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APKCi triggers basal extrusion of luminal mammary epithelial cells by tuning contractility and vinculin localization at cell junctions.

ABSTRACT: Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related deaths. How a single oncogenic cell evolves within highly organized epithelium is still unknown. Here, we found that the overexpression of the protein kinase atypical protein kinase C ? (aPKCi), an oncogene, triggers basally oriented epithelial cell extrusion in vivo as a potential mechanism for early breast tumor cell invasion. We found that cell segregation is the first step required for basal extrusion of luminal cells and identify aPKCi and vinculin as regulators of cell segregation. We propose that asymmetric vinculin levels at the junction between normal and aPKCi+ cells trigger an increase in tension at these cell junctions. Moreover, we show that aPKCi+ cells acquire promigratory features, including increased vinculin levels and vinculin dynamics at the cell-substratum contacts. Overall, this study shows that a balance between cell contractility and cell-cell adhesion is crucial for promoting basally oriented cell extrusion, a mechanism for early breast cancer cell invasion.

SUBMITTER: Villeneuve C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6883778 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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aPKCi triggers basal extrusion of luminal mammary epithelial cells by tuning contractility and vinculin localization at cell junctions.

Villeneuve Clémentine C Lagoutte Emilie E de Plater Ludmilla L Mathieu Samuel S Manneville Jean-Baptiste JB Maître Jean-Léon JL Chavrier Philippe P Rossé Carine C

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20191107 48

Metastasis is the main cause of cancer-related deaths. How a single oncogenic cell evolves within highly organized epithelium is still unknown. Here, we found that the overexpression of the protein kinase atypical protein kinase C ι (aPKCi), an oncogene, triggers basally oriented epithelial cell extrusion in vivo as a potential mechanism for early breast tumor cell invasion. We found that cell segregation is the first step required for basal extrusion of luminal cells and identify aPKCi and vinc ...[more]

PMID: 31699818

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Project description:IntroductionBreast cancer is thought to arise in mammary epithelial stem cells. There is, therefore, a large amount of interest in identifying these cells. The breast is a complex tissue consisting of two epithelial layers (an outer myoepithelial/basal layer and an inner luminal epithelial layer) as well as a large non-epithelial component (fibroblasts, endothelial cells, lymphocytes, adipocytes, neurons and myocytes). The definitive identification of a mammary epithelial stem cell population is critically dependent on its purity. To date, this has been hampered by the lack of suitable markers to separate out the two epithelial layers, and to remove contaminating non-epithelial cells.MethodsMouse mammary glands were dissociated and stained with CD24. Cells were sorted into separate populations based on CD24 expression and assessed for luminal epithelial and myoepithelial/basal markers by direct fluorescent microscopy and real time PCR. The stem/progenitor potential of these cell populations was assessed in vivo by cleared mammary fat pad transplantation.ResultsThree populations of CD24 expressing cells were identified: CD24Negative, CD24Low and CD24High. Staining of these cells with cytokeratin markers revealed that these populations correspond to non-epithelial, myoepithelial/basal and luminal epithelial cells, respectively. Cell identities were confirmed by quantitative PCR. Cleared mammary fat pad transplantation of these cell populations revealed that extensive mammary fat pad repopulation capacity segregates with the CD24Low cells, whilst CD24High cells have limited repopulation capacity.ConclusionDifferential staining of mammary epithelial cells for CD24 can be used to simultaneously isolate pure populations of non-epithelial, myoepithelial/basal and luminal epithelial cells. Furthermore, mammary fat pad repopulation capacity is enriched in the CD24Low population. As separation is achieved using a single marker, it will be possible to incorporate additional markers to further subdivide these populations. This will considerably facilitate the further analysis of mammary epithelial subpopulations, whilst ensuring high purity, which is key for understanding mammary epithelial stem cells in normal tissue biology and carcinogenesis.

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APKCi triggers basal extrusion of luminal mammary epithelial cells by tuning contractility and vinculin localization at cell junctions.

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aPKCi triggers basal extrusion of luminal mammary epithelial cells by tuning contractility and vinculin localization at cell junctions.

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