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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI) is one of the glycolytic enzymes and is a multifunctional enzyme that functions in glucose metabolism inside the cell while acting as a cytokine outside the cell, with properties that include autocrine motility factor (AMF) regulating tumor cell motility. Although there are many studies indicating that PGI/AMF has been implicated in progression of metastasis, no direct studies of the significance of exogenous PGI/AMF on tumor progression have been reported. Here, we report on the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET), which is the reverse phenomenon of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition that is associated with loss of cell polarity, loss of epithelia markers, and enhancement of cell motility essential for tumor cell invasion and metastasis. Mesenchymal human fibrosarcoma HT1080 cells, which have naturally high levels of endogenous and exogenous PGI/AMF, were stably transfected with PGI/AMF small interfering RNA (siRNA). The siRNA targeting human PGI/AMF down-regulated the endogenous PGI/AMF expression and completely extinguished the secretion of PGI/AMF in a human fibrosarcoma HT1080, whereas the control siRNA showed no effects. The PGI/AMF siRNA caused cells to change shape dramatically and inhibited cell motility and invasion markedly. Suppression of PGI/AMF led to a contact-dependent inhibition of cell growth. Those PGI/AMF siRNA-transfected cells showed epithelial phenotype. Furthermore, tumor cells with PGI/AMF deficiency lost their abilities to form tumor mass. This study identifies that MET in HT1080 human lung fibrosarcoma cells was initiated by down-regulation of the housekeeping gene product/cytokine PGI/AMF, and the results depicted here suggest a novel therapeutic target/modality for mesenchymal cancers.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4236-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Cell Growth Processes, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Glucose-6-Phosphate Isomerase, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Mesoderm, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17483335-Transfection
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Down-regulation of phosphoglucose isomerase/autocrine motility factor results in mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition of human lung fibrosarcoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Tumor Progression and Metastasis Program, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural