https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/192141
Title: | Elevated Expression of Cyr61 Enhances Peritoneal Dissemination of Gastric Cancer Cells through Integrin Alpha(2)Beta(1) | Authors: | LIN, MING-TSAN | Keywords: | HEPARAN-SULFATE PROTEOGLYCANS;GENE-EXPRESSION;ALPHA(2)BETA(1) INTEGRIN;ALPHA-2-BETA-1 INTEGRIN;SIGNALING PATHWAY;ADHESION | Issue Date: | 2007 | Journal Volume: | v.282 | Journal Issue: | n.47 | Start page/Pages: | 34594-34604 | Source: | JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY | Abstract: | Cysteine-rich 61 (Cyr61/CCN1) is involved in human gastric cancer development and progression. Nonetheless, the role of Cyr61 as regards peritoneal dissemination of such cancers has not yet been completely characterized. We used liposome- mediated transfection to establish Cyr61, or antisense Cyr 61, expression vectors into gastric cancer AGS or MKN45 cell lines. Transfectants were tested by means of a cancer-cell adhesion assay in vitro and ex vivo. Furthermore, a functional integrin fluorescence-activated cell sorting assay, reverse transcription-PCR, and an AP-1 reporter assay were performed to investigate the potential signaling pathway of Cyr61. It was shown that stable transfection of Cyr61 into the AGS cell line strongly enhanced its adhesion ability. The overexpression of Cyr61 within AGS cells significantly increased the functional expression of integrin alpha(2)beta(1). Function-neutralizing antibody to integrin alpha(2)beta(1) effectively suppressed the Cyr61- mediated enhanced adhesion of AGS cells to peritoneal tissue . Promoter assays of integrin alpha(2) gene further revealed that the AP-1 pathway was evidently activated within Cyr61- expressing AGS cells. Animal studies have revealed that mice injected with Cyr61-overexpressed AGS cells featured a greater number of peritoneal seeding nodules and a lower survival rate than the Neo control cell lines, and when such cells were treated with functional blocking antibody to integrin alpha(2)beta(1), they were able to elicit a decline in the peritoneal dissemination. The data suggest that Cyr 61 may contribute to the peritoneal dissemination of gastric cancer by promoting tumor-cell adhesion ability through the up- regulation of the functional integrin alpha(2)beta(1) via an AP-1- dependent pathway. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/91791 |
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