TY - JOUR
T1 - Uncoupling of epidermal growth factor-dependent proliferation and invasion in a model of squamous carcinoma progression
AU - Yeudall, William Andrew
AU - Miyazaki, Hiroshi
AU - Ensley, John F.
AU - Cardinali, Massimo
AU - Gutkind, J. Silvio
AU - Patel, Vyomesh
N1 - Funding Information:
Research described in this article was supported in part by Philip Morris USA Inc.
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - Cell lines pairs were established from a primary squamous carcinoma of tongue and a lymph node metastasis and their biological behavior characterized. HN12 cells, derived from metastatic SCC, formed tumors upon subcutaneous transplantation to athymic mice, whereas HN4, derived from a primary lesion in the same individual, were non-tumorigenic in this assay. EGF stimulated proliferation of HN4 cells; in comparison, not only were metastatic HN12 cells refractory to the stimulatory effects of this growth factor but showed inhibition at higher growth factor concentrations. However, in contrast to the effects on proliferation, EGF (10 ng/ml) readily induced HN12 cells to invade in Boyden chamber assays whereas HN4 were non-invasive under these conditions. The invasive properties of HN12 cells were apparently independent of MMP-2 activity, as levels of active MMP-2 were higher in the non-invasive cells. However, EGF stimulated MMP-9 activity in invasive cells. Additionally, HN12 cells expressed constitutively high levels of active MMP-7 and MMP-3/10. The pharmacological agents LY294002, PD098059, SP600125, or SB202190 inhibited invasion of HN12 cells, suggesting requirement for phosphoinositide 3-OH kinase- and mitogen activated protein kinase-dependent pathways in the process. The data indicate that distinct biochemical differences distinguish metastatic squamous carcinoma cells from those derived from corresponding primary tumors, resulting in their contrasting biological properties.
AB - Cell lines pairs were established from a primary squamous carcinoma of tongue and a lymph node metastasis and their biological behavior characterized. HN12 cells, derived from metastatic SCC, formed tumors upon subcutaneous transplantation to athymic mice, whereas HN4, derived from a primary lesion in the same individual, were non-tumorigenic in this assay. EGF stimulated proliferation of HN4 cells; in comparison, not only were metastatic HN12 cells refractory to the stimulatory effects of this growth factor but showed inhibition at higher growth factor concentrations. However, in contrast to the effects on proliferation, EGF (10 ng/ml) readily induced HN12 cells to invade in Boyden chamber assays whereas HN4 were non-invasive under these conditions. The invasive properties of HN12 cells were apparently independent of MMP-2 activity, as levels of active MMP-2 were higher in the non-invasive cells. However, EGF stimulated MMP-9 activity in invasive cells. Additionally, HN12 cells expressed constitutively high levels of active MMP-7 and MMP-3/10. The pharmacological agents LY294002, PD098059, SP600125, or SB202190 inhibited invasion of HN12 cells, suggesting requirement for phosphoinositide 3-OH kinase- and mitogen activated protein kinase-dependent pathways in the process. The data indicate that distinct biochemical differences distinguish metastatic squamous carcinoma cells from those derived from corresponding primary tumors, resulting in their contrasting biological properties.
KW - Growth factor
KW - Invasion
KW - Metastasis
KW - Squamous cell carcinoma
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.03.004
DO - 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2005.03.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 15935723
AN - SCOPUS:22144482067
SN - 1368-8375
VL - 41
SP - 698
EP - 708
JO - Oral Oncology
JF - Oral Oncology
IS - 7
ER -
