title: Role of Src kinases in the ADAM-mediated release of L1 adhesion molecule from human tumor cells.
abstract: The ectodomain of certain transmembrane molecules can be released by proteolysis, and the solubilized antigens often exert important biological functions. We demonstrated before that the L1 adhesion molecule is shed from the cell surface. Here we show that L1 release in AR breast carcinoma cells is mediated by a member of the disintegrin metalloproteinase (ADAM) family of proteinases. Up-regulation of L1 shedding by phorbol ester or pervanadate involved distinct mechanisms. Pervanadate induced shedding and rounding-up of cells from the substrate, which was blocked by the Src kinase inhibitor PP2. Tyr phosphorylation of the L1 cytoplasmic tail and the Src kinase Fyn was observed following pervanadate treatment. Up-regulation of L1 release and activation of Fyn occurred also when cells were detached by EDTA suggesting that the regulation of L1 shedding by this pathway was linked to cell morphology and adhesion. The phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced shedding was inhibited by the protein kinase C inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide I and by PD98059, a specific inhibitor of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Soluble L1 binds to the proteoglycan neurocan and in bound form could support integrin-mediated cell adhesion and migration. We propose that the release of cell-associated adhesion molecules such as L1 may be relevant to promote cell migration.
authors.affiliation: Tumor Immunology Programme, 0710, German Cancer Research Center, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gutwein
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oleszewski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mechtersheimer
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Agmon-Levin
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krauss
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Altevogt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000502:physiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D016466:CHO Cells; D048429:Cell Size; D006224:Cricetinae; D019483:Disintegrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D039841:Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000954:Antigens, Surface; D019483:Disintegrins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005419:Flavonoids; D039841:Leukocyte L1 Antigen Complex; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D019006:Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C076715:pervanadate; D014638:Vanadates; C494957:FYN protein, human; C494960:Fyn protein, mouse; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D008666:Metalloendopeptidases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; C093973:2-(2-amino-3-methoxyphenyl)-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one