Invasive growth is a complex biological program triggered by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) through its tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the Met proto-oncogene. The program involves—besides proliferation—cell dissociation, motility and invasiveness, controlled by intracellular signals impinging on PI3K and on the small G-proteins of the Rac/Rho family. The mechanism(s) unbalancing Rac/Rho activation are still not completely clarified. Here, we describe a functional link between HGF and Arhgap12, a gene encoding a previously uncharacterized protein of the RhoGAP family. We identified Arhgap12 as a transcriptional target of HGF, through a novel gene trapping strategy. We found that Arhgap12 mRNA and protein are robustly suppressed by HGF treatment, but not by serum. Arhgap12 displayed GTPase activating protein (GAP) activity towards Rac1 and, upon overexpression, impaired cell scattering, invasion and adhesion to fibronectin in response to HGF. Consistently, Arhgap12 silencing by RNA interference selectively increased the scatter and adhesion responses. These data show that HGF-driven invasive growth involves transcriptional regulation of a Rac1-specific GAP.

Met-driven invasive growth involves transcriptional regulation of Arhgap12

LAZZARI, LUCA;BERTOTTI, Andrea;LANZETTI, Letizia;COMOGLIO, Paolo;MEDICO, Enzo
2008-01-01

Abstract

Invasive growth is a complex biological program triggered by hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) through its tyrosine kinase receptor encoded by the Met proto-oncogene. The program involves—besides proliferation—cell dissociation, motility and invasiveness, controlled by intracellular signals impinging on PI3K and on the small G-proteins of the Rac/Rho family. The mechanism(s) unbalancing Rac/Rho activation are still not completely clarified. Here, we describe a functional link between HGF and Arhgap12, a gene encoding a previously uncharacterized protein of the RhoGAP family. We identified Arhgap12 as a transcriptional target of HGF, through a novel gene trapping strategy. We found that Arhgap12 mRNA and protein are robustly suppressed by HGF treatment, but not by serum. Arhgap12 displayed GTPase activating protein (GAP) activity towards Rac1 and, upon overexpression, impaired cell scattering, invasion and adhesion to fibronectin in response to HGF. Consistently, Arhgap12 silencing by RNA interference selectively increased the scatter and adhesion responses. These data show that HGF-driven invasive growth involves transcriptional regulation of a Rac1-specific GAP.
2008
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http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n42/full/onc2008173a.html
Gentile A; D'Alessandro L; Lazzari L; Martinoglio B; Bertotti A; Mira A; Lanzetti L; Comoglio PM; Medico E.
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