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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
The ability of glioma cells to migrate great distances from a primary tumor mass is the primary cause of tumor recurrence. The urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) is a serine protease that can initiate proteolytic cascades, which result in remodeling of extracellular matrix and basement membrane, allowing cells to move across and through these barriers. The binding between uPA and its receptor uPAR also mediates several signaling events that seem to contribute to the evolution of a migratory phenotype. In this study, we determined how the downregulation of uPA affects the signaling pathways leading to cell migration. Stably transfecting human glioblastoma cells with antisense uPA decreased the amount of cell-bound uPA and disrupted actin cytoskeleton formation and cell migration. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3k) and Akt signaling pathway has been suggested to mediate migration in various cancer cells. The antisense-uPA clones also had less phosphorylated PI3k and Akt than control cells, a finding associated with decreased cell migration, G2/M-phase arrest, and decreased clonogenic survival. Decreased activation of PI3k and the antiapoptotic factor Akt was not sufficient to induce apoptosis in the antisense-uPA clones, but staurosporine sensitized them to apoptosis to a greater extent than control cells. These results indicate that PI3k/Akt pathway is involved in the signaling cascade required to induce cell migration and that uPA has a direct role in regulating migration.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AKT1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BCL2L1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Staurosporine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-X Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
392-400
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Central Nervous System Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-G2 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Staurosporine, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-bcl-X Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12545160-cdc42 GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Downregulation of uPA inhibits migration and PI3k/Akt signaling in glioblastoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cancer Biology, Department of Biomedical Science, UIC College of Medicine at Peoria, IL 61656, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.