Reduction of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I Activity Promotes Neuroblastoma Invasiveness and EGF-Stimulated Proliferation In Vitro
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Cell Lines and Cell Culture
2.2. 3D Cell Spheroid Formation
2.3. Whole Cell Lysates
2.4. Total Membrane Isolation and Glycosidase Treatment
2.5. Western and Lectin Blotting
2.6. Cell Dissociation Assay
2.7. 2D and 3D BrdU Proliferation
2.8. Anchorage Independent Growth
2.9. Morphology
2.10. 2D Migration and Invasion
2.11. 3D Spheroid Invasion
2.12. EGF Treatment
2.13. RhoA Activation to Examine Invasion
2.14. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Manipulation of the N-glycan Processing Pathway to Yield Oligomannosylated EGFR
3.2. Rescue of Altered Cell–Cell Adhesion, Proliferation, and Morphology in the MGAT1 Mutant NB Cell Line
3.3. Oligomannosylated EGFRs Have an Increased Response to EGF Treatment and Sensitize NB Cells to EGF-Stimulated Proliferation
3.4. Cell Migration Is Unaltered While Cell Invasiveness Is Suppressed by Nonfunctional GnT-I Using 2D Dispersed Cell Culture
3.5. Oligomannose N-glycans Promote Cell Spheroid Invasiveness, and Both EGF and RhoA Treatment of NB Cell Lines Markedly Suppress Cell Spheroid Invasiveness
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Burch, A.P.; Hall, M.K.; Wease, D.; Schwalbe, R.A. Reduction of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I Activity Promotes Neuroblastoma Invasiveness and EGF-Stimulated Proliferation In Vitro. Int. J. Transl. Med. 2024, 4, 519-538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtm4030035
Burch AP, Hall MK, Wease D, Schwalbe RA. Reduction of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I Activity Promotes Neuroblastoma Invasiveness and EGF-Stimulated Proliferation In Vitro. International Journal of Translational Medicine. 2024; 4(3):519-538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtm4030035
Chicago/Turabian StyleBurch, Adam P., M. Kristen Hall, Debra Wease, and Ruth A. Schwalbe. 2024. "Reduction of N-Acetylglucosaminyltransferase-I Activity Promotes Neuroblastoma Invasiveness and EGF-Stimulated Proliferation In Vitro" International Journal of Translational Medicine 4, no. 3: 519-538. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijtm4030035