TY - JOUR
T1 - Reexpression of LGI1 in glioma cells results in dysregulation of genes implicated in the canonical axon guidance pathway
AU - Kunapuli, Padmaja
AU - Lo, Ken
AU - Hawthorn, Lesleyann
AU - Cowell, John K.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by The National Institutes of Health (grant number NS046706).
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - The LGI1 gene suppresses invasion in glioma cells and predisposes to epilepsy. In a gene expression array comparison between parental cells and T98G cell clones forced to express LGI1, we demonstrate that the canonical axon guidance pathway is the most significantly affected. In particular, aspects of axon guidance that involve reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, which is also involved in cell movement and invasion, were affected. Analysis of actin fiber organization using fluorescence microscopy demonstrated that different T98G cell clones expressing the exogenous LGI1 gene show high levels of stress fibers compared with controls. Since stress fiber formation is associated with loss of cell mobility, we used scratch wound assays to demonstrate that LGI1-expressing clones show a significant reduction in cell mobility. LGI1 reexpression also resulted in loss of the PDGFRA and EGFR proteins, suggesting a rapid turnover of these receptors despite increased mRNA levels for PDGFRA. LGI1 suppression of invasion is associated with loss of ERK/MAPK1 activation. LGI1 is a secreted protein, and when the culture supernatant from cells expressing FLAG- and GFP-tagged proteins were applied to parental T98G cells, ERK/MAPK1 phosphorylation and cell mobility was suppressed, demonstrating that the LGI1 protein acts as a suppressive agent for cell movement in this assay. These observations support a previous suggestion that LGI1 can reduce cellular invasion in in vitro assays and, as a secreted agent, may be developed as a means of treating metastatic cancer. In addition, this observation provides a mechanistic link for LGI1's common role in metastasis and epilepsy development.
AB - The LGI1 gene suppresses invasion in glioma cells and predisposes to epilepsy. In a gene expression array comparison between parental cells and T98G cell clones forced to express LGI1, we demonstrate that the canonical axon guidance pathway is the most significantly affected. In particular, aspects of axon guidance that involve reorganization of the actin cytoskeleton, which is also involved in cell movement and invasion, were affected. Analysis of actin fiber organization using fluorescence microscopy demonstrated that different T98G cell clones expressing the exogenous LGI1 gene show high levels of stress fibers compared with controls. Since stress fiber formation is associated with loss of cell mobility, we used scratch wound assays to demonstrate that LGI1-expressing clones show a significant reduction in cell mobility. LGI1 reexpression also resulted in loss of the PDGFRA and EGFR proteins, suggesting a rapid turnover of these receptors despite increased mRNA levels for PDGFRA. LGI1 suppression of invasion is associated with loss of ERK/MAPK1 activation. LGI1 is a secreted protein, and when the culture supernatant from cells expressing FLAG- and GFP-tagged proteins were applied to parental T98G cells, ERK/MAPK1 phosphorylation and cell mobility was suppressed, demonstrating that the LGI1 protein acts as a suppressive agent for cell movement in this assay. These observations support a previous suggestion that LGI1 can reduce cellular invasion in in vitro assays and, as a secreted agent, may be developed as a means of treating metastatic cancer. In addition, this observation provides a mechanistic link for LGI1's common role in metastasis and epilepsy development.
KW - Actin cytoskeleton
KW - Axon guidance
KW - Expression microarray
KW - Invasion
KW - Lgi1
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ygeno.2009.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.ygeno.2009.10.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 19835947
AN - SCOPUS:75749151214
SN - 0888-7543
VL - 95
SP - 93
EP - 100
JO - Genomics
JF - Genomics
IS - 2
ER -