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Over expression of endoglin in human prostate cancer suppresses cell detachment, migration and invasion

Oncogene volume 21, pages 8272–8281 (2002)Cite this article

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The regulation of cell adhesion and motility in human prostate is not well understood. We have previously shown that the endoglin gene is differently expressed during changes in prostate cell adhesion. Endoglin is a transmembrane transforming growth factor β binding protein typically expressed by endothelial cells. In this report we demonstrate that endoglin over expression increases prostate cell attachment, while decreasing migration and invasion. Engineered decreases in endoglin expression have opposite effects. While endoglin exerted only relatively small effects upon cell adhesion, large effects upon cell migration and invasion were observed. Endoglin was shown to localize to focal adhesion plaques, consistent with its role in regulating cell adhesion and motility. Loss of endoglin expression in cancer, as compared to normal prostate, was seen in human prostate cell lines. Suppression of endoglin expression in a panel of normal human prostate cell lines led to cell detachment. Endoglin is identified as a regulator of cell adhesion, motility and invasion in human prostate. Loss of endoglin expression appears to be associated with prostate cancer progression, at least in vitro.

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Abbreviations

FAK:

focal adhesion kinase

HPV:

human papillomavirus

PBS:

phosphate buffered saline

SDS:

sodium dodecyl sulfate

PAGE:

polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

PCR:

polymerase chain reaction

PMSF:

phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride

HRP:

horse radish peroxidase

FCS:

fetal calf serum

MTT:

dimethylthiazoldiphenytetrazolium bromide

FACS:

flow activated cell sorting

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We would like to thank Dr Carmelo Bernabeu for providing us with endoglin vectors. This work was supported in part by a Prostate SPORE grant from the National Cancer Institute CA90386, USA.

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  1. Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson 8524, 710 N. Fairbanks, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, IL, USA

    Yuequin Liu & Raymond C Bergan

  2. Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson 8524, 710 N. Fairbanks, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, IL, USA

    Borko Jovanovic

  3. Department of Pathology, Northwestern University Medical School and the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson 8524, 710 N. Fairbanks, Chicago, 60611, Illinois, IL, USA

    Michael Pins

  4. Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School and the Robert H. Lurie Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Olson 8524, 710 N. Fairbanks, Chicago, IL 60611, Illinois, USA

    Chung Lee

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Liu, Y., Jovanovic, B., Pins, M. et al. Over expression of endoglin in human prostate cancer suppresses cell detachment, migration and invasion. Oncogene 21, 8272–8281 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1206117

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