a Department of Medicine V , University Hospital Heidelberg , Heidelberg , Germany.
b Analytical Chemistry - Biointerfaces, Ruhr-University Bochum , Bochum , Germany.
Cell Adh Migr. 2017 Sep 3;11(5-6):476-487. doi: 10.1080/19336918.2016.1260809. Epub 2017 Feb 1.
The attachment of cancer cells to the endothelium is an essential step during metastatic dissemination. The cell surface receptor CD44 is capable of binding to hyaluronan (HA) produced by tumor cells and by cells of the tumor microenvironment, including blood endothelial cells. Here, we investigated the role of CD44 in the interaction between the liver cancer cell line HepG2Iso and HA surfaces. The rolling interaction was quantitatively analyzed using a microfluidic shear force setup. It was found that rolling of the liver cancer cells on HA depends on CD44, which mediates a catch-bond interaction and thus a flow-induced rolling of the cells. Reduction of CD44 expression by means of siRNA, inhibition of the interaction of CD44 with HA by antibody blocking, and treatment with low molecular weight HA inhibited liver cancer cell rolling on HA-coated surfaces. The results not only clearly show the dependency of the shear-induced catch-bond interaction of HepG2Iso cells on CD44 and HA, but also for the first time demonstrate CD44-mediated rolling for epithelium-derived cells that are typically adherent.
癌细胞与内皮细胞的附着是转移扩散过程中的一个重要步骤。细胞表面受体 CD44 能够与肿瘤细胞和肿瘤微环境中的细胞(包括血液内皮细胞)产生的透明质酸 (HA) 结合。在这里,我们研究了 CD44 在肝癌细胞系 HepG2Iso 与 HA 表面相互作用中的作用。使用微流体力设置定量分析了滚动相互作用。结果发现,肝癌细胞在 HA 上的滚动依赖于 CD44,CD44 介导了一个捕获键相互作用,从而诱导细胞的流动滚动。通过 siRNA 减少 CD44 的表达、抗体阻断 CD44 与 HA 的相互作用以及用低分子量 HA 处理,抑制了肝癌细胞在 HA 涂层表面上的滚动。这些结果不仅清楚地表明了 HepG2Iso 细胞的剪切诱导捕获键相互作用对 CD44 和 HA 的依赖性,而且首次证明了 CD44 介导的通常是附着的上皮细胞的滚动。