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Induction and Analysis of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: August 27, 2013
La manipulación genética de la expresión de E-cadherina por las células tumorales epiteliales revela un papel
K Vleminckx1, L Vakaet, M Mareel
1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, State University of Ghent, Belgium.
Cell
|July 12, 1991
Resumen
La E-caderina, una molécula de adhesión celular, suprime la invasión del tumor. La introducción de E-cadherin redujo la invasividad, mientras que la reducción de la misma aumentó la invasión, lo que demuestra su papel como supresor de tumores.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Investigación del cáncer Investigación del cáncer.
- Biología celular Biología celular.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las moléculas de adhesión célula-célula juegan un papel crítico en el mantenimiento de la estructura y la función del tejido.
- La transición epitelio-mesenquimal (EMT) es un proceso asociado con el aumento de la motilidad y la invasividad de las células tumorales.
- El papel de la E-cadherina en la regulación de la invasión tumoral es complejo y requiere una mayor aclaración.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel funcional de la E-caderina en la regulación de la invasión de las células tumorales.
- Determinar si la expresión de E-cadherina tiene un impacto directo en el potencial invasivo de las células tumorales epiteliales.
- Explorar el potencial terapéutico de la modulación de la actividad de la E-cadherina en el cáncer.
Principales métodos:
- Transfección de E-cadherin cDNA en riñón canino altamente invasivo y líneas celulares tumorales de la glándula mamaria murina.
- Evaluación de la invasividad utilizando ensayos de invasión in vitro (por ejemplo, ensayo de invasión de Matrigel).
- Modulación de la expresión endógena de E-cadherina utilizando tecnología de ARN anti-sentido en células transformadas ras.
Principales resultados:
- El alto nivel de expresión de E-caderina en transfectantes condujo a una reducción significativa en la invasión in vitro.
- La reintroducción de la función de la E-cadherina a través de anticuerpos anti-E-cadherina restauró la invasividad.
- La regulación a la baja de la E-cadherina en las células no invasivas indujo propiedades invasivas.
- Los estudios de tumorigénesis mostraron que la expresión de E-cadherina influyó en la diferenciación tumoral in vivo.
Conclusiones:
- La E-caderina funciona como una molécula supresora de invasión crucial en las células tumorales epiteliales.
- La modulación de la expresión o función de la E-cadherina representa una estrategia terapéutica potencial para inhibir la metástasis del cáncer.
- Estos hallazgos proporcionan evidencia directa de la función antiinvasiva de la E-cadherina en la progresión del cáncer.
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