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Integrin-linked kinase regulates osteopontin-dependent MMP-2 and uPA expression to convey metastatic function in murine mammary epithelial cancer cells.

Abstract：

:Metastasis-supporting physiological alterations are regulated by cell signaling molecules, which target signal transduction pathways and gene expression. Osteopontin (OPN) overexpression may represent a key molecular event in cancer metastasis. In this study, using metastatic 4T1 and non-metastatic 4T07 murine mammary cancer cell lines, we demonstrate that 4T1 cells exhibit significantly increased OPN, integrin-linked kinase (ILK), matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) expression in contrast to 4T07 cells. Blockade of OPN binding to 4T1 cell-surface integrins by the competitive ligand inhibitor, RGD, or a blocking antibody to alphavbeta3 integrin decreases OPN, ILK, MMP-2 and uPA expression. Conversely, exposure of 4T07 cells to exogenous OPN increases ILK, MMP-2 and uPA levels. Further experiments demonstrate that OPN-alphavbeta3 integrin binding in 4T1 with subsequent activation of ILK results in binding of AP-1 to MMP-2 and uPA promoter and increased in vitro promoter activation, as measured by transient transfection assays using MMP-2 and uPA promoter-reporter constructs. AP-1 activity is ablated by co-transfection of DN-ILK or exposure to RGD. Finally, functional correlative assays demonstrate that inhibition of ILK activity or RGD-mediated blockade of alphavbeta3 integrin binding significantly inhibits in vitro invasion, migration and invasion properties of 4T1 cells. In addition, uPA and MMP-2 have overlapping contributions to 4T1 migration and invasion characteristics. However, OPN and ILK activities contribute to 4T1 adhesion activities via mechanisms that are independent of uPA and MMP-2. Our results indicate that binding of an RGD-bearing ligand, such as OPN, to integrin receptors in metastatic 4T1 cells transcriptionally mediates MMP-2, uPA and OPN expression through ILK-dependent AP-1 activity and significantly increases in vitro functional correlates of metastasis. In 4T1 murine mammary cancer cells, we conclude that OPN mediates metastatic behavior, in part, through upregulation of MMP-2 and uPA protein expression.

journal_name

Carcinogenesis

journal_title

Carcinogenesis

authors

Mi Z,Guo H,Wai PY,Gao C,Kuo PC

doi

10.1093/carcin/bgi352

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subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-06-01 00:00:00

pages

1134-45

issue

6

eissn

0143-3334

issn

1460-2180

pii

bgi352

journal_volume

27

pub_type

杂志文章

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