Slug/SNAI2 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Invasiveness of Metastatic Prostate Cancer Cell Lines

Overview

Journal Tumour Biol

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty Oncology

Date 2010 May 28

PMID 20506051

Citations 50

Authors

Modjtaba Emadi Baygi

Zahra-Soheila Soheili

Frank Essmann

Abdolkhaleg Deezagi

Rainer Engers

Wolfgang Goering

Wolfgang A Schulz

Affiliations

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Abstract

Many metastatic cancers recapitulate the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) resulting in enhanced cell motility and invasiveness. The EMT is regulated by several transcription factors, including the zinc finger protein SNAI2, also named Slug, which appears to exert additional functions during development and cancer progression. We have studied the function of SNAI2 in prostate cancer cells. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis showed strong SNAI2 expression particularly in the PC-3 and PC3-16 prostate carcinoma cell lines. Knockdown of SNAI2 by specific siRNA induced changes in EMT markers and inhibited invasion of both cell lines into a matrigel matrix. SNAI2 siRNA-treated cells did not tolerate detachment from the culture plates, likely at least in part due to downregulation of integrin alpha6beta4. SNAI2 knockdown disturbed the microtubular and actin cytoskeletons, especially severely in PC-3 cells, resulting in grossly enlarged, flattened, and sometimes multinuclear cells. Knockdown also decreased cell proliferation, with a prominent G0/G1 arrest in PC3-16. Together, our data imply that SNAI2 exerts strong effects on the cytoskeleton and adhesion of those prostate cancer cells that express it and is necessary for their proliferation and invasiveness.

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