TY - JOUR
T1 - Dysadherin, a cancer-associated cell membrane glycoprotein, down-regulates E-cadherin and promotes metastasis
AU - Ino, Yoshinori
AU - Gotoh, Masahiro
AU - Sakamoto, Michiie
AU - Tsukagoshi, Kiyomi
AU - Hirohashi, Setsuo
PY - 2002/1/8
Y1 - 2002/1/8
N2 - We report the cloning and characterization of a cancer-associated cell membrane glycoprotein recognized by mAb NCC-3G10. The antibody showed strong reactivity to a wide variety of cancer cells, but only to a limited number of normal cells including lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and basal cells of stratified squamous epithelium. The cDNA for the antigen encodes 178 aa, which includes a putative signal sequence, a potential O-glycosylated extracellular domain, a single transmembrane domain, and a short cytoplasmic tail. Transfection of the cDNA into PLC/PRF/5 liver cancer cells resulted in reduced cell-cell adhesiveness, based on both morphology and results of Ca2+-dependent cell aggregation assay. In transfected cells, E-cadherin was markedly decreased at the protein level in inverse proportion to the expression level of the antigen recognized by NCC-3G10, but not at the mRNA level. Aggregation of the antigen by NCC-3G10-coated beads triggered accumulation of actin, suggesting some interplay between this antigen and E-cadherin through actin. When metastatic ability was examined in severe combined immunodeficient mice by injecting PLC/PRF/5 cells into the spleen, the transfectants formed a markedly higher number of metastatic nodules in comparison with controls. We have named this cell membrane glycoprotein, which down-regulates E-cadherin and promotes metastasis, dysadherin.
AB - We report the cloning and characterization of a cancer-associated cell membrane glycoprotein recognized by mAb NCC-3G10. The antibody showed strong reactivity to a wide variety of cancer cells, but only to a limited number of normal cells including lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and basal cells of stratified squamous epithelium. The cDNA for the antigen encodes 178 aa, which includes a putative signal sequence, a potential O-glycosylated extracellular domain, a single transmembrane domain, and a short cytoplasmic tail. Transfection of the cDNA into PLC/PRF/5 liver cancer cells resulted in reduced cell-cell adhesiveness, based on both morphology and results of Ca2+-dependent cell aggregation assay. In transfected cells, E-cadherin was markedly decreased at the protein level in inverse proportion to the expression level of the antigen recognized by NCC-3G10, but not at the mRNA level. Aggregation of the antigen by NCC-3G10-coated beads triggered accumulation of actin, suggesting some interplay between this antigen and E-cadherin through actin. When metastatic ability was examined in severe combined immunodeficient mice by injecting PLC/PRF/5 cells into the spleen, the transfectants formed a markedly higher number of metastatic nodules in comparison with controls. We have named this cell membrane glycoprotein, which down-regulates E-cadherin and promotes metastasis, dysadherin.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.012425299
DO - 10.1073/pnas.012425299
M3 - Article
C2 - 11756660
AN - SCOPUS:0037039315
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 99
SP - 365
EP - 370
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 1
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