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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
Recently, we described phorbol ester-induced expression of the brain and skin serine proteinase Bssp/kallikrein 6 (Klk6), the mouse orthologue of human KLK6, in mouse back skin and in advanced tumor stages of a well-established multistage tumor model. Here, we show KLK6 up-regulation in squamous skin tumors of human patients and in tumors of other epithelial tissues. Ectopic Klk6 expression in mouse keratinocyte cell lines induces a spindle-like morphology associated with accelerated proliferation, migration, and invasion capacity. We found reduced E-cadherin protein levels in the cell membrane and nuclear translocation of beta-catenin in Klk6-expressing mouse keratinocytes and human HEK293 cells transfected with a KLK6 expression plasmid. Additionally, HEK293 cells exhibited induced T-cell factor-dependent transcription and impaired cell-cell adhesion in the presence of KLK6, which was accompanied by induced E-cadherin ectodomain shedding. Interestingly, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 and TIMP-3 interfere with KLK6-induced E-cadherin ectodomain shedding and rescue the cell-cell adhesion defect in vitro, suggesting the involvement of matrix metalloproteinase and/or a disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) proteolytic activity. In line with this assumption, we found increased levels of the mature 62-kDa ADAM10 proteinase in cells expressing ectopic KLK6 compared with mock controls. Finally, enhanced epidermal keratinocyte proliferation and migration in concert with decreased E-cadherin protein levels are confirmed in an in vivo Klk6 transgenic mouse model.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8198-206
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cadherins, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cell Adhesion, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cell Communication, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Kallikreins, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Matrix Metalloproteinases, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Precancerous Conditions, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Skin Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:17804733-beta Catenin
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Kallikrein 6 induces E-cadherin shedding and promotes cell proliferation, migration, and invasion.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Signal Transduction and Growth Control, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't