Syndecan-2 functions as a docking receptor for pro-matrix metalloproteinase-7 in human colon cancer cells.
Although elevated syndecan-2 expression is known to be crucial for the tumorigenic activity in colon carcinoma cells, how syndecan-2 regulates colon cancer is unclear. In human colon adenocarcinoma tissue samples, we found that both mRNA and protein expression of syndecan-2 were increased, compared with the neighboring normal epithelium, suggesting that syndecan-2 plays functional roles in human colon cancer cells. Consistent with this notion, syndecan-2-overexpressing HT-29 colon adenocarcinoma cells showed enhanced migration/invasion, anchorage-independent growth, and primary tumor formation in nude mice, paralleling their morphological changes into highly tumorigenic cells. In addition, our experiments revealed that syndecan-2 enhanced both expression and secretion of matrix metalloproteinase-7 (MMP-7), directly interacted with pro-MMP-7, and potentiated the enzymatic activity of pro-MMP-7 by activating its processing into the active MMP-7. Collectively, these data strongly suggest that syndecan-2 functions as a docking receptor for pro-MMP-7 in colon cancer cells.
Department of Life Sciences, Division of Life and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750.
Heui-Young
HY
Ryu
Jiseon
J
Lee
Sanghwa
S
Yang
Haein
H
Park
Sojoong
S
Choi
Kyeong-Cheon
KC
Jung
Seung-Taek
ST
Lee
Je-Kyung
JK
Seong
Inn-Oc
IO
Han
Eok-Soo
ES
Oh
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D053669:Syndecan-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D053669:Syndecan-2; C060932:MMP7 protein, human; D020783:Matrix Metalloproteinase 7