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Remodeling of purinergic receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling as a consequence of EGF-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The microenvironment plays a pivotal role in tumor cell proliferation, survival and migration. Invasive cancer cells face a new set of environmental challenges as they breach the basement membrane and colonize distant organs during the process of metastasis. Phenotypic switching, such as that which occurs during epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), may be associated with a remodeling of cell surface receptors and thus altered responses to signals from the tumor microenvironment. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We assessed changes in intracellular Ca(2+) in cells loaded with Fluo-4 AM using a fluorometric imaging plate reader (FLIPR(TETRA)) and observed significant changes in the potency of ATP (EC(50) 0.175 µM (-EGF) versus 1.731 µM (+EGF), P<0.05), and the nature of the ATP-induced Ca(2+) transient, corresponding with a 10-fold increase in the mesenchymal marker vimentin (P<0.05). We observed no change in the sensitivity to PAR2-mediated Ca(2+) signaling, indicating that these alterations are not simply a consequence of changes in global Ca(2+) homeostasis. To determine whether changes in ATP-mediated Ca(2+) signaling are preceded by alterations in the transcriptional profile of purinergic receptors, we analyzed the expression of a panel of P2X ionotropic and P2Y metabotropic purinergic receptors using real-time RT-PCR and found significant and specific alterations in the suite of ATP-activated purinergic receptors during EGF-induced EMT in breast cancer cells. Our studies are the first to show that P2X(5) ionotropic receptors are enriched in the mesenchymal phenotype and that silencing of P2X(5) leads to a significant reduction (25%, P<0.05) in EGF-induced vimentin protein expression. CONCLUSIONS: The acquisition of a new suite of cell surface purinergic receptors is a feature of EGF-mediated EMT in MDA-MB-468 breast cancer cells. Such changes may impart advantageous phenotypic traits and represent a novel mechanism for the targeting of cancer metastasis.

SUBMITTER: Davis FM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3151299 | biostudies-literature | 2011

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Remodeling of purinergic receptor-mediated Ca2+ signaling as a consequence of EGF-induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition in breast cancer cells.

Davis Felicity M FM   Kenny Paraic A PA   Soo Eliza T-L ET   van Denderen Bryce J W BJ   Thompson Erik W EW   Cabot Peter J PJ   Parat Marie-Odile MO   Roberts-Thomson Sarah J SJ   Monteith Gregory R GR  

PloS one 20110805 8


<h4>Background</h4>The microenvironment plays a pivotal role in tumor cell proliferation, survival and migration. Invasive cancer cells face a new set of environmental challenges as they breach the basement membrane and colonize distant organs during the process of metastasis. Phenotypic switching, such as that which occurs during epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), may be associated with a remodeling of cell surface receptors and thus altered responses to signals from the tumor microenviro  ...[more]

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