Snail promotes Cyr61 secretion to prime collective cell migration and form invasive tumor nests in squamous cell carcinoma

Fumi Tanaka, Andra Rizqiawan, Koichiro Higashikawa, Kei Tobiume, Gaku Okui, Hideo Shigeishi, Shigehiro Ono, Hiroshi Shimasue, Nobuyuki Kamata

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Abstract

We previously identified genes associated with Snail-mediated squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) invasiveness, in which we observed significant elevation of Cyr61 expression. In this study, SCC cell lines overexpressing Cyr61 exhibited constitutive activation of Rho A and upregulated invasiveness without the disruption of homophilic cell attachment. Humoral Cyr61 enhanced further production of endogenous Cyr61 by SCC cells, which stimulated collective cell migration and the development of an invasive tumor nest. We propose a Cyr61-dependent model for the development of invasive SCC nest, whereby a subset of tumor cells that highly produce Cyr61 may direct other tumor cells to undergo collective cell migration, resulting in a formation of primary SCC mass.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-252
Number of pages10
JournalCancer Letters
Volume329
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2013
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cyr61
  • EMT
  • Snail
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Tumor invasion

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