Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (34): 5462-5467.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1949

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Force-dependent mechanism of interaction between fibronectin and αvβ6

Yang Bishan, Li Na, Li Quhuan
  

  1. School of Bioscience and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2019-06-19 Online:2019-12-08 Published:2019-12-08
  • Contact: Li Quhuan, MD, Associate professor, School of Bioscience and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Yang Bishan, Master candidate, School of Bioscience and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31870928, 31200705 (project manager: LQH); the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No.11432006 (project participant: LQH); the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 2017MS098, 2017MS106 (both to LQH)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Integrin αvβ6 is highly expressed on cancer cells and promotes abnormal proliferation and malignant metastasis of cancer cells. Integrin αvβ6 mediates the adhesion and migration of tumor cells through interacting with its ligand, fibronectin. This process is not only regulated by the interaction between integrin αvβ6 and fibronectin, but also adjusted by shear stress under blood flow. Therefore, it is significant to study the force-chemical mechanism of integrin αvβ6-fibronectin interaction. It will further our understanding of the process of malignant metastasis, and benefit the design of novel αvβ6-targeted drugs.
OBJECTIVE: To reveal the force-regulated mechanism of cell adhesion, interaction between integrin αvβ6 and fibronectin was quantified under fluid shear stress.
METHODS: The adhesive behaviors of microspheres coated with RGD fibronectin fragment on the integrin αvβ6-coated substrate under different shear forces were observed and recorded. To study the mechanism of integrin αvβ6 interacting with fibronectin, the lifetime and dissociation rate of integrin αvβ6-fibronectin bond were extracted from the instantaneous velocity-time and cumulative distance-time graphs.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Flow-enhanced phenomenon of integrin αvβ6 interacting with fibronectin fragments was observed. Bond lifetime of integrin αvβ6-fibronectin increased first and then decreased as fluid shear force increased, while the bond dissociation rate decreased first and then increased. As the fluid shear force increased, the bond dissociation rate decreased first and then increased. The force-dependent lifetime and dissociation rate of integrin αvβ6-fibronectin bond showed that the flow-enhanced adhesion phenomenon was regulated by catch-bond mechanism.

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