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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 111, Issue 4 521-532, Copyright © 1998 by Company of Biologists
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D Alford, D Baeckstrom, M Geyp, P Pitha and J Taylor-Papadimitriou
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Epithelial Cell Biology Laboratory, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
The HB2 cell line, developed from luminal epithelial cells cultured from milk, forms ball-like structures in collagen gels which show a uniform branching response to hepatocyte growth factor. The alpha2beta1 integrin is the major integrin expressed by luminal epithelial cells, and the role of this integrin in mammary morphogenesis has been analysed using HB2 cells cultured in collagen gels and antibodies which affect integrin function. Selectivity of response was followed by comparing effects on morphogenesis in fibrin, where the alphavbeta1 integrin interacts with the matrix. In the presence of hepatocyte growth factor, using alpha2 and beta1 antibodies in collagen and alphav and beta1 antibodies in fibrin, complete blocking of the cell-matrix interaction inhibits cell survival. With partial blocking of the integrin-ligand interaction, the cells proliferate but form dissociated colonies. Activating antibodies to the beta1 integrin subunit which enhance the matrix interaction dramatically inhibit the branching and motility responses to hepatocyte growth factor. A series of non-blocking alpha2 reactive antibodies also inhibit these responses specifically in or on collagen. Studies with ras-transfected HB2 cells emphasise the importance of the alpha2beta1 collagen interaction in the development of form since HB2ras cells, which express reduced levels of the alpha2beta1 integrin, form dissociated colonies in collagen but not in fibrin. Treatment of HB2ras cells with a beta1 activating antibody, however, induces the formation of compact colonies. Even though the ras-transformants form colonies in agar, complete blocking of the alpha2beta1/collagen interaction does not allow survival in collagen. The results indicate that in mammary morphogenesis, the strength of the interaction of integrins with the extracellular matrix modulates the response to motogenic factors and contributes to the definition of form.
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