Integrin α4β1 involvement in stromal cell-derived factor-1α-promoted myeloma cell transendothelial migration and adhesion: Role of cAMP and the actin cytoskeleton in adhesion

Marisa Parmo-Cabañas, Rubén A. Bartolomé, Natalia Wright, Andrés Hidalgo, Angelika M. Drager, Joaquin Teixidó

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Abstract

The chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1α) is expressed by bone arrow (BM) stromal cells and plays key roles in cell homing to and retention into the bone marrow. In multiple myeloma, blood-borne malignant plasma cells home to the BM and accumulate in contact with stromal cells, implicating myeloma cell migration across endothelium. Myeloma cells express the SDF-1α receptor CXCR4, as well as the integrin α4ß1, which mediates their attachment to BM stroma. We show here that SDF-1α promotes transendothelial migration of purified BM myeloma cells and myeloma-derived NCI-H929 cells, involving a transient upregulation of α4ß1-dependent cell adhesion to the endothelium. Characterization of intracellular signaling pathways involved in the modulation by SDF-1α of α4ß1-mediated myeloma cell adhesion revealed that intracellular cAMP amounts associated with the activation of protein kinase A play key roles in this modulation. Furthermore, a functional link between cAMP actions on the dynamics of actin cytoskeleton, RhoA activation, and α4ß1-dependent cell adhesion in response to SDF-1α has been found. The regulation of α4ß1-mediated myeloma cell adhesion by SDF-1α could play key roles during myeloma cell homing into and trafficking inside the BM, and characterization of the molecular events involved in SDF-1α-activated modulation of this adhesion will contribute to a better understanding of mechanisms participating in cell migration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)571-580
Number of pages10
JournalExperimental Cell Research
Volume294
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2004

Keywords

  • Cell adhesion
  • Cell migration
  • Chemokines
  • Integrins
  • Multiple myeloma

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