title: Parathyroid hormone-related protein overexpression in the human colon cancer cell line HT-29 enhances adhesion of the cells to collagen type I.
abstract: The present experiments examined the potential ability of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) to influence growth of the human colon cancer cell HT-29 and the ability of the cell to adhere to several extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins found in normal tissues. Addition of PTHrP analogs, PTHrP (1-34), PTHrP (67-86), or PTHrP (107-139), to HT-29 cells in culture did not influence cell growth or the adhesion of the cells to wells coated with fibronectin, laminin, or collagen type I. Likewise, in HT-29 cells induced to overexpress PTHrP by stable transfection with PTHrP cDNA, compared to vector-transfected control HT-29 cells, no effect on cell growth occurred. However, in the transfected cells, the increased production of PTHrP significantly enhanced cell adhesion to type I collagen but not to fibronectin or laminin. The results raise the possibility that PTHrP might play a role in colon tumor invasion and metastasis by influencing cell adhesion to specific extracellular matrix proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555-1031, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Seitz
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000378:metabolism*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism; D019073:HT29 Cells; D006801:Humans; D007797:Laminin / Q000378:metabolism; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D024042:Collagen Type I; D005353:Fibronectins; D007797:Laminin; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011506:Proteins; C446020:parathyroid hormone-related protein (67-86); C054296:parathyroid hormone-related protein (1-34); C071097:parathyroid hormone-related protein (107-139)