Brenet, Marianne;
Martínez, Samuel;
Pérez-Nuñez, Ramón;
Pérez, Leonardo A;
Contreras, Pamela;
Díaz, Jorge;
Avalos, Ana María;
... Leyton, Lisette; + view all
(2021)
Thy-1 (CD90)-Induced Metastatic Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion Are β3 Integrin-Dependent and Involve a Ca2+/P2X7 Receptor Signaling Axis.
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
, 8
, Article 592442. 10.3389/fcell.2020.592442.
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Abstract
Cancer cell adhesion to the vascular endothelium is an important step in tumor metastasis. Thy-1 (CD90), a cell adhesion molecule expressed in activated endothelial cells, has been implicated in melanoma metastasis by binding to integrins present in cancer cells. However, the signaling pathway(s) triggered by this Thy-1-Integrin interaction in cancer cells remains to be defined. Our previously reported data indicate that Ca2+-dependent hemichannel opening, as well as the P2X7 receptor, are key players in Thy-1-αVβ3 Integrin-induced migration of reactive astrocytes. Thus, we investigated whether this signaling pathway is activated in MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells and in B16F10 melanoma cells when stimulated with Thy-1. In both cancer cell types, Thy-1 induced a rapid increase in intracellular Ca2+, ATP release, as well as cell migration and invasion. Connexin and Pannexin inhibitors decreased cell migration, implicating a requirement for hemichannel opening in Thy-1-induced cell migration. In addition, cell migration and invasion were precluded when the P2X7 receptor was pharmacologically blocked. Moreover, the ability of breast cancer and melanoma cells to transmigrate through an activated endothelial monolayer was significantly decreased when the β3 Integrin was silenced in these cancer cells. Importantly, melanoma cells with silenced β3 Integrin were unable to metastasize to the lung in a preclinical mouse model. Thus, our results suggest that the Ca2+/hemichannel/ATP/P2X7 receptor-signaling axis triggered by the Thy-1-αVβ3 Integrin interaction is important for cancer cell migration, invasion and transvasation. These findings open up the possibility of therapeutically targeting the Thy-1-Integrin signaling pathway to prevent metastasis.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Thy-1 (CD90)-Induced Metastatic Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion Are β3 Integrin-Dependent and Involve a Ca2+/P2X7 Receptor Signaling Axis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fcell.2020.592442 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.592442 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2021 Brenet, Martínez, Pérez-Nuñez, Pérez, Contreras, Díaz, Avalos, Schneider, Quest and Leyton. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). |
| Keywords: | Thy-1 (CD90), integrin, P2X7R, trans-endothelial migration, breast cancer, melanoma, inflammation, metastasis |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10152388 |
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