title: Hyaluronan and the hyaluronan receptor RHAMM promote focal adhesion turnover and transient tyrosine kinase activity.
abstract: The molecular mechanisms whereby hyaluronan (HA) stimulates cell motility was investigated in a C-H-ras transformed 10T 1/2 fibroblast cell line (C3). A significant (p < 0.001) stimulation of C3 cell motility with HA (10 ng/ml) was accompanied by an increase in protein tyrosine phosphorylation as detected by anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies using immunoblot analysis and immunofluorescence staining of cells. Tyrosine phosphorylation of several proteins was found to be both rapid and transient with phosphorylation occurring within 1 min of HA addition and dissipating below control levels 10-15 min later. These responses were also elicited by an antibody generated against a peptide sequence within the HA receptor RHAMM. Treatment of cells with tyrosine kinase inhibitors (genistein, 10 micrograms/ml or herbimycin A, 0.5 micrograms/ml) or microinjection of anti-phosphotyrosine antibodies inhibited the transient protein tyrosine phosphorylation in response to HA as well as prevented HA stimulation of cell motility. To determine a link between HA-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation and the resulting cell locomotion, cytoskeletal reorganization was examined in C3 cells plated on fibronectin and treated with HA or anti-RHAMM antibody. These agents caused a rapid assembly and disassembly of focal adhesions as revealed by immunofluorescent localization of vinculin. The time course with which HA and antibody induced focal adhesion turnover exactly paralleled the induction of transient protein tyrosine phosphorylation. In addition, phosphotyrosine staining colocalized with vinculin within structures in the lamellapodia of these cells. Notably, the focal adhesion kinase, pp125FAK, was rapidly phosphorylated and dephosphorylated after HA stimulation. These results suggest that HA stimulates locomotion via a rapid and transient protein tyrosine kinase signaling event mediated by RHAMM. They also provide a possible molecular basis for focal adhesion turnover, a process that is critical for cell locomotion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Turley
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies; D016227:Benzoquinones; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000187:drug effects*; D005347:Fibroblasts; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019833:Genistein; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000494:pharmacology; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D008845:Microinjections; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011809:Quinones / Q000494:pharmacology; D011972:Receptor, Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing / Q000378:metabolism*; D017828:Rifabutin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D016596:Vinculin / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D016227:Benzoquinones; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D018960:Hyaluronan Receptors; D007529:Isoflavones; D047029:Lactams, Macrocyclic; D011809:Quinones; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D016201:Receptors, Lymphocyte Homing; D016596:Vinculin; D017828:Rifabutin; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; C020754:herbimycin; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D019833:Genistein; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011972:Receptor, Insulin; D051417:Focal Adhesion Kinase 1; D051416:Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases