PMID- 31219187 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200821 LR - 20200821 IS - 1097-4652 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9541 (Linking) VI - 235 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan TI - Elucidation of the mechanism underlying CD44v6-induced transformation of IEC-6 normal intestinal epithelial cells. PG - 194-209 LID - 10.1002/jcp.28959 [doi] AB - The transformation abilities of CD44s and CD44v6 in normal intestinal epithelial cells have not yet been reported. Herein, we established both CD44s and CD44v6 overexpressing stable clones from rat IEC-6 cells and demonstrated that the CD44v6 clones had higher saturation density and anchorage independence. Additionally, CD44v6 clones were more resistant to oxaliplatin and irinotecan which might be attributed to a significantly increased B-cell lymphoma 2 level and a reduced DNA damage response in these cells. Moreover, c-Met and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 signalings were involved in modulating the saturation density in CD44v6 clones. Interestingly, higher activation of both AKT and extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (ERK) were detected in CD44v6 clones which might account in part for the cell density-independent nuclear localization of Yes-associated protein (YAP). To no surprise, increases of both saturation density and anchorage independence in CD44v6 clones were markedly diminished by PI3K, AKT, MEK, and ERK inhibitors as well as YAP knockdown. By contrast, overexpression of a constitutively active YAP robustly increased the aforementioned phenotypes in IEC-6 cells. Collectively, our results suggest that upregulation of CD44v6, but not CD44s, induces the transformation of normal intestinal epithelial cells possibly via activating the c-Met/AKT/YAP pathway which might also explain the important role of CD44v6 in the initiation of various carcinomas. CI - (c) 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. FAU - Chung, Shin-Yi AU - Chung SY AD - Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Huang, Wen-Chen AU - Huang WC AD - Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Chen, Zong-Siang AU - Chen ZS AD - Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Chao, Ta-Chung AU - Chao TC AD - Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. AD - Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Min University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. FAU - Su, Yeu AU - Su Y AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6762-530X AD - Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20190620 PL - United States TA - J Cell Physiol JT - Journal of cellular physiology JID - 0050222 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (CD44v6 antigen) RN - 0 (Hyaluronan Receptors) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Topoisomerase I Inhibitors) RN - 04ZR38536J (Oxaliplatin) RN - 7673326042 (Irinotecan) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antineoplastic Agents/toxicity MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics/*pathology MH - Epithelial Cells MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Hyaluronan Receptors/*genetics MH - Irinotecan/toxicity MH - Oxaliplatin/toxicity MH - Protein Isoforms MH - Rats MH - Topoisomerase I Inhibitors/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - CD44 OT - CD44v6 OT - normal intestinal epithelial cell and YAP OT - transformation EDAT- 2019/06/21 06:00 MHDA- 2020/08/22 06:00 CRDT- 2019/06/21 06:00 PHST- 2019/04/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/05/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/08/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/21 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jcp.28959 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Physiol. 2020 Jan;235(1):194-209. doi: 10.1002/jcp.28959. Epub 2019 Jun 20.