β3GnT8 plays an important role in CD147 signal transduction as an upstream modulator of MMP production in tumor cells

  • Authors:
    • Zhi Jiang
    • Shuijun Hu
    • Dong Hua
    • Jianlong Ni
    • Lan Xu
    • Yan  Ge
    • Yinghui Zhou
    • Zhihong Cheng
    • Shiliang Wu
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  • Published online on: June 23, 2014     https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2014.3280
  • Pages: 1156-1162
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Abstract

Aberrant carbohydration by related glycosyl­transferases plays an important role in the progression of cancer. This study focused on the ablity of β-1,3-N-acetyl­glucosaminyltransferase-8 (β3GnT8) to regulate MMP-2 expression through regulation of the CD147 signal transduction pathway in cancer cells. β3GnT8 catalyzes and then extends a polylactosamine chain specifically on β1-6-branched tetraantennary N-glycans. CD147 is a major carrier of β1-6-branched polylactosamine sugars on tumor cells, and the high glycoform of CD147 (HG-CD147) induces matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) production. In the present study, we analyzed β3GnT8 mRNA expression in 6 cancer cell lines (MCF-7, M231, LN229, U87, SGC-7901 and U251). We found that β3GnT8 expression in the LN229, SGC-7901 and U251 cell lines was higher than that in the other cell lines. Therefore, we established β3GnT8-knockdown cell lines derived from the LN229 and SGC-7901 cell lines to examine the level of polylactosamine and CD147 N-glycosylation. In addition, tunicamycin is widely used as an inhibitor of N-linked glycosylation. Hence, various concentrations of tunicamycin were used to treat the cells in order to study its influence on CD147 N-glycosylation and MMP-2 expression. In conclusion, we found that β3GnT8 regulated the level of N-glycans on CD147 and that N-glycosylation of CD147 has an important effect on MMP-2 expression. Our findings suggest that β3GnT8 affects the signal transduction pathway of MMP-2 by altering the N-glycan structure of CD147.
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Jiang Z, Hu S, Hua D, Ni J, Xu L, Ge Y, Zhou Y, Cheng Z and Wu S: β3GnT8 plays an important role in CD147 signal transduction as an upstream modulator of MMP production in tumor cells. Oncol Rep 32: 1156-1162, 2014
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Jiang, Z., Hu, S., Hua, D., Ni, J., Xu, L., Ge, Y. ... Wu, S. (2014). β3GnT8 plays an important role in CD147 signal transduction as an upstream modulator of MMP production in tumor cells. Oncology Reports, 32, 1156-1162. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2014.3280
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Jiang, Z., Hu, S., Hua, D., Ni, J., Xu, L., Ge, Y., Zhou, Y., Cheng, Z., Wu, S."β3GnT8 plays an important role in CD147 signal transduction as an upstream modulator of MMP production in tumor cells". Oncology Reports 32.3 (2014): 1156-1162.
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Jiang, Z., Hu, S., Hua, D., Ni, J., Xu, L., Ge, Y., Zhou, Y., Cheng, Z., Wu, S."β3GnT8 plays an important role in CD147 signal transduction as an upstream modulator of MMP production in tumor cells". Oncology Reports 32, no. 3 (2014): 1156-1162. https://doi.org/10.3892/or.2014.3280