The insulin-like growth factor receptor I (IGF-IR) plays an essential role in transformation by promoting cell growth and protecting cancer cells from apoptosis. Aberrant IGF-IR signaling is implicated in several types of tumors, including carcinomas of the lung, breast, prostate, pancreas, liver, and colon. However, the contribution of the IGF-IR to the development of the transformed phenotype in urothelial cells has not been clearly established. In this study we demonstrated that the IGF-IR is overexpressed in invasive bladder cancer tissues compared with nonmalignant controls. We have investigated the role of the IGF-IR in bladder cancer by using urothelial carcinoma-derived 5637 and T24 cells. Although activation of the IGF-IR did not appreciably affect their growth, it did promote migration and stimulate in vitro wound closure and invasion. These effects required the activation of the Akt and Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways as well as IGF-I-induced Akt- and MAPK-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin, which relocated at dynamic focal adhesions and was necessary for promoting motility in bladder cancer cells. Our results provide the first evidence for a role of the IGF-IR in motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells and support the hypothesis that the IGF-IR may play a critical role in the establishment of the invasive phenotype in urothelial neoplasia. Thus, the IGF-IR may also serve as a novel biomarker for bladder cancer. Copyright © American Society for Investigative Pathology.

Metalli, D., Lovat, F., Tripodi, F., Genua, M., Xu, S., Spinelli, M., et al. (2010). The insulin-like growth factor receptor I promotes motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells through Akt- and mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent activation of paxillin. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, 176(6), 2997-3006 [10.2353/ajpath.2010.090904].

The insulin-like growth factor receptor I promotes motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells through Akt- and mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent activation of paxillin

METALLI, DAVID;TRIPODI, FARIDA;SPINELLI, MICHELA;ALBERGHINA, LILIA;VANONI, MARCO ERCOLE;
2010

Abstract

The insulin-like growth factor receptor I (IGF-IR) plays an essential role in transformation by promoting cell growth and protecting cancer cells from apoptosis. Aberrant IGF-IR signaling is implicated in several types of tumors, including carcinomas of the lung, breast, prostate, pancreas, liver, and colon. However, the contribution of the IGF-IR to the development of the transformed phenotype in urothelial cells has not been clearly established. In this study we demonstrated that the IGF-IR is overexpressed in invasive bladder cancer tissues compared with nonmalignant controls. We have investigated the role of the IGF-IR in bladder cancer by using urothelial carcinoma-derived 5637 and T24 cells. Although activation of the IGF-IR did not appreciably affect their growth, it did promote migration and stimulate in vitro wound closure and invasion. These effects required the activation of the Akt and Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways as well as IGF-I-induced Akt- and MAPK-dependent phosphorylation of paxillin, which relocated at dynamic focal adhesions and was necessary for promoting motility in bladder cancer cells. Our results provide the first evidence for a role of the IGF-IR in motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells and support the hypothesis that the IGF-IR may play a critical role in the establishment of the invasive phenotype in urothelial neoplasia. Thus, the IGF-IR may also serve as a novel biomarker for bladder cancer. Copyright © American Society for Investigative Pathology.
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Cancer; RAS; IGF-IR.
English
2010
176
6
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3006
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Metalli, D., Lovat, F., Tripodi, F., Genua, M., Xu, S., Spinelli, M., et al. (2010). The insulin-like growth factor receptor I promotes motility and invasion of bladder cancer cells through Akt- and mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent activation of paxillin. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY, 176(6), 2997-3006 [10.2353/ajpath.2010.090904].
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