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Caveolin-1 down-regulation and Wnt5a-containing exosome activation are required for Ha-RasV12- induced cellular transformation and mechanical phenotypes in MDCK cells
Our previous study demonstrated that cancer cells undergo a change in their mechanical phenotype that includes cell softening and
loss of stiffness sensing. Caveolin-1 (Cav1), which is suppressed in many tumor cells and in oncogene-transformed cells, is linked
to regulate the mechanical phenotype. Cav1-upregulated RhoA activity and Y397FAK phosphorylation direct actin cap formation,
which is positively correlated with cell elasticity and stiffness sensing in fibroblast. Ha-RasV12-induced transformation and changes
in the mechanical phenotypes were reversed by re-expression of caveolin-1 and mimicked by the suppression of Cav1 in normal
fibroblasts. However, the loss of Cav1 per se is necessary but not sufficient to causally drive changes in the mechanical phenotype
and transformation in normal epithelial cells. In this study, we found that medium conditioned by Ha-RasV12-overexpressed MK4
cells induced cell softening, loss of stiffness sensing and increase in migration and invasion ability only in Cav1-knockdown MDCK
(MDCK/shCav1) cells. Ha-RasV12-activated exosomes caused cell scattering and softening in MDCK/shCav1 cells similar to Ha-
RasV12-activated conditioned medium. Wnt5a, one of the Ha-RasV12-increased exosomal proteins, also induced cell scattering
and cell softening in MDCK/shCav1 cells. Suppression of Wnt5a expression and secretion by C59, a porcupine (O-acyltransferase)
inhibitor or by Wnt5a siRNA inhibited Ha-RasV12-induced changes in mechanical phenotype and transformation in MK4 cells.
In addition, the potency of Ha-RasV12-activated exosomes to induce cell scattering, cell softening and increase in migration and
invasion ability in MDCK/shCav1 cells was blocked by the depletion of Wnt5a in MK4 cells. Taken together, these results suggested
that both caveolin-1 down regulation and exosomes activation are required for Ha-RasV12-induced cellular transformation in
MDCK cells. This study highlights the role of caveolin-1 in the regulation of epithelial cell responsiveness to tumor exosome-induced
transformation.
Biography
Ming-Jer Tang is a distinguished professor from the Department of Physiology at National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan. His research expertise includes Physiology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology.