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J. Cell Biol.,
Volume 143, Number 6, December 14, 1998 1749-1760
6
4 Integrin
Stimulates Lamellae Formation and the Chemotactic
Migration of Invasive Carcinoma Cells
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215
The
6
4 integrin promotes carcinoma in-vasion by its activation of a phosphoinositide 3-OH
(PI3-K) signaling pathway (Shaw, L.M., I. Rabinovitz,
H.H.-F. Wang, A. Toker, and A.M. Mercurio. Cell. 91:
949-960). We demonstrate here using MDA-MB-435
breast carcinoma cells that
6
4 stimulates chemotactic
migration, a key component of invasion, but that it has
no influence on haptotaxis. Stimulation of chemotaxis
by
6
4 expression was observed in response to either
lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) or fibroblast conditioned medium. Moreover, the LPA-dependent formation of
lamellae in these cells is dependent upon
6
4 expression. Both lamellae formation and chemotactic migration are inhibited or "gated" by cAMP and our results
reveal that a critical function of
6
4 is to suppress the
intracellular cAMP concentration by increasing the activity of a rolipram-sensitive, cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE). This PDE activity is essential for
lamellae formation, chemotactic migration and invasion based on data obtained with PDE inhibitors. Although PI3-K and cAMP-specific PDE activities are
both required to promote lamellae formation and
chemotactic migration, our data indicate that they are
components of distinct signaling pathways. The essence
of our findings is that
6
4 stimulates the chemotactic migration of carcinoma cells through its ability to influence key signaling events that underlie this critical component of carcinoma invasion.
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