title: The role of G-protein in matrix-mediated motility of highly and poorly invasive melanoma cells.
abstract: Membranes from 2 K1735 murine melanoma clones of high invasive capacity show increased amounts of pertussis toxin (PT) substrate when compared to a weakly invasive cellular counterpart. Using a panel of specific G-protein antibodies, we identified Gi alpha 2 as the PT-sensitive G-protein uniquely abundant in highly invasive cells. In addition, RNA hybridization results confirm the immunoblot observations that Gi alpha 2 is present at higher levels in strongly invasive cells. This result suggests that the elevated expression of Gi alpha 2 in highly invasive cells is not entirely due to differences in either translational efficiency or protein degradation but is related to altered RNA transcriptional initiation, processing and/or degradation. ADP-ribosylation of Gi alpha-subunits by PT inhibited the fibronectin, laminin and collagen type-IV-stimulated motility of the 2 highly invasive clones, while PT treatment of cells from a poorly invasive clone resulted in little or no reduction of the fibronectin, laminin or collagen type-IV-stimulated lower motility. Furthermore, PT treatment of highly or poorly invasive K1735 clones does not result in any alteration in cellular cAMP accumulation, suggesting that the PT substrate is not linked with the adenylyl cyclase enzyme complex. The data suggest that a PT-sensitive G-protein, probably Gi alpha 2 regulates second messenger pathways that contribute to elevated motility in highly invasive K1735 cells.
authors.affiliation: Dight Laboratories, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: McCarthy
authors.forename: Z Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Furcht
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects; D002772:Cholera Toxin / Q000494:pharmacology; D002999:Clone Cells; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000502:physiology*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051379:Mice; D009243:NAD / Q000378:metabolism; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014410:Tumor Stem Cell Assay; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; D010566:Virulence Factors, Bordetella; D009243:NAD; D002772:Cholera Toxin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D037342:Pertussis Toxin; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins