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Stimulation of cellular growth and adhesion to fibronectin and vitronectin in culture and tumorigenicity in nude mice by overexpression of trypsinogen in human gastric cancer cells

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It has previously been reported that the trypsinogen gene is expressed in various human cancers. To inves-tigate the possible role of trypsin in tumor malignancy, trypsinogen-1 cDNA was introduced into the human gastric carcinoma cell line MKN-1. The overexpression of trypsinogen-1 in MKN-1 cells stimulated cellular growth and adhesion to fibronectin and vitronectin when the trypsinogen activator enterokinase was added into the culture. Enterokinase treatment of the conditioned medium of the MKN-1 transfectants partially converted the proforms of gelatinases B and A to their apparent active forms. When the MKN-1 transfec-tants expressing trypsinogen-1 were intraperitoneally transplanted into nude mice, the mice frequently produced tumors in the colon, spleen and liver. However, the mice implanted with control MKN-1 cells produced no tumors. These results strongly suggest that tumor-derived trypsin contributes to the dissemi-nated growth of some types of cancer cells including gastric cancer. ©Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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  1. Division of Cell Biology, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku Yokohama, 244, Japan

    Satoshi Miyata, Naohiko Koshikawa, Hidetaro Yasumitsu & Kaoru Miyazaki

  2. Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku Yokohama, 244, Japan

    Yohei Miyagi

  3. Departments of Second Pathology, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku Yokohama, 236, Japan

    Yoji Nagashima & Kazuaki Misugi

  4. Department of Oral Biochemistry, Kanagawa Dental College, 82 Inaoka-cho, Yokosuka, 238, Japan

    Yasumasa Kato

  5. Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City, University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku Yokohama, 236, Japan

    Fumiki Hirahara

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Miyata, S., Miyagi, Y., Koshikawa, N. et al. Stimulation of cellular growth and adhesion to fibronectin and vitronectin in culture and tumorigenicity in nude mice by overexpression of trypsinogen in human gastric cancer cells. Clin Exp Metastasis 16, 613–621 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006576313979

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