Cbl‑b promotes cell detachment via ubiquitination of focal adhesion kinase

Fan,Yibo; Qu,Xiujuan; Ma,Yanju; Liu,Yunpeng; Hu,Xuejun

doi:10.3892/ol.2016.4730

Cbl‑b promotes cell detachment via ubiquitination of focal adhesion kinase

Authors:
- Yibo Fan
- Xiujuan Qu
- Yanju Ma
- Yunpeng Liu
- Xuejun Hu
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Affiliations: Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China, Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning 110001, P.R. China
Published online on: June 15, 2016 https://doi.org/10.3892/ol.2016.4730
Pages: 1113-1118

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Abstract

Cancer cell detachment from the primary tumor site represents the first stage of metastasis. Previous studies have identified that cell detachment is triggered by cytoskeletal disruption, which may induce a wide variety of cellular changes. Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) exhibits crucial cellular functions, including regulation of the cytoskeleton. These observations have provided exciting insights into the effect of FAK in cell detachment; however, the involvement of FAK in cell detachment remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of FAK and its function in the process of cell detachment. The results revealed that FAK expression was downregulated following trypsin treatment in human gastric, lung, colon and breast cancer cell lines, as well as a human gastric epithelial cell line. Knockdown of FAK enhanced cell detachment in gastric cancer MGC803 cells, indicating that FAK inhibits cell detachment. Further investigation revealed that trypsin induced monoubiquitination of FAK. In addition, the lysosome inhibitor, NH4Cl, decreased trypsin‑induced degradation of FAK. Casitas B‑lineage lymphoma‑b (Cbl‑b), an E3 ubiquitin ligase, was involved in this process, which interacted with FAK, as demonstrated by co‑precipitation experiments, and promoted trypsin‑induced ubiquitin‑lysosome degradation of FAK. These results indicate that Cbl‑b promotes cell detachment via ubiquitination of FAK. These findings provide novel insights regarding the effect of FAK and Cbl‑b in the process of cancer cell detachment.

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