Journal
DIFFERENTIATION
Volume 86, Issue 3, Pages 126-132Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2013.03.003
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Mechanical stress; IrECM; Integrin; Cell shape
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- NIH [GM083997, CA128660, HL110335]
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- David & Lucile Packard Foundation
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
- Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation
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Mouse mammary epithelial cells undergo transdifferentiation via epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) upon treatment with matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP3). In rigid microenvironments, MMP3 upregulates expression of Rac1b, which translocates to the cell membrane to promote induction of reactive oxygen species and EMT. Here we examine the role of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in this process. Our data show that the basement membrane protein laminin suppresses the EMT response in MMP3-treated cells, whereas fibronectin promotes EMT. These ECM proteins regulate EMT via interactions with their specific integrin receptors. alpha 6-integrin sequesters Rac1b from the membrane and is required for inhibition of EMT by laminin. In contrast, alpha 5-integrin maintains Rac1b at the membrane and is required for the promotion of EMT by fibronectin. Understanding the regulatory role of the ECM will provide insight into mechanisms underlying normal and pathological development of the mammary gland. (c) 2013 International Society of Differentiation. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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