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Induction and Analysis of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: August 27, 2013
Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase expression is regulated by E-cadherin through the suppression of
1First Department of Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Hokkaido University, Kita 13 Nishi 7, kita-ku, 060-8586, Sapporo, Japan. arara@den.hokudai.ac.jp
Abstract:
To elucidate the role of E-cadherin in matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) expression, we transfected to squamous carcinoma cells with E-cadherin cDNA. HN5 cells and mock-transfected HN5-neo cells expressed proMMP-2 and active MMP-2. E-cadherin-transfected HN5-EC cells produced comparable proMMP-2 but low active MMP-2; and membrane type 1-MMP (MT1-MMP) mRNA declined. Phosphorylated ERK, a marker of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade, also declined in HN5-EC cells. The addition of anti-E-cadherin antibody resulted in the disappearance of these alterations in HN5-EC cells. These results suggest that E-cadherin suppresses MAP kinase cascade and down-regulates MT1-MMP.
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