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Antiproliferative activity of interferon alpha and retinoic acid in SiHa carcinoma cells: the role of cell adhesion.

Abstract：

:Several lines of evidence have demonstrated that IFNs could be relevant in the treatment of certain neoplastic diseases such as carcinomas. In particular, IFN-alpha, in addition to the anti-proliferative and cytostatic effects, was demonstrated to be capable of inducing cell death by apoptosis both in vivo and in vitro. Numerous protocols have also been proposed which consider the association of IFN-alpha with other drugs. Among these are retinoids, a class of compounds capable of inducing inhibition of cell growth and differentiation. We address the question here by analyzing the role of cell adhesion in susceptibility to IFN-alpha, RA and their combination of a human cell line derived from a squamous carcinoma of the cervix, the Bcl-2-negative SiHa cell line. In this context, cytoskeleton components and several surface molecules playing a role in cell substrate and cell-to-cell relationships have been evaluated. We found that RA treatment is capable of improving stress fiber formation, decreasing cell detachment and increasing cell-adhesion capability. However, no variations in the ability to adhere to specific extracellular-matrix molecules were found in RA-treated cells. No quantitative changes were detected in integrins involved as receptors for extracellular matrix molecules (VLAI-VLA5) or in other cell-adhesion-associated molecules (e.g., CD44). By contrast, 2 important molecules involved in cell-adhesion processes appeared to be up-regulated by RA exposure: focal adhesion kinase and E-cadherin, involved in adhesion plaque formation and cell-to-cell contacts, respectively. Keeping in mind the importance of adhesion properties in the cell-growth pathway, our findings could be of interest in the study of carcinoma-cell proliferation and metastatic potential.

journal_name

Int J Cancer

journal_title

International journal of cancer

authors

Matarrese P,Giandomenico V,Fiorucci G,Rivabene R,Straface E,Romeo G,Affabris E,Malorni W

doi

10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19980518)76:4<531::aid-ijc

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Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-05-18 00:00:00

pages

531-40

issue

eissn

0020-7136

issn

1097-0215

pii

10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980518)76:4<531::AID-IJC

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Antiproliferative activity of interferon alpha and retinoic acid in SiHa carcinoma cells: the role of cell adhesion.