Bromodeoxyuridine Induces Integrin Expression at Transcriptional (α2Subunit) and Post-Transcriptional (β1Subunit) Levels, and Alters the Adhesive Properties of Two Human Lung Tumour Cell Lines
| Autor: | Paula Meleady, Martin Clynes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Antineoplastic Integrins Lung Neoplasms Time Factors Transcription Genetic Blotting Western Clinical Biochemistry Cell Integrin Integrin alpha2 HL-60 Cells Biology Extracellular matrix chemistry.chemical_compound Antigens CD Cell Adhesion Tumor Cells Cultured medicine Humans RNA Messenger Northern blot Integrin beta1 Cell Differentiation Cell Biology General Medicine Blotting Northern Immunohistochemistry Precipitin Tests Molecular biology Extracellular Matrix Up-Regulation Cell biology medicine.anatomical_structure Bromodeoxyuridine chemistry Cell culture Apoptosis Protein Biosynthesis biology.protein Lung cell differentiation |
| Zdroj: | Cell Communication & Adhesion. 8:45-59 |
| ISSN: | 1543-5180 1541-9061 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/15419060109080706 |
| Popis: | Integrins are a family of transmembrane glycoproteins that participate in a wide range of cellular events including proliferation, apoptosis and differentiation. Little is known about the mechanisms that control integrin subunit expression in epithelial cells, especially during lung cell differentiation. We have examined the effect of the differentiation-modulating agent, 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), on integrin expression in 2 human lung carcinoma cell lines, DLKP and A549. Treatment of both DLKP and A549 with 10 microM BrdU for 7 days resulted in increased expression of alpha2 and beta1 integrin subunit protein expression. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses revealed progressively increasing levels of the alpha2 mRNA transcripts following BrdU treatment up to 21 days in both cell lines. However, no increase in beta1 integrin mRNA levels was observed in either cell, suggesting post-transcriptional regulation by BrdU. Treatment of HL-60, a leukaemic cell line, with BrdU up to 21 days resulted in no change in alpha2 or beta1 integrin subunit levels at either protein or mRNA levels suggesting that the change seen in the lung cell lines may be epithelial cell lineage-specific. BrdU has also been found to alter the adhesive properties of A549 and DLKP cells. Treated cells were found to adhere significantly faster to collagen type IV and laminin compared to untreated cells. The results presented here suggest that DLKP (and A549) may be useful cellular models to investigate the role of the alpha2beta1 integrin in lung epithelial cell differentiation. |
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