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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 109, Issue 12 2855-2863, Copyright © 1996 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Integrin-dependent induction of early growth response genes in capillary endothelial cells

LE Dike and DE Ingber
Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Studies were carried out to explore how extracellular matrix molecules, such as fibronectin (FN), promote capillary endothelial (CE) cell growth. When G0-synchronized cells were plated on FN-coated dishes, expression of the immediate-early mRNAs, c-fos, c-myc and c-jun, was rapidly induced, even in the absence of serum or soluble growth factors. Moreover, plating cells on different FN densities (5-200 micrograms/150 mm dish), resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the steady state levels of these mRNAs. Addition of FGF potentiated gene activation and was required for maximal DNA synthesis, however, the overall steady-state level of gene induction was dictated primarily by the density of immobilized FN. Expression of junB also was induced when suspended cells bound RGD-peptide coated microbeads that promote integrin clustering, but not when the suspended cells bound beads coated with other receptor ligands (e.g. acetylated low density protein) or when they were stimulated by soluble FN or FGF in the absence of substrate adhesion. c-Jun exhibited a similar requirement for gene induction except that it also was partially induced by binding to soluble FN alone. In contrast, c-fos expression was induced by all stimuli tested. Interestingly, inhibition of Na+/H+ exchange using hexamethylene-amiloride prevented most of the FN-induced increase in c-jun expression whereas it was relatively ineffective when cells were simultaneously stimulated by both FN and FGF. These data demonstrate that cell adhesion to extracellular matrix and associated integrin binding can directly activate signaling cascades in quiescent CE cells that lead to induction of immediate-early genes associated with the G0/G1 transition and thereby, stimulate these cells to reenter the growth cycle.


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