PMID- 21277992 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110603 LR - 20110228 IS - 1878-5875 (Electronic) IS - 1357-2725 (Linking) VI - 43 IP - 4 DP - 2011 Apr TI - Neural cell adhesion molecule potentiates invasion and metastasis of melanoma cells through CAMP-dependent protein kinase and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathways. PG - 682-90 LID - 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.01.016 [doi] AB - Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) has been implicated in tumor metastasis yet its function in melanoma progression remains unclear. Here, we demonstrate that stably silencing NCAM expression in mouse melanoma B16F0 cells perturbs their cellular invasion and metastatic dissemination in vivo. The pro-invasive function of NCAM is exerted via dual mechanisms involving both cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathways. Pharmacologic inhibition of PKA and PI3K leads to impaired cellular invasion. In contrast, forced expression of constitutively activated Akt, the major downstream target of PI3K, restores the defective cellular invasiveness of NCAM knock-down (KD) B16F0 cells. Furthermore, attenuation of either PKA or Akt activity in NCAM KD cells is shown to affect their common downstream target, transcription factor cAMP response element binding protein (CREB), which in turn down-regulates mRNA expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2), thus contributes to impaired cellular invasion and metastasis of melanoma cells. Together, these findings indicate that NCAM potentiates cellular invasion and metastasis of melanoma cells through stimulation of PKA and PI3K signaling pathways thus suggesting the potential implication of anti-NCAM strategy in melanoma treatment. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Shi, Yu AU - Shi Y AD - School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, #60 Nanyang Drive, Singapore 637551, Singapore. FAU - Liu, Rui AU - Liu R FAU - Zhang, Si AU - Zhang S FAU - Xia, Yin-Yan AU - Xia YY FAU - Yang, Hai-Jie AU - Yang HJ FAU - Guo, Ke AU - Guo K FAU - Zeng, Qi AU - Zeng Q FAU - Feng, Zhi-Wei AU - Feng ZW LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20110126 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biochem Cell Biol JT - The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology JID - 9508482 RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.11 (Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Movement MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Disease Progression MH - Down-Regulation MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques MH - Gene Silencing MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/genetics MH - Melanoma, Experimental/genetics/*pathology MH - Mice MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness MH - Neoplasm Metastasis MH - Neural Cell Adhesion Molecules/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Signal Transduction EDAT- 2011/02/01 06:00 MHDA- 2011/06/04 06:00 CRDT- 2011/02/01 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/01/18 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/01/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/02/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/02/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/06/04 06:00 [medline] AID - S1357-2725(11)00033-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.01.016 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2011 Apr;43(4):682-90. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2011.01.016. Epub 2011 Jan 26.