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Medientyp: E-Artikel Titel: Exogenous cadherin microdisplay can interfere with endogenous signaling and reprogram gene expression in cultured hepatocytes Beteiligte: Brieva, Thomas A.; Moghe, Prabhas V. Erschienen: Wiley, 2004 Erschienen in: Biotechnology and Bioengineering Sprache: Englisch DOI: 10.1002/bit.10855 ISSN: 0006-3592; 1097-0290 Schlagwörter: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ; Bioengineering ; Biotechnology Entstehung: Anmerkungen: Beschreibung: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>We recently found that the basal micro substrate presentation of E‐cadherin, a key cell–cell adhesion molecule in the liver, can modulate hepatocellular proliferative potential and differentiated function (Brieva and Moghe, <jats:ext-link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="#bib7">in press</jats:ext-link>). In the current study, we established a similar experimental model involving rat hepatocytes cultured on collagen and incorporated 5 μm polystyrene microbeads functionalized with Protein A‐anchored E‐cadherin/human lgG Fc chimeric fusion constructs. We investigated the cadherin governed dose‐response of cell proliferative potential and quantified the underlying changes in intracellular gene signaling processes. Hepatocellular proliferative potential was found to be intensified with an increase in the microdisplay of acellular cadherins and this effect was offset by increased cell seeding density. Notably, we report that following overnight exposure to acellular cadherins, the expression of genes known to mediate the control of cell proliferation, cyclin D1 and c‐myc, was upregulated, while the expression of differentiation‐related genes, namely albumin and cytochrome P450 II B1, was reduced. The exposure of cell cultures to exogenous cadherins was found to markedly disrupt the localization of endogenous E‐cadherin and β‐catenin to junctions at cell–cell contacts and cause a quantitative decrease in the endogenous cadherin protein levels. Based on all of our observations, we propose that the acellular presentation of E‐cadherin chimeras competitively disrupts endogenous cadherin containing complexes at cell–cell junctions and increases intracellular cadherin turnover, thereby promoting β‐catenin mediated signaling, which ultimately engenders an increase in cell proliferative potential and a decrease in differentiated function. © 2004 Wiley, Periodicals, Inc.</jats:p>