Journal
CHEMICO-BIOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
Volume 179, Issue 2-3, Pages 154-159Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2008.10.042
Keywords
4-(Methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone; (NNK); Contactin-1; Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK); AKT; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR)
Funding
- National Sun Yat-Sen University-Kaohsiung Medical University Joint Research Center
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Tobacco carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyriclyl)-1-butanone (NNK) exhibits potent carcinogenic activity in vitro and in vivo and has been shown to contribute to multiple steps in the tumorigenesis of lung cancer. In this study, we found that NNK up-regulated the expression of contactin-1, a cell adhesion molecule which has been implicated in cell migration, in lowly invasive CL1.0 lung cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis and promoter activity assay suggested that NNK directly stimulated contactin-1 gene transcription. Block of alpha 7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) by a-bungarotoxin attenuated NNK-induced increase of contactin-1. We also found that NNK activated alpha 7 nAChR downstream AKT and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) signaling pathways in CL1.0 cells. However, only ERK signaling pathway inhibitor PD98059, but not AKT signaling pathway inhibitor LY294002, suppressed the induction of contactin-1 by NNK. Upregulation of contactin-1 by NNK increased adhesive and invasive abilities of CL1.0 cells which could be effectively inhibited by contactin-1 neutralizing antibody, alpha-bungarotoxin and PD98059. Taken together, we conclude that contactin-1 is a molecule mediator for NNK to promote invasiveness of lung cancer cells. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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