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The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior

Overactivation of the c-MET/HGF system is a feature of many cancers. We previously reported that type II testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) cells express the c-MET receptor, forming non-seminomatous lesions that are more positive compared with seminomatous ones. Notably, we also demonstrated that NT2...

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Autores principales: Gesualdi, Luisa, Leonetti, Erica, Cucina, Alessandra, Scicchitano, Bianca Maria, Sorrentino, Silvia, Tarsitano, Maria Grazia, Isidori, Andrea, Bizzarri, Mariano, Filippini, Antonio, Riccioli, Anna, Cammarota, Marcella, Gigantino, Vincenzo, Ricci, Giulia, Catizone, Angela
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33212946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228669
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author Gesualdi, Luisa
Leonetti, Erica
Cucina, Alessandra
Scicchitano, Bianca Maria
Sorrentino, Silvia
Tarsitano, Maria Grazia
Isidori, Andrea
Bizzarri, Mariano
Filippini, Antonio
Riccioli, Anna
Cammarota, Marcella
Gigantino, Vincenzo
Ricci, Giulia
Catizone, Angela
author_facet Gesualdi, Luisa
Leonetti, Erica
Cucina, Alessandra
Scicchitano, Bianca Maria
Sorrentino, Silvia
Tarsitano, Maria Grazia
Isidori, Andrea
Bizzarri, Mariano
Filippini, Antonio
Riccioli, Anna
Cammarota, Marcella
Gigantino, Vincenzo
Ricci, Giulia
Catizone, Angela
author_sort Gesualdi, Luisa
collection PubMed
description Overactivation of the c-MET/HGF system is a feature of many cancers. We previously reported that type II testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) cells express the c-MET receptor, forming non-seminomatous lesions that are more positive compared with seminomatous ones. Notably, we also demonstrated that NT2D1 non-seminomatous cells (derived from an embryonal carcinoma lesion) increase their proliferation, migration, and invasion in response to HGF. Herein, we report that HGF immunoreactivity is more evident in the microenvironment of embryonal carcinoma biopsies with respect to seminomatous ones, indicating a tumor-dependent modulation of the testicular niche. PI3K/AKT is one of the signaling pathways triggered by HGF through the c-MET activation cascade. Herein, we demonstrated that phospho-AKT increases in NT2D1 cells after HGF stimulation. Moreover, we found that this pathway is involved in HGF-dependent NT2D1 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, since the co-administration of the PI3K inhibitor LY294002 together with HGF abrogates these responses. Notably, the inhibition of endogenous PI3K affects collective cell migration but does not influence proliferation or chemotactic activity. Surprisingly, LY294002 administered without the co-administration of HGF increases cell invasion at levels comparable to the HGF-administered samples. This paradoxical result highlights the role of the testicular microenvironment in the modulation of cellular responses and stimulates the study of the testicular secretome in cancer lesions.
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spelling pubmed-76984142020-11-29 The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior Gesualdi, Luisa Leonetti, Erica Cucina, Alessandra Scicchitano, Bianca Maria Sorrentino, Silvia Tarsitano, Maria Grazia Isidori, Andrea Bizzarri, Mariano Filippini, Antonio Riccioli, Anna Cammarota, Marcella Gigantino, Vincenzo Ricci, Giulia Catizone, Angela Int J Mol Sci Article Overactivation of the c-MET/HGF system is a feature of many cancers. We previously reported that type II testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) cells express the c-MET receptor, forming non-seminomatous lesions that are more positive compared with seminomatous ones. Notably, we also demonstrated that NT2D1 non-seminomatous cells (derived from an embryonal carcinoma lesion) increase their proliferation, migration, and invasion in response to HGF. Herein, we report that HGF immunoreactivity is more evident in the microenvironment of embryonal carcinoma biopsies with respect to seminomatous ones, indicating a tumor-dependent modulation of the testicular niche. PI3K/AKT is one of the signaling pathways triggered by HGF through the c-MET activation cascade. Herein, we demonstrated that phospho-AKT increases in NT2D1 cells after HGF stimulation. Moreover, we found that this pathway is involved in HGF-dependent NT2D1 cell proliferation, migration, and invasion, since the co-administration of the PI3K inhibitor LY294002 together with HGF abrogates these responses. Notably, the inhibition of endogenous PI3K affects collective cell migration but does not influence proliferation or chemotactic activity. Surprisingly, LY294002 administered without the co-administration of HGF increases cell invasion at levels comparable to the HGF-administered samples. This paradoxical result highlights the role of the testicular microenvironment in the modulation of cellular responses and stimulates the study of the testicular secretome in cancer lesions. MDPI 2020-11-17 /pmc/articles/PMC7698414/ /pubmed/33212946 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228669 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Gesualdi, Luisa
Leonetti, Erica
Cucina, Alessandra
Scicchitano, Bianca Maria
Sorrentino, Silvia
Tarsitano, Maria Grazia
Isidori, Andrea
Bizzarri, Mariano
Filippini, Antonio
Riccioli, Anna
Cammarota, Marcella
Gigantino, Vincenzo
Ricci, Giulia
Catizone, Angela
The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title_full The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title_fullStr The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title_full_unstemmed The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title_short The PI3K/AKT Pathway Is Activated by HGF in NT2D1 Non-Seminoma Cells and Has a Role in the Modulation of Their Malignant Behavior
title_sort pi3k/akt pathway is activated by hgf in nt2d1 non-seminoma cells and has a role in the modulation of their malignant behavior
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33212946
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21228669
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