scholarly journals Complementation between urokinase-producing and receptor-producing cells in extracellular matrix degradation.

1991 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 793-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
P H Quax ◽  
N Pedersen ◽  
M T Masucci ◽  
E J Weening-Verhoeff ◽  
K Danø ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Plasminogen Activator ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Phosphatidyl Inositol ◽  
Matrix Degradation ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Degradation ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Extracellular Proteolysis

The respective roles of urokinase plasminogen activator (u-PA) and the u-PA receptor in extracellular matrix degradation was investigated. Human pro-u-PA and the human u-PA receptor were expressed independently by two different mouse LB6 cell lines. The matrix degradation capacity of these cell lines individually or in coculture was studied. Although pro-u-PA-producing cells alone degrade the matrix in the presence of plasminogen, u-PA-receptor producing cells do not. Cocultivation of a small fraction of pro-u-PA-producing cells with the receptor-producing cells increases the rate of matrix degradation at least threefold. By immunoprecipitation it was shown that cocultivation of the two cell lines increases the conversion of the inactive pro-u-PA to the active two chain u-PA. The enhancement of matrix degradation and of pro-u-PA activation requires actual binding of pro-u-PA to its receptor because it is inhibited by u-PA-receptor antagonists. The u-PA receptor must be cell associated, as binding of pro-u-PA to a receptor solubilized from the cell surface with phosphatidyl-inositol specific phospholipase C did not enhance the activation of pro-u-PA in the presence of plasminogen. The finding that activity of u-PA is enhanced when it is bound to its receptor, even when the receptor is produced by a different cell, might have important implications for the mechanisms of u-PA-induced extracellular proteolysis in vivo.

scholarly journals The phosphatase Shp1 interacts with and dephosphorylates cortactin to inhibit invadopodia function

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessia Varone ◽  
Chiara Amoruso ◽  
Marcello Monti ◽  
Manpreet Patheja ◽  
Adelaide Greco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Tyrosine Phosphatase ◽  
Melanoma Cells ◽  
Matrix Degradation ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Degradation ◽  
Invadopodia Formation ◽  
Interference Rna

Abstract Background Invadopodia are actin-based cell-membrane protrusions associated with the extracellular matrix degradation accompanying cancer invasion. The elucidation of the molecular mechanisms leading to invadopodia formation and activity is central for the prevention of tumor spreading and growth. Protein tyrosine kinases such as Src are known to regulate invadopodia assembly, little is however known on the role of protein tyrosine phosphatases in this process. Among these enzymes, we have selected the tyrosine phosphatase Shp1 to investigate its potential role in invadopodia assembly, due to its involvement in cancer development. Methods Co-immunoprecipitation and immunofluorescence studies were employed to identify novel substrate/s of Shp1AQ controlling invadopodia activity. The phosphorylation level of cortactin, the Shp1 substrate identified in this study, was assessed by immunoprecipitation, in vitro phosphatase and western blot assays. Short interference RNA and a catalytically-dead mutant of Shp1 expressed in A375MM melanoma cells were used to evaluate the role of the specific Shp1-mediated dephosphorylation of cortactin. The anti-invasive proprieties of glycerophosphoinositol, that directly binds and regulates Shp1, were investigated by extracellular matrix degradation assays and in vivo mouse model of metastasis. Results The data show that Shp1 was recruited to invadopodia and promoted the dephosphorylation of cortactin at tyrosine 421, leading to an attenuated capacity of melanoma cancer cells to degrade the extracellular matrix. Controls included the use of short interference RNA and catalytically-dead mutant that prevented the dephosphorylation of cortactin and hence the decrease the extracellular matrix degradation by melanoma cells. In addition, the phosphoinositide metabolite glycerophosphoinositol facilitated the localization of Shp1 at invadopodia hence promoting cortactin dephosphorylation. This impaired invadopodia function and tumor dissemination both in vitro and in an in vivo model of melanomas. Conclusion The main finding here reported is that cortactin is a specific substrate of the tyrosine phosphatase Shp1 and that its phosphorylation/dephosphorylation affects invadopodia formation and, as a consequence, the ability of melanoma cells to invade the extracellular matrix. Shp1 can thus be considered as a regulator of melanoma cell invasiveness and a potential target for antimetastatic drugs.

scholarly journals Bardoxolone-Methyl Prevents Oxidative Stress-Mediated Apoptosis and Extracellular Matrix Degradation in vitro and Alleviates Osteoarthritis in vivo

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 3735-3747
Author(s):  
Zhiying Pang ◽  
Zengxin Jiang ◽  
Runwen Zhu ◽  
Chunfeng Song ◽  
Han Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Matrix Degradation ◽  
Extracellular Matrix Degradation

scholarly journals Studies of fibronectin matrices in living cells with fluoresceinated gelatin.

1980 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
P Hsieh ◽  
R Segal ◽  
L B Chen
Keyword(s):  
Extracellular Matrix ◽  
Chick Embryo ◽  
Cell Surface ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Low Concentration ◽  
Established Cell Lines ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Established Cell

We have used fluorescein isosthiocyanate-conjugated gelatin (FITC-gelatin) (1 mg/ml) to localize cell surface fibronectin in unfixed live cells in cultures. FITC-gelatin stains the fibronectin matrix on primary cultures of rat and chick embryo fibroblasts as well as untransformed, established cell lines. In live cultured cells, fibronectin in many areas of the extracellular matrix is inaccessible to antibody and cannot be visualized by immunofluorescence staining. In contrast, fibronectin in these areas is fully stainable by FITC-gelatin. At a low concentration (20 micrograms/ml), FITC-gelatin stains the fibronectin matrix of primary cultured cells but not of "untransformed" established cell lines. SEM can detect only the matrix stainable with the low concentration of FITC-gelatin, such as that expressed by primary chick embryo fibroblasts. The binding of fibronectin to the extracellular matrix is very stable and FITC-gelatin remained bound to the matrix for at least 10 d in culture. Radioiodinated gelatin has been used to quantitate the level of cell surface fibronectin in living normal and transformed cells. FITC-gelatin appears to be a useful probe for studying the fibronectin of living cells in culture.

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