期刊
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 109, 期 13, 页码 4886-4891出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202120109
关键词
focal adhesion kinase signaling; in utero transduction; receptor tyrosine kinase
资金
- National Institutes of Health [R01-AR27883]
Cadherin/catenin-based adhesions coordinate cellular growth, survival, migration, and differentiation within a tissue by mechanically anchoring cells to their neighbors. They also intersect with diverse signaling pathways in development and cancer. Although the adhesive functions of adherens junction proteins are well characterized, their contribution to other signaling pathways is less well understood. Here, we show that ablation of alpha-catenin in the epidermis selectively induces apoptosis in suprabasal differentiating keratinocytes while sparing basal cell progenitors. This protection from death is coupled to elevated focal adhesion signaling, faster migration, and an altered distribution of growth factor receptors. We show that simultaneous depletion of alpha-catenin and focal adhesion kinase or p21-activated kinase eliminates basal cell protection as well as the elevated migration and proliferation of cells. The increased dependency of cells upon matrix interactions for their survival when cell-cell adhesions are destabilized has important implications for cancer progression and metastasis.
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