EGF Induces Migration Independent of EMT or Invasion in A549 Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells
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ABSTRACT: Tumors and tumor surrounding tissues produce multiple growth factors that influence tumor cell behavior via different signal transduction pathways. Growth factors like transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ) and epidermal growth factor (EGF) were shown to induce proliferation, migration and invasion in different cell models. Both factors are frequently overexpressed in cancer and will often act in combination. Although both factors are being used as rational targets in clinical oncology, similarities and differences of their contributions to cancer cell migration and invasion are not fully understood. Here we compared the impact of TGFβ, EGF and the combination of both factors on A549 cells. Both factors stimulated A549 migration to a similar extent but with a different kinetic and the combination had an additive effect. While EGF-induced migration depended on activation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, this pathway was dispensable for TGFβ-induced migration despite a strong activation by TGFβ. Proteome analysis revealed an overlap in expression patterns of migration-related proteins and associated gene ontology (GO) terms by TGFβ and EGF but only TGFβ induced the expression of epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related proteins like matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2). EGF in contrast, made no major contribution to EMT marker expression on either the protein or the transcript level. In line with these expression patterns, EGF was unable to increase invasion of A549 cells on its own and failed to enhance TGFβ-induced invasion. Overall, these data suggest that TGFβ and EGF may partly compensate each other for stimulation of cell migration but abrogation of TGFβ signaling may be more suitable for antagonizing invasion.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Lung, Epithelial Cell
DISEASE(S): Lung Adenocarcinoma
SUBMITTER: Christopher Gerner
LAB HEAD: Christopher Gerner
PROVIDER: PXD023024 | Pride | 2021-04-08
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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