Aryl-hydrocarbon receptor-dependent alteration of FAK/RhoA in the inhibition of HUVEC motility by 3-methylcholanthrene

Chih Cheng Chang, Shih Ying Tsai, Heng Lin, Hsiao Fen Li, Yi Hsuan Lee, Ying Chou, Chih Yu Jen, Shu Hui Juan

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摘要

We previously demonstrated the antiproliferative and antiangiogenic effects of 3-methylcholanthrene (3MC), an aryl-hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonist, in human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (HUVECs). Herein, we unraveled its molecular mechanisms in inhibiting HUVEC motility. 3MC down-regulated FAK, but up-regulated RhoA, which was rescued by AhR knockdown. It led us to identify novel AhR binding sites in the FAK/RhoA promoters. Additionally, 3MC increased RhoA activity via suppression of a negative feedback pathway of FAK/p190RhoGAP. With an increase in membrane-bound RhoA, subsequent stress fiber and focal adhesion complex formation was observed in 3MC-treated cells, and this was reversed by a RhoA inhibitor and AhR antagonists. Notably, these compounds significantly reversed 3MC-mediated anti-migration in a transwell assay. The in vitro findings were further confirmed using an animal model of Matrigel formation in Balb/c mice. Collectively, AhR's genomic regulation of FAK/RhoA, together with RhoA activation, is ascribable to the anti-migration effect of 3MC in HUVECs.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)3193-3205
頁數13
期刊Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
66
發行號19
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 10月 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 分子醫學
  • 分子生物學
  • 藥理
  • 細胞與分子神經科學
  • 細胞生物學

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