PMID- 10845563 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000627 LR - 20191025 IS - 0262-0898 (Print) IS - 0262-0898 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 7 DP - 1999 TI - Differential modulation of proliferation, matrix metalloproteinase expression and invasion of human head and neck squamous carcinoma cells by c-erbB ligands. PG - 631-9 AB - Evidence suggests that there is an association between the abnormal expression of members of the c-erbB receptor tyrosine kinase family and poor prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC). Until now, the relative contributions of different c-erbB ligands to HNSCC progression have not been clearly defined. In this paper we examined the effects of ligands with different c-erbB receptor specificities in terms of their stimulation of HNSCC proliferation, expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and invasion. Heregulin-beta1 (HRG-beta1; selective c-erbB3/B4 ligand) was found to stimulate proliferation in the majority of cell lines, whereas epidermal growth factor (EGF; EGFR ligand) and betacellulin (BTC; EGFR/B4 ligand) induced variable responses. All three ligands up-regulated multiple MMPs including collagenases, stromelysins, matrilysin and gelatinase B (MMP-9) but had minimal or no effects on gelatinase A (MMP-2), MT1-MMP and tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs). MMP-9 mRNA was induced to a higher level than other MMPs, although with slower kinetics. HRG-beta1 was less active than EGF and BTC at the optimal concentration (relative potency of EGF:BTC:HRG = 3:4:1). In vitro invasion through Matrigel was also increased by all three ligands in proportion to their MMP up-regulation. A specific anti-EGFR monoclonal antibody (mAb ICR62) inhibited MMP up-regulation, migration and invasion induced by all three ligands, whereas an anti-c-erbB-2 mAb ICR12 inhibited mitogenic and motogenic responses following ligand stimulation but had no effect on MMP expression. These results suggest that c-erbB ligands may differentially potentiate the invasive phenotype of HNSCC via co-operative induction of cell proliferation, migration and proteolysis. The EGFR signalling pathway appears to be the dominant component controlling the proteolytic and invasive phenotype in HNSCC, whereas the c-erbB-2 signalling pathway is responsible, in part, for the mitogenic and motogenic effects of ligands. FAU - O-charoenrat, P AU - O-charoenrat P AD - Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK. pornchai@icr.ac.uk FAU - Rhys-Evans, P AU - Rhys-Evans P FAU - Court, W J AU - Court WJ FAU - Box, G M AU - Box GM FAU - Eccles, S A AU - Eccles SA LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - Clin Exp Metastasis JT - Clinical & experimental metastasis JID - 8409970 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (BTC protein, human) RN - 0 (Betacellulin) RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Growth Substances) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Neuregulin-1) RN - 0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1) RN - 127497-59-0 (Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2) RN - 155646-83-6 (heregulin beta1) RN - 62229-50-9 (Epidermal Growth Factor) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, ErbB-2) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology MH - Betacellulin MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/enzymology/*pathology MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Culture Media, Conditioned MH - Enzyme Induction/drug effects MH - Epidermal Growth Factor/*pharmacology MH - ErbB Receptors/immunology MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/*drug effects MH - Growth Substances/*pharmacology MH - Head and Neck Neoplasms/enzymology/*pathology MH - Humans MH - *Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins MH - Ligands MH - Metalloendopeptidases/*biosynthesis/genetics MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/*physiopathology/prevention & control MH - Neoplasm Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Neuregulin-1/*pharmacology MH - Pharyngeal Neoplasms/enzymology/genetics/pathology MH - Phenotype MH - Receptor, ErbB-2/immunology/*metabolism MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-2/biosynthesis/genetics MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2000/06/14 09:00 MHDA- 2000/07/06 11:00 CRDT- 2000/06/14 09:00 PHST- 2000/06/14 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/07/06 11:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/06/14 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1023/a:1006751016860 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Metastasis. 1999;17(7):631-9. doi: 10.1023/a:1006751016860.