title: CD155/PVR enhances glioma cell dispersal by regulating adhesion signaling and focal adhesion dynamics.
abstract: We recently identified the immunoglobulin-CAM CD155/PVR (the poliovirus receptor) as a regulator of cancer invasiveness and glioma migration, but the mechanism through which CD155/PVR controls these processes is unknown. Here, we show that expression of CD155/PVR in rat glioma cells that normally lack this protein enhances their dispersal both in vitro and on primary brain tissue. CD155/PVR expression also reduced substrate adhesion, cell spreading, focal adhesion density, and the number of actin stress fibers in a substrate-dependent manner. Furthermore, we found that expression of CD155/PVR increased Src/focal adhesion kinase signaling in a substrate-dependent manner, enhancing the adhesion-induced activation of paxillin and p130Cas in cells adhering to vitronectin. Conversely, depletion of endogenous CD155/PVR from human glioma cells inhibited their migration, increased cell spreading, and down-regulated the same signaling pathway. These findings implicate CD155/PVR as a regulator of adhesion signaling and suggest a pathway through which glioma and other cancer cells may acquire a dispersive phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Sloan
authors.forename: Jean K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: Allison F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Treloar
authors.forename: Russell T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: Daniel G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Jay
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D022001:Focal Adhesions / Q000502:physiology; D005910:Glioma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D051381:Rats; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011991:Receptors, Virus; C066100:poliovirus receptor