Uridine 5'-triphosphate promotes in vitro Schwannoma cell migration through matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation
Author
Lamarca Dams, Aloa
Gella Concustell, Alejandro
Martiáñez Canales, Tània
Segura Castell, Mónica
Figueiro-Silva, Joana
Grijota Martínez, Maria del Carmen
Trullás, Ramón
Casals i Farré, Núria
Publication date
2014-06-06ISSN
1932-6203
Abstract
In response to peripheral nerve injury, Schwann cells adopt a migratory phenotype and modify the extracellular matrix to make it permissive for cell migration and axonal re-growth. Uridine 5′-triphosphate (UTP) and other nucleotides are released during nerve injury and activate purinergic receptors expressed on the Schwann cell surface, but little is known about the involvement of purine signalling in wound healing. We studied the effect of UTP on Schwannoma cell migration and wound closure and the intracellular signaling pathways involved. We found that UTP treatment induced Schwannoma cell migration through activation of P2Y2 receptors and through the increase of extracellular matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) activation and expression. Knockdown P2Y2 receptor or MMP-2 expression greatly reduced wound closure and MMP-2 activation induced by UTP. MMP-2 activation evoked by injury or UTP was also mediated by phosphorylation of all 3 major mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs): JNK, ERK1/2, and p38. Inhibition of these MAPK pathways decreased both MMP-2 activation and cell migration. Interestingly, MAPK phosphorylation evoked by UTP exhibited a biphasic pattern, with an early transient phosphorylation 5 min after treatment, and a late and sustained phosphorylation that appeared at 6 h and lasted up to 24 h. Inhibition of MMP-2 activity selectively blocked the late, but not the transient, phase of MAPK activation. These results suggest that MMP-2 activation and late MAPK phosphorylation are part of a positive feedback mechanism to maintain the migratory phenotype for wound healing. In conclusion, our findings show that treatment with UTP stimulates in vitro Schwannoma cell migration and wound repair through a MMP-2-dependent mechanism via P2Y2 receptors and MAPK pathway activation.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
Keywords
Cèl·lules -- Migració
Cicatrització
Fluorescència
Expressió gènica
Nucleòtids -- Anàlisi
Fosforilació
Células
Cicatrización
Fluorescencia
Expresión génica
Nucleótidos
Fosforilación oxidativa
Schwann Cells -- Pathology
Cell migration
Wound healing
MAPKs (Enzymes)
Fluorescence microscopy
Gene expression
Nucleotide
Phosphorylation
Pages
12
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Collection
9;6
Is part of
PLoS One
Citation
Lamarca, Aloa; Gella, Alejandro; Martiañez, Tania [et al.]. Uridine 5'-triphosphate promotes in vitro Schwannoma cell migration through matrix metalloproteinase-2 activation. PLoS One, 2014, vol. 9, núm. 6, e98998. Disponible en: <https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0098998>. Fecha de acceso: 14 dic. 2019. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098998.
Grant agreement number
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/SAF2011-23550
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- Ciències de la Salut [725]
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