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Rappa G, Green TM, Karbanová J, Corbeil D, Lorico A. Tetraspanin CD9 determines invasiveness and tumorigenicity of human breast cancer cells. Oncotarget 2016; 6:7970-91. [PMID: 25762645 PMCID: PMC4480729 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2014] [Accepted: 02/02/2015] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Interaction of breast cancer cells (BCCs) with stromal components is critical for tumor growth and metastasis. Here, we assessed the role of CD9 in adhesion, migration and invasiveness of BCCs. We used co-cultures of BCCs and bone marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), and analyzed their behavior and morphology by dynamic total internal reflection fluorescence, confocal and scanning electron microscopy. 83, 16 and 10% of contacts between MDA-MB-231 (MDA), MA-11 or MCF-7 cells and MSCs, respectively, resulted in MSC invasion. MDA cells developed long magnupodia, lamellipodia and dorsal microvilli, whereas long microvilli emerged from MA-11 cells. MCF-7 cells displayed large dorsal ruffles. CD9 knockdown and antibody blockage in MDA cells inhibited MSC invasion by 95 and 70%, respectively, suggesting that CD9 is required for this process. Remarkably, CD9-deficient MDA cells displayed significant alteration of their plasma membrane, harboring numerous peripheral and dorsal membrane ruffles instead of intact magnupodium/lamellipodium and microvillus, respectively. Such modification might explain the delayed adhesion, and hence MSC invasion. In agreement with this hypothesis, CD9-knockdown suppressed the metastatic capacity of MDA cells in mouse xenografts. Our data indicate that CD9 is implicated in BCC invasiveness and metastases by cellular mechanisms that involve specific CD9+ plasma membrane protrusions of BCCs.
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- Germana Rappa
- Cancer Research Center, Roseman University of Health Sciences with Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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- Cancer Research Center, Roseman University of Health Sciences with Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratories (BIOTEC) and DFG Research Center and Cluster of Excellence for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg, Dresden, Germany
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratories (BIOTEC) and DFG Research Center and Cluster of Excellence for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg, Dresden, Germany
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- Cancer Research Center, Roseman University of Health Sciences with Roseman University College of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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Lee HS, Mood K, Battu G, Ji YJ, Singh A, Daar IO. Fibroblast growth factor receptor-induced phosphorylation of ephrinB1 modulates its interaction with Dishevelled. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:124-33. [PMID: 19005214 PMCID: PMC2613129 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-06-0662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2008] [Revised: 10/03/2008] [Accepted: 10/31/2008] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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The Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases and their membrane-bound ligands, the ephrins, have been implicated in regulating cell adhesion and migration during development by mediating cell-to-cell signaling events. The transmembrane ephrinB1 protein is a bidirectional signaling molecule that signals through its cytoplasmic domain to promote cellular movements into the eye field, whereas activation of the fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) represses these movements and retinal fate. In Xenopus embryos, ephrinB1 plays a role in retinal progenitor cell movement into the eye field through an interaction with the scaffold protein Dishevelled (Dsh). However, the mechanism by which the FGFR may regulate this cell movement is unknown. Here, we present evidence that FGFR-induced repression of retinal fate is dependent upon phosphorylation within the intracellular domain of ephrinB1. We demonstrate that phosphorylation of tyrosines 324 and 325 disrupts the ephrinB1/Dsh interaction, thus modulating retinal progenitor movement that is dependent on the planar cell polarity pathway. These results provide mechanistic insight into how fibroblast growth factor signaling modulates ephrinB1 control of retinal progenitor movement within the eye field.
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- Hyun-Shik Lee
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702
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Kang P, Svoboda KKH. Epithelial-mesenchymal transformation during craniofacial development. J Dent Res 2006; 84:678-90. [PMID: 16040723 DOI: 10.1177/154405910508400801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Epithelial to mesenchymal phenotype transition is a common phenomenon during embryonic development, wound healing, and tumor metastasis. This transition involves cellular changes in cytoskeleton architecture and protein expression. Specifically, this highly regulated biological event plays several important roles during craniofacial development. This review focuses on the regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation (EMT) during neural crest cell migration, and fusion of the secondary palate and the upper lip.
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- P Kang
- Graduate Endodontics Department, Texas A&M University System, Baylor College of Dentistry, 3302 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75266, USA
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Campos LS. Beta1 integrins and neural stem cells: making sense of the extracellular environment. Bioessays 2005; 27:698-707. [PMID: 15954093 DOI: 10.1002/bies.20256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Neural Stem Cells (NSC) are present in the developing and adult CNS. In both the embryonic and adult neurogenic regions, beta1 integrins may act as sensors for the changing extracellular matrix. Here we highlight the integrative functions that beta1 integrins may play in the "niche" by regulating NSC growth factor responsiveness in a timely and spatially controlled manner. beta1 integrins may provide NSC with the capacity to react to a dynamic "niche", and to respond adequately by either remaining as stem cells or by differentiating and migrating away to shape the developing cortex.
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Moore KB, Mood K, Daar IO, Moody SA. Morphogenetic Movements Underlying Eye Field Formation Require Interactions between the FGF and ephrinB1 Signaling Pathways. Dev Cell 2004; 6:55-67. [PMID: 14723847 DOI: 10.1016/s1534-5807(03)00395-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The definitive retinal progenitors of the eye field are specified by transcription factors that both promote a retinal fate and control cell movements that are critical for eye field formation. However, the molecular signaling pathways that regulate these movements are largely undefined. We demonstrate that both the FGF and ephrin pathways impact eye field formation. Activating the FGF pathway before gastrulation represses cellular movements in the presumptive anterior neural plate and prevents cells from expressing a retinal fate, independent of mesoderm induction or anterior-posterior patterning. Inhibiting the FGF pathway promotes cell dispersal and significantly increases eye field contribution. ephrinB1 reverse signaling is required to promote cellular movements into the eye field, and can rescue the FGF receptor-induced repression of retinal fate. These results indicate that FGF modulation of ephrin signaling regulates the positioning of retinal progenitor cells within the definitive eye field.
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- Kathryn B Moore
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
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Reinmuth N, Parikh AA, Ahmad SA, Liu W, Stoeltzing O, Fan F, Takeda A, Akagi M, Ellis LM. Biology of angiogenesis in tumors of the gastrointestinal tract. Microsc Res Tech 2003; 60:199-207. [PMID: 12539174 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The realization that the growth and spread of tumors are dependent on angiogenesis has created new avenues of research designed to help us to better understand cancer biology and to facilitate the development of new therapeutic strategies. However, the process of angiogenesis consists of multiple, sequential, and interdependent steps with a myriad of positive and negative regulators of angiogenesis being involved. The survival of tumors and thus their metastases are dependent upon the balance of endogenous angiogenic and anti-angiogenic factors such that the outcome favors increased angiogenesis. Several growth factors have been identified that regulate angiogenesis in cancers of the gastrointestinal tract. These include pro-angiogenic factors like vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and anti-angiogenic factors, i.e., thrombospondin. The following review provides a brief overview about the most important factors that are involved in the angiogenic process in tumors derived from colon, stomach, and pancreas. A thorough understanding of the role these factors play in the angiogenic process may lead to the development of novel therapeutic antineoplastic strategies.
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- Niels Reinmuth
- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Ford-Perriss M, Abud H, Murphy M. Fibroblast growth factors in the developing central nervous system. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2001; 28:493-503. [PMID: 11422214 DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2001.03477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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1. It is now clear that members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family have multiple roles during the formation of the central nervous system (CNS). 2. There are at least 23 members of the FGF family and, of these, 10 are expressed in the developing CNS, along with four FGF receptors (FGFR-1-4). 3. The present review discusses the roles of these FGFs, with emphasis on FGF-2, FGF-8, FGF-15 and FGF-17. Fibroblast growth factors-2 and -15 are generally expressed throughout the developing CNS, whereas FGF-8 and FGF-17 are tightly localized to specific regions of the developing brain and are only expressed in the embryo during the early phases of proliferation and neurogenesis. 4. Expression studies on FGFRs in the chick and mouse indicate that FGFR-1 is most generally expressed, whereas FGFR-2 and FGFR-3 show highly localized but changing patterns of expression throughout CNS development. The FGFR-4 has been localized to the developing CNS in fish but not at a detailed level, as yet, in chick or mouse. 5. A picture is emerging from these studies that particular FGFs signal through specific receptors in a highly localized manner to regulate the development of different regions of the brain. 6. This picture has been demonstrated so far for the developing cortex (FGF-2-/- mice), the forebrain and midbrain (FGF-8 hypomorphs) and the cerebellum (FGF-17/FGF-8 mutant mice). In addition, generation of mutant animals deleted for FGFR-1 and FGFR-2b IIIb demonstrate their importance in FGF signalling. 7. However, there are significant gaps in our knowledge of the localization of members of the FGF family and their receptors. More detailed information on the spatio-temporal mapping of FGFs and FGFR isoforms is required in order to understand the molecular mechanisms through which FGFs signal.
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- M Ford-Perriss
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Gallo F, Morale MC, Spina-Purrello V, Tirolo C, Testa N, Farinella Z, Avola R, Beaudet A, Marchetti B. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) acts on both neurons and glia to mediate the neurotrophic effects of astrocytes on LHRH neurons in culture. Synapse 2000; 36:233-53. [PMID: 10819902 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(20000615)36:4<233::aid-syn1>3.0.co;2-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) neurons play a pivotal role in the neuroendocrine control of mammalian reproduction. Astrocytes were shown to be involved in the regulation of LHRH neuronal function, but little is known about the contribution of astroglial-derived factors in the regulation of LHRH neuron development. In order to gain insight into the mechanisms regulating the development of these cells, at morphological and biochemical levels we characterized the neurotrophic effects exerted by young astrocytes (maintained in culture for 8 days in vitro) and old astrocytes (maintained 26 days) on the differentiation, proliferation, and phenotypic expression of immortalized hypothalamic LHRH (GT(1-1)) neurons in vitro. Culturing GT(1-1) cells in the presence of young glia for different time intervals caused a marked acceleration in the acquisition of their neuronal phenotype. At all times examined, GT(1-1) cells cocultured with young glia exhibited a significantly greater extension of processes/cell, larger number of processes/cell and greater surface area of growth cones than GT(1-1) cells grown over nonglial adhesive substrates (polylysine). By contrast, when GT(1-1) neurons were cocultured with old glia, the length of neuronal processes and the growth cone surface area were significantly lower than in control GT(1-1) neurons cultured in the absence of glia. At 3 days in vitro (DIV), GT(1-1) neurons cocultured with young glia exhibited a 50% lower incorporation of [(3)H]thymidine than GT(1-1) neurons cultured without glia. By contrast, in the presence of old glia [(3)H]thymidine incorporation was significantly higher in cells cocultured with glia than in GT(1-1) neurons cultured alone. Localization of the proliferating cells by dual immunohistochemical staining revealed that the incorporation of bromodeoxiuridine (BrdU) was restricted to nuclei of GT(1-1) neurons when these were cocultured with young glia, but associated with both neurons and astrocytes in the presence of old glia. At the functional level, coculture of GT(1-1) neurons with young glia increased the spontaneous release of LHRH as compared to GT(1-1) neurons grown in the absence of glia. By contrast, in the presence of old glia LHRH release in the medium was significantly lower than in controls. Conditioned medium of young glia (ACM-Y) induced significant neurotrophic and functional effects on GT(1-1) cells, but these effects were 50% less potent than the coculture itself. Heat denaturation of ACM-Y totally abolished its neurotrophic and functional properties, indicating that they involved a peptide factor. Suppression of bFGF activity in ACM-Y reduced its neurotrophic activity by approximately 40%, but did not affect its LHRH release-promoting effects. By contrast, neutralization of endogenous bFGF activity in GT(1-1) neurons cocultured with young glia counteracted both neurotrophic and functional effects of young glia. Treatment of old glia with bFGF rescued its neurotrophic and functional effects on GT(1-1) cells. Moreover, the ACM of aged bFGF-treated old glia was the most powerful neurotrophic stimulus for GT(1-1) neurons. These results suggest that: 1) soluble peptidic factors, including bFGF, and mechanism(s) requiring coculture are responsible for the highly potent neurotrophic and functional effects of young glia; 2) the inhibitory effects of old glia on neurite outgrowth and LHRH release are mediated in part by soluble inhibitory molecules and in part by factors requiring coculture with old glia; 3) old glia may revert to a growth-supporting state when treated with bFGF and this functional shift involves a diffusible molecule with potent neurotrophic and functional effects on immortalized LHRH neurons. (c) 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- F Gallo
- Department of Pharmacology, Medical School, University of Catania, 95125 Catania, Italy
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Janiga TA, Rind HB, von Bartheld CS. Differential effects of the trophic factors BDNF, NT-4, GDNF, and IGF-I on the isthmo-optic nucleus in chick embryos. JOURNAL OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2000; 43:289-303. [PMID: 10842241 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(20000605)43:3<289::aid-neu7>3.0.co;2-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The isthmo-optic nucleus (ION) of chick embryos is a model system for the study of retrograde trophic signaling in developing CNS neurons. The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is well established in this system. Recent work has implicated neurotrophin-4 (NT-4), glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) as additional trophic factors for ION neurons. Here it was examined in vitro and in vivo whether these factors are target-derived trophic factors for the ION in 13- to 16-day-old chick embryos. Unlike BDNF, neither GDNF, NT-4, nor IGF-I increased the survival of ION neurons in dissociated cultures identified by retrograde labeling with the fluorescent tracer DiI. BDNF and IGF-I promoted neurite outgrowth from ION explants, whereas GDNF and NT-4 had no effect. Injections of NT-4, but not GDNF, in the retina decreased the survival of ION neurons and accelerated cell death in the ION. NT-4-like immunoreactivity was present in the retina and the ION. Exogenous, radiolabeled NT-4, but not GDNF or IGF-I, was retrogradely transported from the retina to the ION. NT-4 transport was significantly reduced by coinjection of excess cold nerve growth factor (NGF), indicating that the majority of NT-4 bound to p75 neurotrophin receptors during axonal transport. Binding of NT-4 to chick p75 receptors was confirmed in L-cells, which express chick p75 receptors. These data indicate that GDNF has no direct trophic effects on ION neurons. IGF-I may be an afferent trophic factor for the ION, and NT-4 may act as an antagonist to BDNF, either by competing with BDNF for p75 and/or trkB binding or by signaling cell death via p75.
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- T A Janiga
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Pons S, Martí E. Sonic hedgehog synergizes with the extracellular matrix protein vitronectin to induce spinal motor neuron differentiation. Development 2000; 127:333-42. [PMID: 10603350 DOI: 10.1242/dev.127.2.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Patterning of the vertebrate neural tube depends on intercellular signals emanating from sources such as the notochord and the floor plate. The secreted protein Sonic hedgehog and the extracellular matrix protein Vitronectin are both expressed in these signalling centres and have both been implicated in the generation of ventral neurons. The proteolytic processing of Sonic hedgehog is fundamental for its signalling properties. This processing generates two secreted peptides with all the inducing activity of Shh residing in the highly conserved 19 kDa amino-terminal peptide (N-Shh). Here we show that Vitronectin is also proteolitically processed in the embryonic chick notochord, floor plate and ventral neural tube and that this processing is spatiotemporally correlated with the generation of motor neurons. The processing of Vitronectin produces two fragments of 54 kDa and 45 kDa, as previously described for Vitronectin isolated from chick yolk. The 45 kDa fragment lacks the heparin-binding domain and the integrin-binding domain, RGD, present in the non-processed Vitronectin glycoprotein. Here we show that N-Shh binds to the three forms of Vitronectin (70, 54 and 45 kDa) isolated from embryonic tissue, although is preferentially associated with the 45 kDa form. Furthermore, in cultures of dissociated neuroepithelial cells, the combined addition of N-Shh and Vitronectin significantly increases the extent of motor neuron differentiation, as compared to the low or absent inducing capabilities of either N-Shh or Vitronectin alone. Thus, we conclude that the differentiation of motor neurons is enhanced by the synergistic action of N-Shh and Vitronectin, and that Vitronectin may be necessary for the proper presentation of the morphogen N-Shh to one of its target cells, the differentiating motor neurons.
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- S Pons
- Instituto Cajal de Neurobiología, CSIC, Avenida Doctor Arce 37, E-28002 Madrid, Spain
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Chong LD, Park EK, Latimer E, Friesel R, Daar IO. Fibroblast growth factor receptor-mediated rescue of x-ephrin B1-induced cell dissociation in Xenopus embryos. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:724-34. [PMID: 10611251 PMCID: PMC85187 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.2.724-734.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/1999] [Accepted: 10/14/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Eph family of receptor tyrosine kinases and their membrane-bound ligands, the ephrins, have been implicated in regulating cell adhesion and migration during development by mediating cell-to-cell signaling events. Genetic evidence suggests that ephrins may transduce signals and become tyrosine phosphorylated during embryogenesis. However, the induction and functional significance of ephrin phosphorylation is not yet clear. Here, we report that when we used ectopically expressed proteins, we found that an activated fibroblast growth factor (FGF) receptor associated with and induced the phosphorylation of ephrin B1 on tyrosine. Moreover, this phosphorylation reduced the ability of overexpressed ephrin B1 to reduce cell adhesion. In addition, we identified a region in the cytoplasmic tail of ephrin B1 that is critical for interaction with the FGF receptor; we also report FGF-induced phosphorylation of ephrins in a neural tissue. This is the first demonstration of communication between the FGF receptor family and the Eph ligand family and implicates cross talk between these two cell surface molecules in regulating cell adhesion.
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- L D Chong
- Basic Research Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA
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Steljes TPV, Kinoshita Y, Wheeler EF, Oppenheim RW, von Bartheld CS. Neurotrophic factor regulation of developing avian oculomotor neurons: Differential effects of BDNF and GDNF. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4695(19991105)41:2<295::aid-neu11>3.0.co;2-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Szebenyi G, Fallon JF. Fibroblast growth factors as multifunctional signaling factors. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1998; 185:45-106. [PMID: 9750265 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)60149-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 356] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family consists of at least 15 structurally related polypeptide growth factors. Their expression is controlled at the levels of transcription, mRNA stability, and translation. The bioavailability of FGFs is further modulated by posttranslational processing and regulated protein trafficking. FGFs bind to receptor tyrosine kinases (FGFRs), heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG), and a cysteine-rich FGF receptor (CFR). FGFRs are required for most biological activities of FGFs. HSPGs alter FGF-FGFR interactions and CFR participates in FGF intracellular transport. FGF signaling pathways are intricate and are intertwined with insulin-like growth factor, transforming growth factor-beta, bone morphogenetic protein, and vertebrate homologs of Drosophila wingless activated pathways. FGFs are major regulators of embryonic development: They influence the formation of the primary body axis, neural axis, limbs, and other structures. The activities of FGFs depend on their coordination of fundamental cellular functions, such as survival, replication, differentiation, adhesion, and motility, through effects on gene expression and the cytoskeleton.
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- G Szebenyi
- Anatomy Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA
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Ali SA, Pappas IS, Parnavelas JG. Collagen type IV promotes the differentiation of neuronal progenitors and inhibits astroglial differentiation in cortical cell cultures. BRAIN RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH 1998; 110:31-8. [PMID: 9733911 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(98)00091-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In an effort to elucidate the interactions between cells in the developing cortex and their microenvironment, we have employed dissociated cell cultures and immunocytochemistry to analyze the effect of collagen type IV (COL) on the proliferation and differentiation of rat cortical progenitor cells during the period of corticogenesis. COL, present in the proliferative zones throughout the period of neurogenesis, belongs to a group of macromolecular proteins that make up a considerable portion of the extracellular matrix (ECM). We have shown that this ECM molecule inhibits cell proliferation and glial cell differentiation while promoting neuronal differentiation. We have also demonstrated that COL, when applied to the cultures with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), induces glial cell differentiation while continuing to promote neuronal differentiation. These results indicate that cortical progenitor cells respond differentially to local environmental signals, and that components of the ECM are involved in the regulation of corticogenesis.
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- S A Ali
- Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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Stolen CM, Jackson MW, Griep AE. Overexpression of FGF-2 modulates fiber cell differentiation and survival in the mouse lens. Development 1997; 124:4009-17. [PMID: 9374398 DOI: 10.1242/dev.124.20.4009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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During mammalian embryogenesis, the ocular lens forms through a temporally and spatially regulated pattern of differentiation which is thought to be coordinated at least in part by the FGF-1 and FGF-2 members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. Previous transgenic experiments in which FGF-1 or dominant negative FGF receptors were overexpressed in the lens indicated that FGF-1 could induce differentiation while differentiated lens cells rely upon FGF signaling for their survival. In this study, we asked if the 17.5 kDa FGF-2 protein was capable of inducing differentiation of lens cells in transgenic mice. Unexpectedly, differentiation was inhibited by lens-specific expression of a transgene encoding a secreted form of the 17.5 kDa bovine FGF-2 protein under the transcriptional control of the murine alphaA-crystallin promoter (alphaAIgFGF-2 transgenic mice). To address the possibility that FGF-2 functions as a modulator of fiber cell survival, alphaAIgFGF-2 transgenic mice were crossed to transgenic mice exhibiting extensive apoptosis in the lens due to the functional inactivation of the retinoblastoma protein (alphaAE7 transgenic mice). The level of apoptosis in the lenses of double transgenic mice was substantially reduced as compared to the level in lenses from alphaAE7 only mice. These studies indicate that FGF-2 can act as a modulator of the later stages of differentiation including fiber cell survival. Additionally, they imply that control of lens development by FGFs is a complex process in which FGF-1 and FGF-2 play distinct roles.
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- C M Stolen
- Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706, USA
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Mazaki Y, Mochii M, Kodama R, Eguchi G. Role of integrins in differentiation of chick retinal pigmented epithelial cells in vitro. Dev Growth Differ 1996. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1996.t01-3-00011.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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- S McFarlane
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0366, USA
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Duband JL, Delannet M, Monier F, Garret S, Desban N. Modulations of cellular interactions during development of the neural crest: role of growth factors and adhesion molecules. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1996; 212:207-27. [PMID: 8934821 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-80057-3_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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- J L Duband
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire du Dévelopement, Université Paris, France
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Kostenuik PJ, Sanchez-Sweatman O, Orr FW, Singh G. Bone cell matrix promotes the adhesion of human prostatic carcinoma cells via the alpha 2 beta 1 integrin. Clin Exp Metastasis 1996; 14:19-26. [PMID: 8521612 DOI: 10.1007/bf00157682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Prostatic carcinoma cells have a propensity to metastasize to bone, and we propose that this phenomenon may be promoted by the adhesion of metastatic cells to bone matrix. Bone matrix is produced by osteoblasts, and we have developed an in vitro model of bone matrix by isolating the substratum deposited by human osteoblast-like U2OS cells. The collagenous nature of this matrix was demonstrated by the incorporation of [3H]proline and its subsequent release by purified collagenase. Both U2OS matrix and purified type I collagen stimulated the adhesion of human PC-3 prostatic carcinoma cells. Human laminin supported adhesion to a much lesser extent, and PC-3 cells did not adhere to fibronectin. Adhesion of PC-3 cells to U2OS matrix closely resembled adhesion to purified type I collagen with respect to (a) inhibition by a collagen-derived peptide and by antibodies raised against alpha 2 or beta 1 integrin collagen receptor subunits; (b) lack of inhibition by RGD (Arg-Gly-Asp) peptides; (c) stimulation by Mn2+ and Mg2+ ions but not by Ca2+ ion; and (d) stimulation by the phorbol ester PMA (phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate). This adhesion was also stimulated (2.3-fold) by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta), which is a major bone-derived growth factor. We conclude that human osteoblast-like matrix is an adhesive substrate for PC-3 prostate carcinoma cells. This adhesion appears to be mediated by the interaction of alpha 2 beta 1 integrin on PC-3 cells with matrix-derived collagen. The stimulation of this adhesion by TGF-beta suggests that the co-expression of TGF-beta and type I collagen in bone may synergistically facilitate the adhesion of metastatic cells to bone matrix proteins and thereby increase their localization in the skeleton.
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Szebenyi G, Savage MP, Olwin BB, Fallon JF. Changes in the expression of fibroblast growth factor receptors mark distinct stages of chondrogenesis in vitro and during chick limb skeletal patterning. Dev Dyn 1995; 204:446-56. [PMID: 8601037 DOI: 10.1002/aja.1002040410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Members of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family of growth factors are key regulators of limb skeletal patterning and growth. Abnormal expression of FGFs or mutations in their receptors (fgfrs) result in skeletal disorders. Here we show that changes in the expression of fgfrs are intrinsic properties of differentiating cartilage. In mesenchymal micromass cultures differentiating into cartilage, as in ovo, fgfr 1 mRNA was found predominantly in undifferentiated, proliferating mesenchyme, fgfr 2 in precartilage cell aggregates, and fgfr 3 in differentiating cartilage nodules. Thus, our data suggest that switches in the expression of fgfr 1, 2, and 3 mRNAs are associated with phases of cartilage patterning both in vitro and in ovo, and mark distinct stages in the development of the limb skeleton.
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- G Szebenyi
- Department of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison 53706, USA
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McFarlane S, McNeill L, Holt CE. FGF signaling and target recognition in the developing Xenopus visual system. Neuron 1995; 15:1017-28. [PMID: 7576646 DOI: 10.1016/0896-6273(95)90091-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We report that the growth cones of Xenopus retinal ganglion cells express fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) and that bFGF stimulates neurite extension from cultured retinal neurons. Furthermore, bFGF is abundant in the developing optic tract but is reduced in the optic tectum. To test whether FGF signaling plays a role in axonal guidance in vivo, bFGF was exogenously applied to the developing optic pathway in "exposed brain" preparations. FGF-treated retinal axons navigate normally through the optic tract, but the majority veer aberrantly at the tectal border and bypass the target. Our results implicate FGF signaling in target recognition and suggest that diminished levels of bFGF in the tectum cause arriving axons to slow their growth.
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- S McFarlane
- Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92093, USA
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Seo M, Noguchi K. Retinoic acid induces gene expression of fibroblast growth factor-9 during induction of neuronal differentiation of mouse embryonal carcinoma P19 cells. FEBS Lett 1995; 370:231-5. [PMID: 7656983 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00836-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have found that the gene expression of the ninth member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family, FGF9 was induced during retinoic acid(RA)-induced neuronal differentiation of murine embryonal carcinoma P19 cells. We have reported here the nucleotide sequence of the mouse FGF9 cDNA. The murine cDNA showed 92.4% nucleotide sequence homology to the human FGF9 cDNA and 98.2% homology to that of rats. This mouse FGF9 cDNA encoded a polypeptide consisting of 208 amino acids with amino acid sequence identical to that of rats. Only one amino acid was replaced compared to the human homolog. The highly conserved sequence homology of FGF9 suggests its functional importance. FGF9 was originally isolated from a culture medium of a human glioma cell line as a growth-promoting factor for glial cells [5]. Upon induction of neuronal differentiation by forming cell aggregates with 10(-6) M RA, the gene expression of FGF9 was increased biphasically during the first 96 hours when cells were aggregating and from 168 hours to 192 hours followed by plating onto a tissue culture dish as glia-like cells proliferated. Neither undifferentiated P19 cells nor the cells aggregated without RA remaining undifferentiated expressed FGF9. This indicates that RA regulates the gene expression of FGF9 that may play an important role in neuronal differentiation in both early and late developmental process.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/drug therapy
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/genetics
- Carcinoma, Embryonal/pathology
- Cattle
- Cell Differentiation/drug effects
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/drug effects
- Fibroblast Growth Factors/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/genetics
- Humans
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neurons/cytology
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- Rats
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tretinoin/pharmacology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- M Seo
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
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Yasuda T, Grinspan J, Stern J, Franceschini B, Bannerman P, Pleasure D. Apoptosis occurs in the oligodendroglial lineage, and is prevented by basic fibroblast growth factor. J Neurosci Res 1995; 40:306-17. [PMID: 7745624 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490400304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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During the perinatal period, oligodendroglial precursor cells proliferate rapidly, then cease dividing and differentiate into oligodendroglia. Many of these newly formed oligodendroglia are destined to die. We now demonstrate that oligodendroglia generated in passaged cultures of rat forebrain oligodendroglial precursor cells after removal of basic fibroblast growth factor (basic FGF) from the medium often undergo internucleosomal DNA nicking and nuclear fragmentation, features characteristic of apoptosis. These alterations are rare in cultures maintained continuously in basic FGF. As in many other cellular lineages susceptible to apoptosis, these degenerative changes can be prevented by treatment with the endonuclease antagonist, aurintricarboxylic acid, or by inhibiting de novo RNA or protein synthesis. Supplementation of the basic FGF-free medium with insulin, insulin-like growth factor-1, platelet-derived growth factor, or ciliary neuronotrophic growth factor also diminishes DNA nicking. Both oligodendroglial differentiation and DNA nicking are induced in basic FGF-treated cultures by inhibiting DNA synthesis with aphidicholin or excess thymidine, thus suggesting a close linkage between the anti-apoptotic, anti-differentiation, and mitogenic effects of basic FGF on the oligodendroglial lineage.
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- T Yasuda
- Neurology Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Launay C, Fromentoux V, Thery C, Shi DL, Boucaut JC. Comparative analysis of the tissue distribution of three fibroblast growth factor receptor mRNAs during amphibian morphogenesis. Differentiation 1994; 58:101-11. [PMID: 7890137 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-0436.1995.5820101.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We have used in situ hybridization to survey the expression pattern of three fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) mRNAs (PFR-1, PFR-3 and PFR-4, which we previously identified as the amphibian Pleurodeles waltl homologs of human FGFR-1, FGFR-3 and FGFR-4, respectively) during morphogenesis. Previous work suggests that these FGFR mRNAs exhibit a distinct pattern of expression at early developmental stages. In the present study we have tested the functional activity of these receptors and shown that both FGF-1 (acidic FGF) and FGF-2 (basic FGF), but not FGF-7 (keratinocyte growth factor), can lead to their activation, suggesting that the three cDNAs encode functional receptors. Results from in situ hybridization indicate that various FGFRs are involved in various developmental events. Their involvement in these processes is both overlapping and distinct. During the differentiation of the central nervous system (CNS), PFR-1 and PFR-4 mRNAs show high levels of redundant expression, while the sites of expression of PFR-3 mRNA correlate with regions, such as the diencephalon and the rhombencephalon, undergoing important anatomic changes. The three FGFR mRNAs are distinctly expressed in the cranial ganglia, the pigmented epithelia of retina and the otic vesicles. Most significantly, we found that they are strongly expressed at cranial and branchial mesenchymal condensation sites. PFR-3 mRNA is expressed earlier in this process than PFR-1 and PFR-4 mRNAs. Furthermore PFR-3 mRNA is detected in the mesenchyme of the limb bud, while PFR-1 and PFR-4 mRNAs are found in the primordia of the skeletal elements. In addition, PFR-1 mRNA is expressed in axial mesenchyme and PFR-4 mRNA is detected in the melanophores, xanthophores and in the pronephros. These results suggest that various FGFRs may be involved in distinct developmental events including cell proliferation and differentiation. We also discuss the functional redundancy of the FGFR system during amphibian morphogenesis.
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- C Launay
- Groupe de Biologie Expérimentale, URA-CNRS 1135, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
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