Integrin α-3 ß-1's central role in breast cancer, melanoma and glioblastoma cell aggregation revealed by antibodies with blocking activity

Autor: Brian Berger, David R. Soll, Ryan J. Reis, Tiffany S. Nop, Deborah Wessels, Daniel F. Lusche, Michael R. Klemme, Rebecca A. Glover, Cristopher C. Forrest, Benjamin A. Soll
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: mAbs. 11(4)
ISSN: 1942-0870
Popis: Breast cancer, melanoma and glioblastoma cells undergo cell-mediated aggregation and aggregate coalescence in a transparent 3D Matrigel environment. Cells from normal tissue and non-tumorigenic cell lines do not exhibit these behaviors. Here, 266 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) demonstrated to interact with a wide variety of membrane, secreted and matrix proteins, have been screened for their capacity to block these tumorigenic cell-specific behaviors in a 3D environment. Remarkably, only six of the 266 tested mAbs exhibited blocking activity, four targeting integrin ß-1, one targeting integrin α-3 and one targeting CD44. Colocalization of integrins ß-1 and α-3 in fixed cells and in live aggregates suggests that the integrin α-3 ß-1 dimer plays a central role in cancer cell aggregation in the 3D environment provided by Matrigel. Our results suggest that blocking by anti-integrin and anti-CD44 mAbs involves interference in cell-cell interactions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE