Abstract
Integrin‐mediated cell adhesion on extracellular matrix works essentially on numerous physiological processes such as cell adhesion, migration and angiogenesis. As integrin ανβ3 and integrin α5β1 are the representative receptors for cell adhesion and due to their important function in cancer biology, the antagonists targeting the integrins has been sought for long. Lately, the interactions between ADAM (A Disintegrin And Metalloprotenase) 15, the only member in ADAM family with Arg‐Gly‐Asp (RGD) motif, and the ανβ3 and α5β1 intergins was observed. For that, we experimented on the cellular function of recombinant ADAM15‐derived disintegrin‐like domain containing Asp‐Typ‐Lys‐Arg‐Gly‐Asp (rNWKRGD) in integrin‐mediated cell adhesion. The binding affinity of HUVEC, COS‐1, MCF‐7 and MDAH 2274 cells to various extracellular matrix proteins were increased by the disintegrin‐like domain in a dose‐dependent manner, and the presence of inhibitory integrin α5β1 antibody thoroughly abrogated the rNWKRGD‐stimulated binding. By mutagenic analysis, it was founded that RGD motif is essential for the binding. In comparison, saxatilin, RGD disintegrin from snake venom, inhibited binding of cells to ECM proteins. Through flow cytometric analysis, we confirmed that β1 integrin on the cell surface was activated by rNWKGRD. All these results indicated that the activation of integrin α5β1 mediates the rNWKRGD‐stimulated cell adhesion. Therefore rNWKRGD could function as the potential activator of cell migration and proliferation. Although disintegrin is known as inhibitor of cell migration and proliferation, it is possible that ADAM15 disintegrin domain could have a regulatory role in integrin function such as angiogenesis and invasion of cancer cells. (This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) grant funded by the Korea government (No. 2009‐0081759), KIST grant, and the Brain Korea 21 (BK21).)
Citation Information: Cancer Prev Res 2010;3(1 Suppl):B42.
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