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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-2
pubmed:abstractText
Tissue transglutaminase (TG2) is involved in Ca(2+)-dependent aggregation and polymerization of proteins. We previously reported that TG2 mRNA is up-regulated in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) cells compared with normal ovarian epithelium. Here, we show overexpression of the TG2 protein in ovarian cancer cells and tumors and its secretion in ascites fluid and define its role in EOC. By stable knockdown and overexpression, we show that TG2 enhances EOC cell adhesion to fibronectin and directional cell migration. This phenotype is preserved in vivo, where the pattern of tumor dissemination in the peritoneal space is dependent on TG2 expression levels. TG2 knockdown diminishes dissemination of tumors on the peritoneal surface and mesentery in an i.p. ovarian xenograft model. This phenotype is associated with deficient beta(1) integrin-fibronectin interaction, leading to weaker anchorage of cancer cells to the peritoneal matrix. Highly expressed in ovarian tumors, TG2 facilitates i.p. tumor dissemination by enhancing cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix and modulating beta(1) integrin subunit expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
7194-202
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Ascites, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Fibronectins, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Integrin beta Chains, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Ovarian Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Peritoneal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:17671187-Transglutaminases
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced peritoneal ovarian tumor dissemination by tissue transglutaminase.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, 535 Barnhill Drive, RT 473, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. dmatei@iupui.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't