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- Title
Role of Rho/ ROCK signaling in the interaction of melanoma cells with the blood-brain barrier.
- Authors
Wilhelm, Imola; Fazakas, Csilla; Molnár, Judit; Haskó, János; Végh, Attila G.; Cervenak, László; Nagyőszi, Péter; Nyúl ‐ Tóth, Ádám; Farkas, Attila E.; Bauer, Hannelore; Guillemin, Gilles J.; Bauer, Hans ‐ Christian; Váró, György; Krizbai, István A.
- Abstract
We have investigated the role of the Rho/ ROCK signaling pathway in the interaction of metastatic melanoma cells with the brain endothelium. ROCK inhibition induced a shift of melanoma cells to the mesenchymal phenotype, increased the number of melanoma cells attached to the brain endothelium, and strengthened the adhesion force between melanoma and endothelial cells. Inhibition of ROCK raised the number of melanoma cells migrating through the brain endothelial monolayer and promoted the formation of parenchymal brain metastases in vivo. We have shown that inhibition of the Rho/ ROCK pathway in melanoma, but not in brain endothelial cells, is responsible for this phenomenon. Our results indicate that the mesenchymal type of tumor cell movement is primordial in the transmigration of melanoma cells through the blood-brain barrier.
- Subjects
BLOOD-brain barrier; MELANOMA; CANCER cells; CELL communication; RHO GTPases; CELLULAR signal transduction; CANCER invasiveness
- Publication
Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research, 2014, Vol 27, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
1755-1471
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pcmr.12169