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VLA‐4 integrin on sarcoma cell lines recognizes endothelial VCAM‐1. Differential regulation of the VLA‐4 avidity on various sarcoma cell lines
Author(s) -
Mattila Pirkko,
Majuri MarjaLeena,
Renkonen Risto
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910520615
Subject(s) - sarcoma , cell culture , endothelial stem cell , cell adhesion molecule , avidity , rhabdomyosarcoma , biology , cancer research , cell adhesion , pathology , extravasation , microbiology and biotechnology , antibody , cell , immunology , medicine , in vitro , biochemistry , genetics
Osteosarcomas and rhabdomyosarcomas are vigorously invading tumors. Before they can extravasate to the parenchymal organs and form metastases, they have to adhere to the endothelial cells lining the blood vessels and then penetrate through the endothelium. We show that several human sarcoma cell lines, osteosarcomas HOS, MG‐63, U2‐OS, and a rhabdomyosarcoma RD, express VLA‐4 molecule on their surface and bind to the VCAM‐1 ‐expressing activated endothelial cell line Ea.hy 926. The increased sarcoma‐cell adhesion could be abolished by treating the sarcoma cells with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) VLA4 (both α‐ and β‐chain, HP2/1 and 4B4 respectively) or treating endothelial cells with VCAM‐1 antibody (4B9). Furthermore, we show that sarcoma cells adhere to recombinant soluble VCAM‐1 protein. On the other hand, these sarcoma cell lines do not express marked amounts of other ligands (such as CD11/18 or sialyl‐Lex) for other endothelial adhesion molecules (ICAM‐1, ICAM‐2, E‐ and P‐selectin) indicating that the VLA‐4‐VCAM‐1 dependent pathway might be of major importance in sarcoma extravasation. VLA‐4 is not always in an avid form and therefore the expression of VLA‐4 does not directly predict adherence to VCAM‐1. The avidity of VLA‐4 (measured by adherence to soluble VCAM‐1) of MG‐63 and U2‐OS cells could be increased by a 30‐min PMA treatment, whereas the avidity of VLA‐4 on HOS cells increased only after 48 hr of PMA induction. Our results show that sarcoma cell lines (HOS, MG‐63, U2‐OS and RD) adhere to stimulated endothelium via VLA‐4‐VCAM‐1 adhesion molecules and that VLA‐4 avidity on sarcoma cells can be differentially modulated by PMA. © 1992 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.