Publication date: November 2016
Source:Cellular Signalling, Volume 28, Issue 11
Author(s): Jianfang Zhao, Christian Klausen, Siyuan Xiong, Jung-Chien Cheng, Hsun-Ming Chang, Peter C.K. Leung
Epithelial ovarian cancer is the most lethal gynecological malignancy because most women present with late stage disseminated disease. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is characterized by the down-regulation of E-cadherin and up-regulation of N-cadherin, and is a crucial event in the pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is a major regulator of EMT in many normal and neoplastic cell types. Growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF8), which also activates TGF-β-like SMAD2/3 signaling, is best known for negatively regulating muscle growth. Though recent studies suggest that GDF8 enhances placental trophoblast cell migration, little is known about the role of GDF8 in EMT and cancer metastasis. We hypothesized that GDF8 could enhance ovarian cancer cell migration by inducing EMT. Here we demonstrate for the first time that GDF8 down-regulates E-cadherin but does not alter N-cadherin in SKOV3 ovarian cancer cells. This effect is abolished by the activin receptor-like kinase (ALK)4/5/7 inhibitor SB431542 or siRNA-mediated knockdown of ALK5, whereas knockdown of ALK4 is only partially inhibitory. GDF8 treatment increases the phosphorylation of SMAD2/3 and up-regulates the E-cadherin transcriptional repressors Snail and Slug; and these effects are abolished by pre-treatment with SB431542. Knockdown of common SMAD4 fully reverses the effects of GDF8 on E-cadherin and partially attenuates its effects on Snail and Slug. Importantly, GDF8 treatment increases SKOV3 cell migration and this effect is blocked by SB431542. Our study suggests that GDF8 promotes ovarian cancer cell migration via ALK4/5-SMAD2/3-E-cadherin signaling.
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