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[E-cadherin affects MAP activation by growth factors stimulation in human carcinoma cells]
Abstract:
Met and EGF receptor (EGFR) activation is correlated with dissociation of cell-cell adhesion and with increase in mobility of cancer cells. E-cadherin is a major protein of adhesion junctions. Using different approaches we have shown that EGF receptors intracellular localization depends of E-cadherin function. It was found that EGFR localized on the membrane in HT-29 cells which formed mature cell-cell contacts. Moreover, EGFR was colocalized with E-cadherin at the site of cell-cell adhesion in Triton-insoluble fraction. EGFR was accumulated preliminary in cytosol in E-cadherin negative HBL-100 cells. Study of signal transduction mediated by EGF and HGF in cells with different state of cell adhesion demonstrated that E-cadherin could affect ERK-signal-duration. Our preliminary studies proposed that mislocalization of Met and EGFR in E-cadherin negative cells altered receptors downstream signaling.
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