Interaction with fibronectin regulates cytokine gene expression in human melanoma cells

International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer
R LupettiA Anichini

Abstract

Our study was aimed at investigating whether interaction of human melanoma cells with the extracellular matrix (ECM) protein fibronectin (FN) could regulate lymphokine gene expression. Serum-deprived cells (quiescent condition) of a metastatic melanoma cloned line were cultured either on uncoated or on FN- or BSA-coated surfaces. By means of reverse transcriptase- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), we analyzed mRNA expression of 4 cytokines interleukin (IL)-1alpha, IL, 1beta, IL-6 and IL-8-and 9 growth factors-endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), fibroblast growth factor (FGF)-5, HST, keratinocyte growth factor (KGF), transforming growth factor (TGF)-alpha TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2 and TGF-beta3. When cultured on FN, melanoma cells expressed IL-1beta and IL-6 transcripts in addition to IL-1beta, IL-8, ECGF, TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2 and TGF-beta3, already present in quiescent cells. Amplification parameters to achieve semi-quantitative RT-PCR were then determined for each detectable factor, thus allowing us to measure a selective enhancement of mRNA levels for IL-1alpha, IL-6, IL-8 and TGF-beta2 upon interaction with FN by quiescent melanoma cells. This augmented expression was inhibited by an an...Continue Reading

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