Syndecan-1 and -4 influence Wnt signaling and cell migration in human breast cancers

Pham, Son H.; Pratt, Kaylah; Okolicsanyi, Rachel K.; Oikari, Lotta E.; Yu, Chieh; Peall, Ian W.; Arif, KM Taufiqul; Chalmers, Te-Arn; Gyimesi, Martina; Griffiths, Lyn R.; Haupt, Larisa M.

doi:10.1016/j.biochi.2022.01.014

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“…In addition, SDC4 knockdown in human papillary thyroid carcinoma cells promoted apoptosis demonstrating the SDC4 role in cell survival (Chen et al, 2018). Furthermore, invasive growth and metastasis, tumor angiogenesis and tumor‐associated inflammation and cell motility are also linked to the function of SDC4 in cancer (Carneiro et al, 2014; Onyeisi, Lopes, et al, 2021; Pham et al, 2022) (Keller‐Pinter et al, 2021).…”

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Effects of syndecan‐4 silencing on the extracellular matrix remodeling in anoikis‐resistant endothelial cells

Onyeisi,

Nader,

Lopes

2024

Cell Biology International

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Anoikis is a process of programmed cell death induced by the loss of cell/matrix interactions. In previous work, we have shown that the acquisition of anoikis resistance upregulates syndecan‐4 (SDC4) expression in endothelial cells. In addition, SDC4 gene silencing by microRNA interference reverses the transformed phenotype of anoikis‐resistant endothelial cells. Due to this role of SDC4 in regulating the behavior of anoikis‐resistant endothelial cells, we have evaluated that the functional consequences of SDC4 silencing in the extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling in anoikis‐resistant rabbit aortic endothelial cells submitted to SDC4 gene silencing (miR‐Syn4‐Adh‐1‐EC). For this, we evaluated the expression of adhesive proteins, ECM receptors, nonreceptor protein‐tyrosine kinases, and ECM‐degrading enzymes and their inhibitors. Altered cell behavior was monitored by adhesion, migration, and tube formation assays. We found that SDC4 silencing led to a decrease in migration and angiogenic capacity of anoikis‐resistant endothelial cells; this was accompanied by an increase in adhesion to fibronectin. Furthermore, after SDC4 silencing, we observed an increase in the expression of fibronectin, collagen IV, and vitronectin, and a decrease in the expression of integrin α5β1 and αvβ3, besides that, silenced cells show an increase in Src and FAK expression. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and Western blot analysis demonstrated that SDC4 silencing leads to altered gene and protein expression of MMP2, MMP9, and HSPE. Compared with parental cells, SDC4 silenced cells showed a decrease in nitric oxide production and eNOS expression. In conclusion, these data demonstrate that SDC4 plays an important role in ECM remodeling. In addition, our findings represent an important step toward understanding the mechanism by which SDC4 can reverse the transformed phenotype of anoikis‐resistant endothelial cells.

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