Tissue-type plasminogen activator-induced invasion and metastasis of murine melanomas
- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Current Eye Research
- Vol. 14 (6) , 449-458
- https://doi.org/10.3109/02713689509003755
Abstract
The role of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) in the ‘spontaneous’ as well as ‘experimental’ metastasis of ocular melanomas in mice was evaluated by transfecting the D5.1G4 murine melanoma cell line that possesses low metastatic activity and low tPA activity with a full length cDNA encoding human tPA. For comparison, a highly metastatic melanoma cell line (Queen's) that constitutively expresses high tPA production, was transfected with a cDNA coding for human plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1). Unlike non-transfected controls, transfected D5.1G4 melanoma cells expressed high levels of tPA and produced extensive pulmonary metastases following intravenous injection. By contrast, PAI-1 transfected Queen's melanoma cells expressed low tPA activity and displayed significantly reduced metastatic potential compared with nontransfected controls. Moreover, PAI-1 transfected Queen's melanoma cells did not metastasize from the eye while nontransfected parental cells produced extensive spontaneous metastases. Expression of tPA activity in transfected and nontransfected cell lines was completely blocked by an anti-tPA antibody. This antibody significantly inhibited the organ localization and frequency of lung metastases of both Queen's and tPA-transfected D5.1G4 melanomas. This study demonstrates that tPA is involved in the metastasis of murine intraocular melanomas.Keywords
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