently improve anticancer strategies.
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- Iris Eke
- OncoRay, Centre of Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, University of Technology Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Xavier S, Macdonald S, Roth J, Caunt M, Akalu A, Morais D, Buckley MT, Liebes L, Formenti SC, Brooks PC. The vitamin-like dietary supplement para-aminobenzoic acid enhances the antitumor activity of ionizing radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006; 65:517-27. [PMID: 16690434 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2005] [Revised: 01/04/2006] [Accepted: 01/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine whether para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) alters the sensitivity of tumor cells to ionizing radiation in vitro and in vivo. METHODS AND MATERIALS Cellular proliferation was assessed by WST-1 assays. The effects of PABA and radiation on tumor growth were examined with chick embryo and murine models. Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and Western blotting were used to quantify p21CIP1 and CDC25A levels. RESULTS Para-aminobenzoic acid enhanced (by 50%) the growth inhibitory activity of radiation on B16F10 cells, whereas it had no effect on melanocytes. Para-aminobenzoic acid enhanced (50-80%) the antitumor activity of radiation on B16F10 and 4T1 tumors in vivo. The combination of PABA and radiation therapy increased tumor apoptosis. Treatment of tumor cells with PABA increased expression of CDC25A and decreased levels of p21CIP1. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that PABA might represent a compound capable of enhancing the antitumor activity of ionizing radiation by a mechanism involving altered expression of proteins known to regulate cell cycle arrest.
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- Sandhya Xavier
- Department of Radiation Oncology and Cell Biology, The NYU Cancer Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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The composition of the extracellular matrix in tumors is vastly different from that found in the normal tissue counterparts. As the extracellular matrix can signal to cells via integrin binding and activation, which is known to modulate cell proliferation, survival and migration, it may influence the response of both tumor and endothelial cells to anticancer therapies. Certain tumor-associated extracellular matrix proteins have been shown to confer resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs, radiation and anti-angiogenic factors. The current literature regarding this phenomenon and the potential therapeutic modalities to overcome extracellular matrix-induced resistance will be discussed.
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- Christina L Addison
- Center for Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Box 926, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
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Cordes N, Seidler J, Durzok R, Geinitz H, Brakebusch C. beta1-integrin-mediated signaling essentially contributes to cell survival after radiation-induced genotoxic injury. Oncogene 2006; 25:1378-90. [PMID: 16247454 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Integrin-mediated adhesion to extracellular matrix proteins confers resistance to radiation- or drug-induced genotoxic injury. To analyse the underlying mechanisms specific for beta1-integrins, wild-type beta1A-integrin-expressing GD25beta1A cells were compared to GD25beta1B cells, which express signaling-incompetent beta1B variants. Cells grown on fibronectin, collagen-III, beta1-integrin-IgG or poly-l-lysine were exposed to 0-6 Gy X-rays in presence or depletion of growth factors and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) inhibitors (LY294002, wortmannin). In order to test the relevance of these findings in tumor cells, human A-172 glioma cells were examined under the same conditions after siRNA-mediated silencing of beta1-integrins. We found that beta1A-integrin-mediated adhesion to fibronectin, collagen-III or beta1-IgG was essential for cell survival after radiation-induced genotoxic injury. Mediated by PI3K, pro-survival beta1A-integrin/Akt signaling was critically involved in this process. Additionally, the beta1-integrin downstream targets p130Cas and paxillin-impaired survival-regulating PI3K-dependent JNK. In A-172 glioma cells, beta1-integrin knockdown and PI3K inhibition confirmed the central role of beta1-integrins in Akt- and p130Cas/paxillin-mediated prosurvival signaling. These findings suggest beta1-integrins as critical regulators of cell survival after radiation-induced genotoxic injury. Elucidation of the molecular circuitry of prosurvival beta1-integrin-mediated signaling in tumor cells may promote the development of innovative molecular-targeted therapeutic antitumor strategies.
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- N Cordes
- OncoRay -- Radiation Research in Oncology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Fetscherstrasse, Dresden, Germany.
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Seidler J, Durzok R, Brakebusch C, Cordes N. Interactions of the integrin subunit beta1A with protein kinase B/Akt, p130Cas and paxillin contribute to regulation of radiation survival. Radiother Oncol 2006; 76:129-34. [PMID: 16024122 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.06.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2005] [Revised: 05/13/2005] [Accepted: 06/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cell adhesion-mediated radioresistance is a common phenomenon particularly relevant in tumor cells, which might hamper anticancer therapies. To analyze the role of adhesion-mediating beta1-integrins, stably transfected functional beta1A-integrin-expressing GD25beta1A and GD25beta1B cells, which express mutant beta1B-integrins, were compared in terms of radiation survival and beta1-integrin signaling. MATERIALS AND METHODS Cells grown on fibronectin, collagen-III, laminin, vitronectin, anti-beta1-integrin-IgG (beta1-IgG) or poly-l-lysine were irradiated with 0-6Gy in presence or absence of growth factors or inhibitors for phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K), i.e. Ly294002 and wortmannin. In addition to colony formation, protein kinase B/Akt (PKB/Akt) kinase activity, focal adhesion kinase (FAK), p130Cas, paxillin and c-Jun N2-terminal kinase (JNK) expression and phosphorylation were analyzed by Western blot technique. RESULTS Adhesion of GD25beta1A cells to extracellular matrix proteins or beta1-IgG resulted in growth factor-independent radiation survival. In contrast, serum starved GD25beta1B cells showed a significant (P<0.01) reduction in radiation survival on all substrates. PI3K inhibition moderately or strongly radiosensitized GD25beta1A or GD25beta1B cells, respectively. The pro-survival effects detected in serum starved GD25beta1A cells were due to direct, PI3K-mediated stimulation of PKB/Akt activity by beta1-integrins and induced p130Cas and paxillin phosphorylation. Phosphorylated p130Cas and paxillin subsequently prevented activation of cell death-regulating JNK. CONCLUSIONS The data show that beta1-integrin-mediated signaling through the cytoplasmic integrin domains is critical for efficient pro-survival regulation after irradiation. Profound knowledge of the underlying mechanisms of integrin-mediated cellular radioresistance could foster the design of new molecular-targeted anticancer therapies.
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- Julia Seidler
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, Munich, Germany
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Klussmann S, Martin-Villalba A. Molecular targets in spinal cord injury. J Mol Med (Berl) 2005; 83:657-71. [PMID: 16075258 DOI: 10.1007/s00109-005-0663-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2004] [Accepted: 02/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The spinal cord can be compared to a highway connecting the brain with the different body levels lying underneath, with the axons being the ultimate carriers of the electrical impulse. After spinal cord injury (SCI), many cells are lost because of the injury. To reconstitute function, damaged axons from surviving neurons have to grow through the lesion site to their initial targets. However, the territory they have to traverse has changed: the highway is full of inhibitory signals (myelin and scar components); the pavement itself has become bumpy (demyelination); and specialized cells are recruited to clear the way (inflammatory cells). Thus, actual strategies to treat spinal injuries aim at providing a permissive environment for regenerating axons and boosting the endogenous potential of axons to regenerate while limiting progression of secondary damage. Here we review some of the strategies currently under consideration to treat spinal injuries.
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- Stefan Klussmann
- Tumorimmunology Program, Division of Immunogenetics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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Nho RS, Xia H, Kahm J, Kleidon J, Diebold D, Henke CA. Role of Integrin-linked Kinase in Regulating Phosphorylation of Akt and Fibroblast Survival in Type I Collagen Matrices through a β1 Integrin Viability Signaling Pathway. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:26630-9. [PMID: 15905178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411798200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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A beta1 integrin phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway regulates fibroblast survival in collagen matrices. When fibroblasts attach to collagen, Akt becomes phosphorylated, providing a survival signal. In contrast, in response to mechanical forces generated during collagen contraction, Akt is dephosphorylated and fibroblasts undergo apoptosis. The kinase(s) responsible for regulating Akt phosphorylation in response to matrix-derived mechanical signals are unclear. Integrin-linked kinase (ILK) is associated with the beta1 integrin in the focal adhesion complex and as such is a candidate kinase that may regulate Akt phosphorylation and fibroblast viability. Nevertheless, there is no direct evidence that matrix-derived mechanical forces regulate cell viability by modulating ILK activity. Here, we show that ILK activity decreased in response to collagen matrix contraction, which correlated with Akt dephosphorylation and induction of fibroblast apoptosis. In contrast, enforced activation of beta1 integrin by activating antibody preserved ILK and Akt activity during collagen matrix contraction, and this is associated with protection from collagen contraction-induced apoptosis. Knock-down of ILK by small, interfering RNA (siRNA) attenuated Akt phosphorylation in response to ligation of beta1 integrin by collagen or activating antibody and enhanced fibroblast apoptosis in response to collagen contraction. Kinase dead ILK attenuated Akt phosphorylation and enhanced fibroblast apoptosis, whereas hyperactive and wild type ILK augmented Akt phosphorylation and protected fibroblasts from apoptosis. Constitutively active Akt preserved Akt activity and rescued ILK siRNA-treated fibroblasts from collagen contraction-induced apoptosis. These data establish that matrix-derived mechanical forces sensed by beta1 integrin are capable of modulating ILK activity which regulates fibroblast viability via an Akt-dependent mechanism.
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- Richard Seonghun Nho
- Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA
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