title: The role of basement membrane proteins on the expression of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) in an adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line.
abstract: We investigated the presence of neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM) in the adenoid cystic carcinoma cell line CAC2 using immunofluorescence microscopy. Additionally, we analysed the role of laminin and type IV collagen in N-CAM expression. We demonstrated that cultured adenoid cystic carcinoma cells express N-CAM. Control cells presented a scattered N-CAM expression on cell membrane, and type IV collagen had no effect in N-CAM distribution. CAC2 cells grown on laminin-coated coverslips expressed N-CAM concentrated on cell lamellipodia suggesting relationship with migratory activity. Our results showed that cultured adenoid cystic carcinoma cells express N-CAM and this expression is modulated by extracellular matrix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: França
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Jaeger
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Araújo
mesh_terms: D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D015676:Osteonectin / Q000502:physiology*; D012468:Salivary Gland Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D015676:Osteonectin