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Surface ?-enolase promotes extracellular matrix degradation and tumor metastasis and represents a new therapeutic target.

ABSTRACT: In previous research, we found ?-enolase to be inversely correlated with progression-free and overall survival in lung cancer patients and detected ?-enolase on the surface of lung cancer cells. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that surface ?-enolase has a significant role in cancer metastasis and tested this hypothesis in the current study. We found that ?-enolase was co-immunoprecipitated with urokinase-type plasminogen activator, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and plasminogen in lung cancer cells and interacted with these proteins in a cell-free dot blotting assay, which can be interrupted by ?-enolase-specific antibody. ?-Enolase in lung cancer cells co-localized with these proteins and was present at the site of pericellular degradation of extracellular matrix components. Treatment with antibody against ?-enolase in vitro suppressed cell-associated plasminogen and matrix metalloproteinase activation, collagen and gelatin degradation, and cell invasion. Examination of the effect of treatment with shRNA plasmids revealed that down regulation of ?-enolase decreases extracellular matrix degradation by and the invasion capacity of lung cancer cells. Adoptive transfer of ?-enolase-specific antibody to mice resulted in accumulation of antibody in subcutaneous tumor and inhibited the formation of tumor metastasis in lung and bone. This study demonstrated that surface ?-enolase promotes extracellular matrix degradation and invasion of cancer cells and that targeting surface ?-enolase is a promising approach to suppress tumor metastasis.

SUBMITTER: Hsiao KC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3716638 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Surface α-enolase promotes extracellular matrix degradation and tumor metastasis and represents a new therapeutic target.

Hsiao Kuan-Chung KC Shih Neng-Yao NY Fang Hsun-Lang HL Huang Tze-Sing TS Kuo Ching-Chuan CC Chu Pei-Yi PY Hung Yi-Mei YM Chou Shao-Wen SW Yang Yi-Yuan YY Chang Gee-Chen GC Liu Ko-Jiunn KJ

PloS one 20130719 7

In previous research, we found α-enolase to be inversely correlated with progression-free and overall survival in lung cancer patients and detected α-enolase on the surface of lung cancer cells. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that surface α-enolase has a significant role in cancer metastasis and tested this hypothesis in the current study. We found that α-enolase was co-immunoprecipitated with urokinase-type plasminogen activator, urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and plas ...[more]

PMID: 23894455

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Surface ?-enolase promotes extracellular matrix degradation and tumor metastasis and represents a new therapeutic target.

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Surface α-enolase promotes extracellular matrix degradation and tumor metastasis and represents a new therapeutic target.

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