title: Effect of retinoic acid on integrin receptors of B16F10 melanoma cells.
abstract: The intriguing problem of metastasis requires the spreading of metastatic cells through the basement membrane barrier. The interaction of the basement membrane with the metastatic cell is a cell surface activity involving the function of integrin receptors. Integrins are a group of alpha,beta heterodimeric proteins responsible for transducing intracellular signals on binding to the extracellular matrix proteins present in the basement membrane. To understand the role of integrin receptors in tumor metastasis, the cell surface receptor functions were modulated by All Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) treatment in B16F10 tumor cells. Our experimental results clearly indicate that All Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) inhibit metastatic potential of highly metastatic B16F10 melanoma cells by 1) downregulating the cell surface integrin receptors against ECM proteins specially laminin and vitronectin and 2) by inhibiting the 72 kd collagenase activity.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Receptor Biology and Tumor Metastasis, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chattopadhyay
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chatterjee
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D016023:Integrins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008545:Melanoma / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D016023:Integrins; D014212:Tretinoin