Chondroitin sulphate‐modified neuropilin 1 is expressed in human tumour cells and modulates 3D invasion in the U87MG human glioblastoma cell line through a p130Cas‐mediated pathway

Autor: Ian Zachary, Pauliina Lehtolainen, Paul Frankel, Giovanna M. D'Abaco, Lili Cheng, Caroline Pellet-Many, Michelle Tickner
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: EMBO reports. 9:983-989
ISSN: 1469-3178
1469-221X
DOI: 10.1038/embor.2008.151
Popis: Neuropilin 1 (NRP1), a non-tyrosine kinase receptor for vascular endothelial growth factor and class 3 Semaphorins, is highly expressed in many human tumour cell lines, but its function is poorly understood. Here, we describe the expression of a new chondroitin sulphate-modified NRP1 (NRP1-CS) in human tumour cell lines. Expression of a non-modifiable NRP1 mutant (S612A) in U87MG human glioma cells results in enhanced invasion in three dimensions (3D), whereas wild-type NRP1 has no effect. Furthermore, the S612A NRP1 cells show a significant increase in p130Cas tyrosine phosphorylation compared with control and wild-type NRP1 cells. Silencing of p130Cas in S612A NRP1 cells resulted in a loss of increased invasive phenotype. Interestingly, p130Cas silencing does not inhibit basal 3D invasion, but leads to a mesenchymal to amoeboid transition. Biopsies from both low- and high-grade human gliomas show strong expression of NRP1, and little expression of NRP1-CS. Our data establish distinct roles for NRP1 and NRP1-CS in modulating a new NRP1-p130Cas signalling pathway contributing to glioblastoma cell invasion in 3D.
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