Journal of Cell Science, Vol 108, Issue 6 2175-2186, Copyright © 1995 by Company of Biologists

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Immunomorphological characterization and effects of 12-(S)-HETE on a dynamic intracellular pool of the alpha IIb beta 3-integrin in melanoma cells

J Timar, R Bazaz, V Kimler, M Haddad, DG Tang, D Robertson, J Tovari, JD Taylor and KV Honn
1st Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research, Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest, Hungary.

In metastatic B16a murine melanoma cells, alpha IIb beta 3 integrin was shown to be one of the key adhesion molecules responsible for matrix adhesion and spreading. Upon stimulation, alpha IIb beta 3 can be upregulated at the cell surface due to translocation of the receptor to the plasma membrane from an intracellular pool. Here we have characterized this integrin pool as a tubulovesicular structure (TVS) corresponding to endosomes. TVS was found to be associated temporarily with microtubules and intermediate filaments especially after protein kinase C (PKC) stimulation with a lipoxygenase metabolite of arachidonic acid, 12-(S)-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid [12-(S)-HETE]. After PKC stimulation, the predominantly vesicular TVS became elongated and alpha IIb beta 3 appeared at the apical plasma membrane and microvilli. Disruption of either the microtubules or intermediate filaments prevented the 12-(S)-HETE effect both on vesicular to tubular transition of TVS as well as on surface expression of this integrin. The connection with the Golgi system of the integrin-containing TVS was proved by a Golgi-inhibitor (brefeldin A) pretreatment, which prevented the PKC-stimulation-induced TVS elongation and subsequent receptor-upregulation at the cell surface. After a soluble ligand binding (mAb to the alpha IIb beta 3 complex) the surface receptor endocytosed back to the TVS indicating the presence of a dynamic, cytoskeleton associated integrin pool in melanoma cells.
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