PMID- 15027119 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040506 LR - 20211203 IS - 0020-7136 (Print) IS - 0020-7136 (Linking) VI - 109 IP - 6 DP - 2004 May 10 TI - Role for dipeptidyl peptidase IV in tumor suppression of human non small cell lung carcinoma cells. PG - 855-66 AB - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death. Lung cancers produce a variety of mitogenic growth factors that stimulate tumor cell proliferation and migration. The cell surface protease, dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPPIV), is involved in diverse biologic functions, including peptide-mediated cellular growth and differentiation. DPPIV is expressed in various normal tissues, including lung tissue, and its expression is lost in many types of human cancers. DPPIV expression and its enzymatic activity are detected in normal bronchial and alveolar epithelium but different histologic subtypes of lung carcinomas lose DPPIV expression. To investigate the role of DPPIV in lung carcinoma, we examined the expression of DPPIV at both mRNA and protein levels in non small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines and normal human bronchial epithelial cells. DPPIV expression was detectable in normal lung epithelial cells, but was absent or markedly reduced in all NSCLC cell lines at both mRNA and protein levels. Restoration of DPPIV expression in NSCLC cells resulted in profound morphologic changes, inhibition of cell proliferation, anchorage-independent growth, in vitro cell migration and tumorigenicity in nude mice. DPPIV reexpression also correlated with increased p21 expression, leading to induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest in G1 stage. These effects were accompanied by increased expression of cell surface proteins, fibroblast-activating protein (Fapalpha) and CD44 that are associated with suppression of tumor growth and metastasis. Thus, DPPIV functions as a tumor suppressor, and its downregulation may contribute to the loss of growth control in NSCLC cells. CI - Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc. FAU - Wesley, Umadevi V AU - Wesley UV AD - Swim Across America Laboratory, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA. uwesley@zoo.uvm.edu FAU - Tiwari, Shakuntala AU - Tiwari S FAU - Houghton, Alan N AU - Houghton AN LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Int J Cancer JT - International journal of cancer JID - 0042124 RN - 0 (CDKN1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Cdkn1a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21) RN - 0 (Cyclins) RN - 0 (Hyaluronan Receptors) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 3.4.- (Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.14.5 (Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (Serine Endopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.21.- (fibroblast activation protein alpha) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Gelatinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis MH - Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung/*enzymology/pathology MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Movement MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 MH - Cyclins/metabolism MH - Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Down-Regulation MH - Endopeptidases MH - *Gelatinases MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Hyaluronan Receptors/metabolism MH - In Situ Nick-End Labeling MH - Lung Neoplasms/*enzymology/pathology MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - Mice, Nude MH - Mutation MH - Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Serine Endopeptidases/metabolism MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured EDAT- 2004/03/18 05:00 MHDA- 2004/05/07 05:00 CRDT- 2004/03/18 05:00 PHST- 2004/03/18 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/05/07 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/03/18 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/ijc.20091 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Cancer. 2004 May 10;109(6):855-66. doi: 10.1002/ijc.20091.