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Induction and Analysis of Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: August 27, 2013
皮质瘤细胞对E-cadherin表达的基因操纵揭示了一个入侵抑制作用
K Vleminckx1, L Vakaet, M Mareel
1Laboratory of Molecular Biology, State University of Ghent, Belgium.
Cell
|July 12, 1991
概括
细胞粘附分子E-cadherin抑制了瘤的入侵. 引入E-cadherin降低了侵袭性,同时降低了侵袭性,证明了其作为瘤抑制剂的作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
背景情况:
- 细胞-细胞粘附分子在维持组织结构和功能方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 表皮介质转变 (EMT) 是一种与瘤细胞运动性和侵入性增加相关的过程.
- 在调节瘤入侵中E-cadherin的作用是复杂的,需要进一步阐明.
研究的目的:
- 调查E-cadherin在调节瘤细胞入侵中的功能作用.
- 确定E-cadherin表达是否直接影响上皮质瘤细胞的侵入潜力.
- 探索调节癌症中E-cadherin活性的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 传染E-cadherincDNA进入高度入侵的犬和小鼠乳腺瘤细胞系.
- 使用体外入侵试验 (例如,Matrigel入侵试验) 评估侵入性.
- 在ras转化细胞中使用反感官RNA技术调节内源性E-cadherin表达.
主要成果:
- 转菌剂中高水平的E-cadherin表达导致了体外入侵的显著减少.
- 通过抗E-cadherin抗体重新引入E-cadherin功能,恢复了侵入性.
- 在非侵入性细胞中降低E-cadherin的调节诱导了侵入性特性.
- 瘤发生研究表明,E-cadherin表达在体内影响了瘤分化.
结论:
- 乙素作为在上皮瘤细胞中关键的入侵抑制分子起作用.
- 调节E-cadherin的表达或功能是抑制癌症转移的潜在治疗策略.
- 这些发现直接证明了E-cadherin在癌症进展中的抗侵袭作用.
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