Suppression of cell growth by ectopic expression of N-cadherin.
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- Published online on: May 1, 1998 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.12.5.1097
- Pages: 1097-1198
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Abstract
We found that ectopic expression of N-cadherin in 3Y1 caused tight association of cells and, thereby, substantially suppressed cell growth. N-cadherin expression inhibited neither tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular proteins, GTP uptake onto Ras, nor activation of MAP kinase, suggesting that it does not directly interfere the Ras-MAP kinase pathway. However, co-expression of N-cadherin with dominant negative Ras, S17N Ras, showed synergestic growth inhibitory effect, suggesting that N-cadherin signaling antagonizes the Ras-MAP kinase signaling. In addition, we found that N-cadherin yielded cell-cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase. These results strongly suggest that N-cadherin cell adhesion machinery works as a negative controller of cell cycle in 3Y1 and this growth suppressive function of cadherin is distinct from the epithelial morphogenetic function.