title: BCL-2 promotes migration and invasiveness of human glioma cells.
abstract: Malignant progression in gliomas is correlated with increased migratory capacity which involves metalloproteolytic activity. Here, we report that ectopic expression of BCL-2 in two malignant glioma sublines markedly promoted glioma cell migration from spheroids and invasion into Matrigel-coated membranes. Invasion of fetal rat-brain aggregates was enhanced by BCL-2. Zymography revealed activation of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) in BCL-2-expressing cells. BCL-2 expressing cells showed an increase in MMP-2/-3/-12 (LN-18), and MMP-9/-12 and cell surface urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) (LN-229) mRNA and a reduction in tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP)-2 mRNA (LN-229). Taken together, we propose a novel function for BCL-2 in the malignant phenotype of glioma cells, that is, to enhance migration and invasion by altering the expression of a set of metalloproteinases and their inhibitors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kerkau
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dichgans
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Tonn
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D002465:Cell Movement; D015536:Down-Regulation; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000378:metabolism; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010641:Phenotype; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D018874:Spheroids, Cellular / Q000473:pathology; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2 / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D015854:Up-Regulation; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D019716:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator; D018093:Gelatinases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2