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ArticleScientific reports2015

In PC3 prostate cancer cells ephrin receptors crosstalk to β1-integrins to strengthen adhesion to collagen type I.

Miao Yu, Jinghe Wang, Daniel J Muller, Jonne Helenius

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Miao Yu1] Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland [2] Center for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Jinghe WangCenter for Precision Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China.
Daniel J MullerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
Jonne HeleniusDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland.
ETH Zurich · CHHarbin Institute of Technology · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Eph receptor (Eph) and ephrin signaling can play central roles in prostate cancer and other cancer types. Exposed to ephrin-A1 PC3 prostate cancer cells alter adhesion to extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins. However, whether PC3 cells increase or reduce adhesion, and by which mechanisms they change adhesion to the ECM remains to be characterized. Here, we assay how ephrin-A1 stimulates PC3 cells to adhere to ECM proteins using single-cell force spectroscopy. We find that PC3 cells binding to immobilized ephrin-A1 but not to solubilized ephrin-A1 specifically strengthen adhesion to collagen I. This Eph-ephrin-A1 signaling, which we suppose is based on mechanotransduction, stimulates β1-subunit containing integrin adhesion via the protein kinase Akt and the guanine nucleotide-exchange factor cytohesin. Inhibiting the small GTPases, Rap1 or Rac1, generally lowered adhesion of PC3 prostate cancer cells. Our finding suggests a mechanism by which PC3 prostate cancer cells exposed to ephrins crosstalk to β1-integrins and preferably metastasize in bone, a collagen I rich tissue.

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AnimalsCell AdhesionCell CommunicationCell Line, TumorCollagen Type IEphrin-A1HEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansImmobilized ProteinsIntegrin beta1MaleMechanotransduction, CellularMiceMicroscopy, Atomic ForceProstatic NeoplasmsCollagen Type IEphrin-A1Immobilized ProteinsIntegrin beta1rac1 GTP-Binding Proteinrap1 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, Eph Family

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PMID25644492
PMCPMC4314628
OpenAlexW2007011683

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