Expression of CD44 isoforms in neuroblastoma cells is regulated by PI 3-kinase and protein kinase C

Oncogene
M FichterM Ueffing

Abstract

With respect to a potential role for CD44 in neuronal tumors, we investigated the regulation of variant CD44 exon containing isoforms (CD44V) in the human neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-SH in response to treatment with differentiation-inducing and mitogenic factors. While the standard form of CD44 was expressed at high levels in both treated and untreated cells, variant isoforms were strongly upregulated in response to treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) as shown by RT-PCR and immunofluorescence. One of the CD44 isoforms contains sequences encoded by variant exon v6 (CD44V6), which was originally described as a metastasis-associated antigen. Using specific inhibitors, we explored the signal transduction pathways involved in the expression of variant CD44. GF-109203X, a specific inhibitor of protein kinase C effectively blocked TPA- and IGF-1-upregulated expression of CD44v6. Wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) partly reduced IGF-1 and PDGF induced CD44v6 expression. The induction of CD44V by TPA, IGF-1 or PDGF was correlated with an increased cellular binding to hyaluronic acid, a major co...Continue Reading

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