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Integrin-mediated laminin-1 adhesion upregulates CXCR4 and IL-8 expression in pancreatic cancer cells.Grzesiak JJ, Smith KC, Burton DW, Deftos LJ, Bouvet M Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and the Departments of Surgery, San Diego, Calif. BACKGROUND: We have shown recently that alpha(2)beta(1) integrin-mediated type I collagen adhesion promotes a more malignant phenotype in pancreatic cancer cell lines than other extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. MiaPaCa-2 cells, by contrast, do not express collagen-binding integrins, but are metastatic in our orthotopic mouse model and migrate maximally on laminin-1 (Ln-1). It has also been shown that CXCR4 and IL-8 expression correlates directly with metastasis in pancreatic cancer in vivo. We therefore examined the potential of the ECM to regulate CXCR4 and IL-8 expression in pancreatic cancer cells. METHODS: We cultured 8 pancreatic cancer cell lines on fibronectin (Fn), types I and IV collagen, Ln-1 and vitronectin (Vn), and examined cell lysates for CXCR4 by immunoblotting and media for IL-8 by ELISA. We also conducted cell migration assays with stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) as the chemoattractant to examine integrin-binding specificity and CXCR4 function. RESULTS: All cell lines expressed CXCR4 protein. MiaPaCa-2 cell growth on Ln-1 increased significantly CXCR4 and IL-8 expression relative to other ECM proteins. Migration inhibition studies showed that both the alpha(6)beta(1) and alpha(3)beta(1) integrins mediate MiaPaCa-2 migration on Ln-1. Growth studies showed further that CXCR4 expression on Ln-1 was mediated by the alpha(6)beta(1) integrin whereas IL-8 expression was mediated by both the alpha(6)beta(1) and alpha(3)beta(1) integrins. The expression of functional CXCR4 was also shown in migration assays, where SDF-1 significantly increased pancreatic cancer cell chemotaxis on Ln-1. CONCLUSIONS: These data indicate that integrin-mediated Ln-1 adhesion upregulates CXCR4 and IL-8 expression and may play a mechanistic role in pancreatic cancer metastases. Published 11 June 2007 in Surgery, 141(6): 804-14.
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