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AG-9, an Elastin-Derived Peptide, Increases In Vitro Oral Tongue Carcinoma Cell Invasion, through an Increase in MMP-2 Secretion and MT1-MMP Expression, in a RPSA-Dependent Manner

Journal

BIOMOLECULES
Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom11010039

Keywords

elastin; ribosomal protein SA; tongue carcinoma; MMP-2; EGCG

Funding

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique [UMR 7369]
  2. University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne

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Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma is a common head and neck cancer. In this study, a nonapeptide, AG-9, was found to stimulate invasive properties of tongue squamous cell carcinoma cells. The stimulatory effect of AG-9 was mediated through binding to the RPSA receptor, with overlapping interaction areas with EGCG, a green tea-derived polyphenol that can abolish AG-9-induced invasion.
Oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma is one of the most prevalent head and neck cancers. During tumor progression, elastin fragments are released in the tumor microenvironment. Among them, we previously identified a nonapeptide, AG-9, that stimulates melanoma progression in vivo in a mouse melanoma model. In the present paper, we studied AG-9 effect on tongue squamous cell carcinoma invasive properties. We demonstrated that AG-9 stimulates cell invasion in vitro in a modified Boyen chamber model. It increases MMP-2 secretion, analyzed by zymography and MT1-MMP expression, studied by Western blot. The stimulatory effect was mediated through Ribosomal Protein SA (RPSA) receptor binding as demonstrated by SiRNA experiments. The green tea-derived polyphenol, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), was previously shown to bind RPSA. Molecular docking experiments were performed to compare the preferred areas of interaction of AG-9 and EGCG with RPSA and suggested overlapping areas. This was confirmed by competition assays. EGCG abolished AG-9-induced invasion, MMP-2 secretion, and MT1-MMP expression.

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