Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation.
During the evolution of epithelial cancers, cells often lose their characteristic features and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype, in a process known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In the present study we followed early stages of keratinocyte transformation by HPV16, and observed diverse c...
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doaj-419a2f68bb974cd69a26696a02202bf22020-11-25T02:36:25ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032008-01-0132e157410.1371/journal.pone.0001574Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation.Tamar GeigerHelena SabanayNataly Kravchenko-BalashaBenjamin GeigerAlexander LevitzkiDuring the evolution of epithelial cancers, cells often lose their characteristic features and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype, in a process known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In the present study we followed early stages of keratinocyte transformation by HPV16, and observed diverse cellular changes, associated with EMT. We compared primary keratinocytes with early and late passages of HF1 cells, a cell line of HPV16-transformed keratinocytes. We have previously shown that during the progression from the normal cells to early HF1 cells, immortalization is acquired, while in the progression to late HF1, cells become anchorage independent. We show here that during the transition from the normal state to late HF1 cells, there is a progressive reduction in cytokeratin expression, desmosome formation, adherens junctions and focal adhesions, ultimately leading to poorly adhesive phenotype, which is associated with anchorage-independence. Surprisingly, unlike "conventional EMT", these changes are associated with reduced Rac1-dependent cell migration. We monitored reduced Rac1-dependent migration also in the cervical cancer cell line SiHa. Therefore we can conclude that up to the stage of tumor formation migratory activity is eliminated.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2215777?pdf=render |
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Tamar Geiger Helena Sabanay Nataly Kravchenko-Balasha Benjamin Geiger Alexander Levitzki Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. PLoS ONE |
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Tamar Geiger Helena Sabanay Nataly Kravchenko-Balasha Benjamin Geiger Alexander Levitzki |
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Tamar Geiger |
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Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. |
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Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. |
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Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. |
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Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. |
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Anomalous features of EMT during keratinocyte transformation. |
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anomalous features of emt during keratinocyte transformation. |
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During the evolution of epithelial cancers, cells often lose their characteristic features and acquire a mesenchymal phenotype, in a process known as epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT). In the present study we followed early stages of keratinocyte transformation by HPV16, and observed diverse cellular changes, associated with EMT. We compared primary keratinocytes with early and late passages of HF1 cells, a cell line of HPV16-transformed keratinocytes. We have previously shown that during the progression from the normal cells to early HF1 cells, immortalization is acquired, while in the progression to late HF1, cells become anchorage independent. We show here that during the transition from the normal state to late HF1 cells, there is a progressive reduction in cytokeratin expression, desmosome formation, adherens junctions and focal adhesions, ultimately leading to poorly adhesive phenotype, which is associated with anchorage-independence. Surprisingly, unlike "conventional EMT", these changes are associated with reduced Rac1-dependent cell migration. We monitored reduced Rac1-dependent migration also in the cervical cancer cell line SiHa. Therefore we can conclude that up to the stage of tumor formation migratory activity is eliminated. |
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