title: Isolation of a natural inhibitor of human malignant glial cell invasion: inter alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 2.
abstract: Malignant central nervous system (CNS) tumors, such as glioblastoma multiforme, invade the brain and disrupt normal tissue architecture, making complete surgical removal virtually impossible. Here, we have developed and optimized a purification strategy to isolate and identify natural inhibitors of glioma cell invasion in a three-dimensional collagen type I matrix. Inter alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain 2 (ITI H2) was identified from the most inhibitory fractions and its presence was confirmed both as a single protein and in a bikunin-bound form. Stable overexpression in U251 glioma cells validated ITI H2's strong inhibition of human glioma cell invasion together with significant inhibition of cell proliferation and promotion of cell-cell adhesion. Analysis of primary human brain tumors showed significantly higher levels of ITI H2 in normal brain and low-grade tumors compared with high-grade gliomas, indicating an inverse correlation with malignancy. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling cascade seemed to be one of the pathways involved in the effect of ITI H2 on U251 cells. These findings suggest that reduction of ITI H2 expression correlates with brain tumor progression and that targeting factors responsible for its loss or restoring the ITI supply exogenously may serve as potential therapeutic strategies for a variety of CNS tumors.
authors.affiliation: Brain Tumour Research Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Tamra E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Werbowetski-Ogilvie
authors.forename: Nathalie Y R
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Agar
authors.forename: Roberta M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Waldkircher de Oliveira
authors.forename: Damien
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Faury
authors.forename: Jack P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Antel
authors.forename: Nada
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jabado
authors.forename: Rolando F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Del Maestro
mesh_terms: D000510:Alpha-Globulins / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005910:Glioma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010766:Phosphorylation; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014360:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000510:Alpha-Globulins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C109148:SPINT2 protein, human; C011877:inter-alpha-inhibitor; D014360:Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt