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Cell Rep ; 42(10): 113302, 2023 10 31.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37862167

RESUMO

During metastasis, tumor cells invade through the basement membrane and intravasate into blood vessels and then extravasate into distant organs to establish metastases. Here, we report a critical role of a transmembrane serine protease fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in tumor metastasis. Expression of FAP and TWIST1, a metastasis driver, is significantly correlated in several types of human carcinomas, and FAP is required for TWIST1-induced breast cancer metastasis to the lung. Mechanistically, FAP is localized at invadopodia and required for invadopodia-mediated extracellular matrix degradation independent of its proteolytic activity. Live cell imaging shows that association of invadopodia precursors with FAP at the cell membrane promotes the stabilization and growth of invadopodia precursors into mature invadopodia. Together, our study identified FAP as a functional target of TWIST1 in driving tumor metastasis via promoting invadopodia-mediated matrix degradation and uncovered a proteolytic activity-independent role of FAP in stabilizing invadopodia precursors for maturation.


Assuntos
Neoplasias da Mama , Podossomos , Humanos , Feminino , Podossomos/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Peptídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Invasividade Neoplásica/patologia , Neoplasias da Mama/patologia , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidases/metabolismo , Fibroblastos/metabolismo , Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Melanoma Maligno Cutâneo
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J Biol Chem ; 296: 100084, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33199365

RESUMO

The poor and nonselective penetration of current chemotherapeutics across the plasma membranes of cancer cells, which is necessary for the targeted disruption of the intracellular machinery, remains a major pharmaceutical challenge. In several cell types, including mast cells and macrophages, exposure to extracellular ATP is known to stimulate passive entry of large and otherwise membrane impermeable cationic dyes, which is usually attributed to conduction through ionotropic P2X receptors. Here, we report that elevations in cytosolic Ca2+ stimulate the rapid uptake and nuclear accumulation of a DNA-binding fluorescent cation, Hoechst 33258 (H33258), in cervical cancer cells. The H33258 uptake was dependent on activation of intermediate conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channels (KCa3.1), and direct stimulation of the channel with the activators SKA 31 and DCEBIO was sufficient to induce cellular uptake of H33258 directly. In contrast to the results from cancerous cervical cells, KCa3.1-dependent H33258 uptake was rarely observed in epithelial cells derived from the ectocervix and transformation zone of healthy cervical tissue. Furthermore, whole-cell patch clamp experiments and assessment of membrane potential using the slow voltage-sensitive dye bis-(1,3-diethylthiobarbituric acid)trimethine oxonol revealed a significant difference in functional KCa3.1 activity between cancerous and healthy cervical epithelial cells, which correlated strongly with the incidence of KCa3.1-dependent H33258 uptake. Finally, we show that activation of KCa3.1 channels caused a modest but significant sensitization of cancer cells to the growth suppressant effects of H33258, lending plausibility to the idea of using KCa3.1 channel activators to enhance cell penetration of small cationic toxins into cancer cells expressing these channels.


Assuntos
Benzimidazóis , Citotoxinas , DNA de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Canais de Potássio Ativados por Cálcio de Condutância Intermediária/metabolismo , Proteínas de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/metabolismo , Benzimidazóis/farmacocinética , Benzimidazóis/farmacologia , Transporte Biológico Ativo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Citotoxinas/farmacocinética , Citotoxinas/farmacologia , Feminino , Humanos , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/patologia
3.
Cell Biol Toxicol ; 32(5): 363-71, 2016 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27423453

RESUMO

Ionic "vital dyes" are commonly used to assess cell viability based on the idea that their permeation is contingent on a loss of membrane integrity. However, the possibility that dye entry is conducted into live cells by endogenous membrane transporters must be recognized and controlled for. Several cation-selective plasma membrane-localized ion channels, including the adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-gated P2X receptors, have been reported to conduct entry of the DNA-binding fluorescence dye, YO-PRO-1, into live cells. Extracellular ATP often becomes elevated as a result of release from dying cells, and so it is possible that activation of P2X channels on neighboring live cells could lead to exaggerated estimation of cytotoxicity. Here, we screened a number of fluorescent vital dyes for ion channel-mediated uptake in HEK293 cells expressing recombinant P2X2, P2X7, or TRPV1 channels. Our data shows that activation of all three channels caused substantial uptake and nuclear accumulation of YO-PRO-1, 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI), and Hoechst 33258 into transfected cells and did so well within the time period usually used for incubation of cells with vital dyes. In contrast, channel activation in the presence of propidium iodide and SYTOX Green caused no measurable uptake and accumulation during a 20-min exposure, suggesting that these dyes are not likely to exhibit measurable uptake through these particular ion channels during a conventional cell viability assay. Caution is encouraged when choosing and employing cationic dyes for the purpose of cell viability assessment, particularly when there is a likelihood of cells expressing ion channels permeable to large ions.


Assuntos
Corantes Fluorescentes/farmacocinética , Canais Iônicos/metabolismo , Compostos de Quinolínio/farmacocinética , Trifosfato de Adenosina/metabolismo , Benzoxazóis/farmacocinética , Cátions/farmacocinética , Sobrevivência Celular/fisiologia , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Indóis/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X2/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2X7/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPV/metabolismo
4.
Mol Biosyst ; 12(9): 2695-9, 2016 08 16.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27397555

RESUMO

Self-assembly of de novo designed multidomain peptides (MDPs) resulted in functional membrane-active supramolecular nanofibers. The membrane activity was analyzed through fluorescence membrane localization and patch-clamp electrophysiology yielding important information that can be used for the development of a new type of supramolecular peptide-based chemotherapeutic enhancer.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Membrana Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Peptídeos/química , Peptídeos/farmacologia , Membrana Celular/química , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeos Penetradores de Células/química , Peptídeos Penetradores de Células/farmacologia , Sinergismo Farmacológico , Humanos , Metabolismo dos Lipídeos , Lipídeos/química , Potenciais da Membrana/efeitos dos fármacos , Peptídeos/metabolismo
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Pflugers Arch ; 468(2): 201-11, 2016 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26490461

RESUMO

Some cation permeable ligand-gated ion channels, including the capsaicin-sensitive TRPV1, have been reported to exhibit a time-dependent increase in permeability to large inorganic cations during sustained activation, a phenomenon termed "pore dilation." TRPV1 conducts substantial Ca(2+) entry, and it has been suggested that this channel undergoes a time-dependent change in Ca(2+) permeability relative to Na(+) (P Ca/P Na) that parallels pore dilation. However, our experiments employing whole cell patch clamp photometry and single channel recordings to directly measure relative Ca(2+) current in TRPV1 expressing HEK293 cells show that relative Ca(2+) influx remains constant for the duration of capsaicin-evoked channel activation. Further, we present evidence from patch clamp photometry experiments suggesting that sustained activation of Ca(2+) permeable ion channels in the voltage-clamp configuration leads to rapid saturation of the pipette Ca(2+) chelator, and that subsequent observed shifts in the current reversal potentials in the presence of extracellular Ca(2+) are likely due to intracellular accumulation of this ion and a movement of the Ca(2+) equilibrium potential (E Ca) towards zero. Finally, using an adapted reversal potential-based protocol in which cells are only exposed to Ca(2+) after sustained capsaicin exposure in the absence of added extracellular Ca(2+), we demonstrate that the calculated P Ca/P Na is unaffected by duration of TRPV1 activation. In conclusion, we find no evidence in support of a time-dependent change in P Ca/P Na for TRPV1. Our data further urges caution in estimating relative Ca(2+) permeability using reversal potentials, as there is a limited time window in which the cytosolic Ca(2+) chelator included in the patch pipette can prevent localised elevations in cytosolic free Ca(2+) and thus allow for an accurate estimate of this important channel permeability parameter.


Assuntos
Cálcio/metabolismo , Canais de Cátion TRPV/metabolismo , Potenciais de Ação , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Cinética , Permeabilidade
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FEBS Lett ; 589(13): 1498-504, 2015 Jun 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25937122

RESUMO

Extracellular ATP is known to permeabilize certain cell types to polyatomic cations like YO-PRO1. Here, we report that extracellularly applied ATP stimulated rapid uptake and accumulation of an otherwise weakly membrane permeable fluorescent DNA-binding cytotoxin, Hoechst 33258, into cervical cancer cells. While ATP stimulated Hoechst 33258 uptake in 20-70% of cells from seven cervical cancer cell lines, it stimulated uptake in less than 8% of cervical epithelial cells obtained from the normal transformation zone and ectocervix tissue of 11 patients. ATP-evoked Hoechst 33258 uptake was independent of ionotropic P2X receptors, but dependent on activation of P2Y receptors. Thus, we show here that cervical cancer cells can be selectively induced to take up and accumulate an ionic cytotoxin by exposure to extracellular ATP.


Assuntos
Benzimidazóis/farmacocinética , Permeabilidade da Membrana Celular , Citotoxinas/metabolismo , Receptores Purinérgicos P2Y/metabolismo , Difosfato de Adenosina/análogos & derivados , Difosfato de Adenosina/farmacologia , Trifosfato de Adenosina/farmacologia , Benzimidazóis/química , Benzimidazóis/metabolismo , Transporte Biológico/efeitos dos fármacos , Cálcio/metabolismo , Cálcio/farmacologia , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Células Cultivadas , Citotoxinas/química , Citotoxinas/farmacocinética , DNA de Neoplasias/metabolismo , Células Epiteliais/efeitos dos fármacos , Células Epiteliais/metabolismo , Feminino , Células HEK293 , Células HeLa , Humanos , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Estrutura Molecular , Agonistas do Receptor Purinérgico P2Y/farmacologia , Antagonistas do Receptor Purinérgico P2Y/farmacologia , Uridina Trifosfato/farmacologia , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/metabolismo , Neoplasias do Colo do Útero/patologia
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