SPARC regulates transforming growth factor beta induced (TGFBI) extracellular matrix deposition and paclitaxel response in ovarian cancer cells
Abstract
TGFBI has been shown to sensitize ovarian cancer cells to the cytotoxic effects of paclitaxel via an integrin receptor-mediated mechanism that modulates microtubule stability. Herein, we determine that TGFBI localizes within organized fibrillar structures in mesothelial-derived ECM. We determined that suppression of SPARC expression by shRNA decreased the deposition of TGFBI in mesothelial-derived ECM, without affecting its overall protein expression or secretion. Conversely, overexpression of SPARC increased TGFBI deposition. A SPARC-YFP fusion construct expressed by the Met5a cell line co-localized with TGFBI in the cell-derived ECM. Interestingly, in vitro produced SPARC was capable of precipitating TGFBI from cell lysates dependent on an intact SPARC carboxy-terminus with in vitro binding assays verifying a direct interaction. The last 37 amino acids of SPARC were shown to be required for the TGFBI interaction while expression of a SPARC-YFP construct lacking this region (aa 1-256) did not interact and co-localize with TGFBI in the ECM. Furthermore, ovarian cancer cells have a reduced motility and decreased response to the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel when plated on ECM derived from mesothelial cells lacking SPARC compared to control mesothelial-derived ECM. In conclusion, SPARC regulates the fibrillar ECM deposition of TGFBI through a novel interaction, subsequently influencing cancer cell behavior.
Citation
Tumbarello , D A , Andrews , M R & Brenton , J D 2016 , ' SPARC regulates transforming growth factor beta induced (TGFBI) extracellular matrix deposition and paclitaxel response in ovarian cancer cells ' , PLoS ONE , vol. 11 , no. 9 , e0162698 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162698
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PLoS ONE
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1932-6203Type
Journal article
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Copyright: © 2016 Tumbarello et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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This work was supported by Cancer Research UK and the University of Cambridge.Collections
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