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Downregulation of uPARAP mediates cytoskeletal rearrangements and decreases invasion and migration properties in glioma cells

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To identify molecular therapeutic targets for glioma, we performed gene expression profiling by using a complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray method and identified the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein (uPARAP/Endo180) as a gene expressed highly in glioma tissue compared with the normal brain tissue. The uPARAP is an endocytic receptor for collagen. In certain cell types, uPARAP occurs in a complex with the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) where it fulfills other functions in addition to collagenolysis. Quantitative PCR analysis using a cDNA panel revealed higher expression levels of uPARAP in glioma tissue compared with normal brain tissue. Western blot analysis revealed that the uPARAP protein was expressed in glioma samples and two glioma cell lines, KNS42 and KNS81, but not expressed in control tissue from the normal brain. Introduction of small interfering RNA-targeted uPARAP into the two different glioma cell lines, KNS42 and KNS81, resulted in downregulation of uPARAP expression, and it significantly suppressed glioma cell migration and invasion in vitro. Control glioma cells showed small cell bodies, whereas uPARAP siRNA-treated glioma cells exhibited large and flat morphology. Most of the polymeric actin in the control glioma cells was concentrated in the lamellipodia that are observed in mobile cells. In contrast, in the uPARAP siRNA-treated glioma cells, polymeric actin became organized in stress fibers and the lamellipodia disappeared, characteristic of immobile cells. Our present study suggests that uPARAP may be involved in glioma cell invasiveness through actin cytoskeletal rearrangement. downregulation of uPARAP may be a novel anti-invasion therapeutic strategy for malignant gliomas.

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We thank Ms. S. Teramoto, Ms. T. Muraki and Ms. Y. Aikawa for technical assistance, and Dr. R. Fukaya for useful discussion. Grants from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Science and Technology, JAPAN including Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (JSPS KAKENHI 19791011).

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinano-machi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

    Satoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Kawase, Kazunari Yoshida & Masahiro Toda

  2. Research Planning and Coordination Department, Gotenba Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shizuoka, Japan

    Hisafumi Yamada-Okabe

  3. Pharmaceutical Research Department, Kamakura Research Laboratories, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, Japan

    Kenji Hamada

  4. Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

    Shigeki Ohta

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Takahashi, S., Yamada-Okabe, H., Hamada, K. et al. Downregulation of uPARAP mediates cytoskeletal rearrangements and decreases invasion and migration properties in glioma cells. J Neurooncol 103, 267–276 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-010-0398-z

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