Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Sci Rep. 2019 Feb 6;9(1):1517. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-38045-w.
CD97/ADGRE5 is an adhesion G protein-coupled receptor (aGPCR) involved in tumor cell adhesion, migration, angiogenesis, and apoptosis. CD97 has been shown previously to stimulate angiogenesis by interacting with integrins on endothelial cells via an Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid (RGD) motif. In this report, the role of the RGD motif in tumor cell adhesion and apoptosis was investigated using a previously-established HT1080 cell-based system. We found that the RGD motif is critical in CD97-promoted cell adhesion, in part due to the up-regulation of αvβ5 and α2β1 integrins, and that CD97 mediates its anti-apoptotic effect in extrinsic apoptosis via RGD-dependent cell adhesion. In contrast, CD97-modulated anti-apoptotic effect in intrinsic apoptosis is mediated by RGD-independent, N-cadherin-induced homotypic cell aggregation. Hence, CD97 promotes tumorigenesis via RGD-dependent and -independent mechanisms.
CD97/ADGRE5 是一种黏附 G 蛋白偶联受体(aGPCR),参与肿瘤细胞黏附、迁移、血管生成和凋亡。先前的研究表明,CD97 通过与内皮细胞上的整合素相互作用,通过精氨酸-甘氨酸-天冬氨酸(RGD)基序刺激血管生成。在本报告中,使用先前建立的 HT1080 细胞为基础的系统,研究了 RGD 基序在肿瘤细胞黏附和凋亡中的作用。我们发现,RGD 基序在 CD97 促进的细胞黏附中至关重要,部分原因是 αvβ5 和 α2β1 整合素的上调,并且 CD97 通过 RGD 依赖性细胞黏附在细胞外凋亡中发挥其抗凋亡作用。相比之下,CD97 调节的内在凋亡中的抗凋亡作用是由 RGD 非依赖性、N-钙黏蛋白诱导的同质细胞聚集介导的。因此,CD97 通过 RGD 依赖性和非依赖性机制促进肿瘤发生。