Targeting Cancer Cell Adhesion Molecule, CD146, with Low-Dose Gold Nanorods and Mild Hyperthermia Disrupts Actin Cytoskeleton and Cancer Cell Migration

Author(s):  
Jinyuan Liu ◽  
Lin Kang ◽  
Ishara Ratnayake ◽  
Phil Ahrenkiel ◽  
Steve Smith ◽  
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1996 ◽  
Vol 135 (6) ◽  
pp. 1565-1581 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Wang ◽  
W F Pralong ◽  
M F Schulz ◽  
G Rougon ◽  
J M Aubry ◽  
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The capacity for long-distance migration of the oligodendrocyte precursor cell, oligodendrocyte-type 2 astrocyte (O-2A), is essential for myelin formation. To study the molecular mechanisms that control this process, we used an in vitro migration assay that uses neurohypophysial explants. We provide evidence that O-2A cells in these preparations express functional N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, most likely as homomeric complexes of the NR1 subunit. We show that NMDA evokes an increase in cytosolic Ca2+ that can be blocked by the NMDA receptor antagonist AP-5 and by Mg2+. Blocking the activity of these receptors dramatically diminished O-2A cell migration from explants. We also show that NMDA receptor activity is necessary for the expression by O-2A cells of the highly sialylated polysialic acid-neural cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM) that is required for their migration. Thus, glutamate or glutamate receptor ligands may regulate O-2A cell migration by modulating expression of PSA-NCAM. These studies demonstrate how interactions between ionotropic receptors, intracellular signaling, and cell adhesion molecule expression influence cell surface properties, which in turn are critical determinants of cell migration.


2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido W. M. Swart ◽  
Pim C. Lunter ◽  
Jeroen W. J. van Kilsdonk ◽  
Leon C. L. T. van Kempen

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