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Role of plasminogen activator and of 92-KDa type IV collagenase in glioblastoma invasion using an in vitro matrigel model

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Brain Tumor Invasiveness

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The invasive nature of human gliomas represents a major factor in preventing their total resection. The exact nature of the underlying mechanisms of tumor cell invasion are still unclear. In this study, we have quantitatively assayed a glioblastoma cell line for its ability to migrate through a polycarbonate filter coated with matrigel which contains a complex of multiple basement membrane components. At 48 h the glioblastoma cell line (U251) showed a rate of invasiveness of 42% and also dependent on the concentration of matrigel. The U251 cell line produced a urokinase type plasminogen activator and a 92-KDa type IV collagenase. Both enzymes were inhibited by the addition of uPA and 92-KDa type IV collagenase antibodies. Those same antibodies reduced the invasion rate of U251 cells from 42% to 12 and 21%, respectively. Similarly, the addition of ε-aminocaproic acid (a plasmin inhibitor) or tissue inhibitor of metalloprotease (TIMP2, a collagenase inhibitor) reduced the invasiveness of U251 cells from 42% to 14% and 10%, respectively. Additionally, the other two glioblastoma cell lines (LG11, UWR1) and astrocytes showed a rate of invasiveness at 41%, 61% and 12%, respectively. Finally, the addition of hyaluronic acid to the matrigel, a constituent of brain extracellular matrix, enhanced the rate of invasion. These findings provide evidence for the role of serine proteases and metalloproteases in facilitating the invasion of extracellular matrix components by glioblastoma cell line and suggest a therapeutic role for protease inhibitors in attempting to minimize the invasive propensity of gliomas.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Jasti S. Rao & Raymond Sawaya

  2. Department of Neuro-Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Peter A. Steck

  3. Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Philip Tofilon

  4. Department of Tumor Biology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

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  5. Department of Experimental Pediatrics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Francis Ali-Osman

  6. Laboratory of Pathology, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    William G. Stetler-Stevenson & Lance A. Liotta

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Rao, J.S. et al. (1994). Role of plasminogen activator and of 92-KDa type IV collagenase in glioblastoma invasion using an in vitro matrigel model. In: Goldfarb, R.H. (eds) Brain Tumor Invasiveness. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2622-3_5

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