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Andrea Casazza, Veronica Finisguerra, Lorena Capparuccia, Andrea Camperi, Jakub M. Swiercz, Sabrina Rizzolio, Charlotte Rolny, Claus Christensen, Andrea Bertotti, Ivana Sarotto, Mauro Risio, Livio Trusolino, Jurgen Weitz, Martin Schneider, Massimilano Mazzone, Paolo M. Comoglio, Luca Tamagnone
Published in Volume 120, Issue 8
J Clin Invest. 2010; 120(8):2684–2698 doi:10.1172/JCI42118
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Figure 9
ErbB2 kinase is required for p61-dependent promigratory and prometastatic function.

(A) A549 cells were pretreated with 400 nM Lapatinib or 250 nM PHA-665752 for 2 hours and allowed to migrate in a Transwell insert in response to 7 nM p61-Sema3E in presence of the same inhibitors. Migrated cells were quantified by staining with crystal violet (see Methods). Data are given as average ± SD of 2 independent experiments. **P < 0.005. Analogous results were obtained by analyzing MDA-MB-435 and HeLa cancer cells (see Supplemental Figure 11, A and B). (B) A549 cells were transduced to establish an autocrine circuit of p61-Sema3E, fluorescence labeled with CFDA-SE, and injected systemically into mice treated with Lapatinib or vehicle (see Methods). Forty-eight hours after injection, metastatic fluorescent cells in the lungs were quantified (as described in Methods). The graph indicates average values ± SD of 5 mice per each experimental group. **P < 0.003. (C) The expression of ErbB2 (or Met tyrosine kinase as control) was knocked down in A549 tumor cells by RNAi (see Methods) and migration was assayed as above in response to 7 nM p61, 1 nM Hrg-β, or 1 nM HGF. Data are given as average ± SD of 2 independent experiments. Statistical significance was calculated relative to mock-treated cells in each group. *P < 0.05. (D) ErbB2-depleted A549 cells and respective controls were transduced to establish an autocrine circuit of p61-Sema3E (see expression analysis). Tumor cells were labeled with CFDA-SE before intravenous injection into nude mice. The graph shows the number of metastatic cells infiltrating the lungs after 48 hours, quantified as in B (average values ± SD of 5 mice per each experimental group). **P < 0.005. (E) Sema3E-induced migration of A549 cells was assayed as above, in the presence of DMSO (vehicle), or 2 μm U73122 (PLCγ), 10 μm PD98059 (“PD,” MAPK inhibitor), or 10 μm LY294002 (“LY,” PI3K inhibitor). PLCγ close to U73122; (MAPK inhibitor) close to PD98059, and (AKT inhibitor) close to LY294002. Data are given as average ± SD of 2 independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.003.