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CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages 327-337Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2016.1221566
Keywords
fibronectin; migration; monocytes/macrophages; protein kinases; receptor tyrosine kinase; signal transduction
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- Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) [IG13466, IG15282]
- Istituto Toscano Tumori (PDS), Ministero della Salute (Ricerca Finalizzata) [RF-TOS-2008-1163728]
- Regione Toscana (Programma per la Ricerca in Materia di Salute)
- Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Volterra
- Universita degli Studi di Firenze (Fondo di Ateneo)
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Integrins, following binding to proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) including collagen, laminin and fibronectin (FN), are able to transducemolecular signals inside the cells and to regulate several biological functions such as migration, proliferation and differentiation. Besides activation of adaptor molecules and kinases, integrins transactivate Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTK). In particular, adhesion to the ECM may promote RTK activation in the absence of growth factors. The Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 Receptor (CSF-1R) is a RTK that supports the survival, proliferation, and motility ofmonocytes/macrophages, which are essential components of innate immunity and cancer development. Macrophage interaction with FN is recognized as an important aspect of host defense and wound repair. The aim of the present study was to investigate on a possible cross-talk between FN-elicited signals and CSF-1R in macrophages. FN induced migration in BAC1.2F5 and J774 murine macrophage cell lines and in human primary macrophages. Adhesion to FN determined phosphorylation of the Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) and Src Family Kinases (SFK) and activation of the SFK/FAK complex, as witnessed by paxillin phosphorylation. SFK activity was necessary for FAK activation and macrophage migration. Moreover, FN-induced migration was dependent on FAK in either murine macrophage cell lines or human primary macrophages. FN also induced FAK-dependent/ligand-independent CSF-1R phosphorylation, as well as the interaction between CSF-1R and ss 1. CSF-1R activity was necessary for FN-induced macrophage migration. Indeed, genetic or pharmacological inhibition of CSF-1R prevented FN-induced macrophage migration. Our results identified a new SFK-FAK/CSF-1R signaling pathway that mediates FN-induced migration of macrophages.
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