Carcinogenesis Advance Access originally published online on March 3, 2005
Carcinogenesis 2005 26(7):1215-1223; doi:10.1093/carcin/bgi064
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Carcinogenesis vol.26 no.7 © Oxford University Press 2005; all rights reserved.
Tumour regulation of fibroblast hyaluronan expression: a mechanism to facilitate tumour growth and invasion
Section of Squamous Cell Biology and Dermatology, Division of Cancer Sciences and Molecular Pathology, Robertson Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK and 1 Department of Anatomy, University of Kuopio, POB 1627, 70211 Kuopio, Finland
* To whom correspondence should be addressed Email: m.edward{at}clinmed.gla.ac.uk
Hyaluronan, a high molecular weight glycosaminoglycan is associated with cellular proliferation and migration. In a number of different tumour types, there is a close correlation between tumour progression and hyaluronan production, either by the tumour cells or the surrounding stromal cells. We have examined the ability of an aggressive melanoma cell line (C8161) to stimulate the synthesis of fibroblast hyaluronan, and the association of cell-surface CD44 receptors and hyaluronan with invasion. Melanoma cell-conditioned medium (CM) prepared in low glucose medium (1 mg/ml) stimulated the synthesis of fibroblast glycosaminoglycan as measured by [3H] glucosamine incorporation, and the synthesis of hyaluronan as measured using a specific hyaluronan-binding plate assay, while tumour cell-CM prepared in high glucose medium (4.5 mg/ml) inhibited the synthesis of fibroblast glycosaminoglycan. High glucose tumour cell-CM contained large amounts of lactate that appeared to inhibit the tumour-derived factor stimulation of fibroblast glycosaminoglycan synthesis, as removal of the lactate restored the stimulating activity. Melanoma cells seeded on contracted collagen lattices and incubated at the air/liquid interface rapidly formed a multilayered cell mass on the surface, with significant invasion of the gel. Hyaluronan staining was apparent within the collagen gel, and strong staining was seen around the invading tumour cells, but not around those cell layers near the surface. CD44 expression on the tumour cells was confined to those invading cells and corresponded to cellular hyaluronan staining. Hyaluronan staining was also apparent around and between tumour cells invading fibroblast-free collagen lattices. Monolayer cultures of C8161 cells stained strongly for CD44, but few cells stained for hyaluronan, while no detectable hyaluronan was released into the medium. In summary, the C8161 melanoma cells stimulated the synthesis of fibroblast hyaluronan, and in collagen lattices, only the invasive tumour cells expressed CD44 and hyaluronan, either in the presence or absence of fibroblasts.
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