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From INSERM 507,* the Departments of Nephrology
and Pathology,
Necker Hospital, and Université Paris V, Paris; and Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines,
CNRS UMR 5086, Université Lyon, Lyon, France
Extracellular matrix alterations have been suggested to be part of the early events occurring in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD), a disease characterized by formation of renal cysts and progressive renal failure. Here we report that cDNA array analysis identified ß4 integrin aberrant expression in ADPKD cells. Furthermore, laminin 5 (Ln-5), the main
6ß4 integrin ligand, was also found to be abnormally expressed in ADPKD. Studies performed with ADPKD cyst-lining epithelial cells (CC) by comparison with normal tubular cells indicate that integrin
6ß4-Ln-5 interactions are involved in cellular events of potential importance for cystogenesis: 1) laminin 5 is a preferential adhesion substrate for CC, mainly through
6ß4 interaction, 2) CC increased haptotactic and chemotactic motility depends on the presence of Ln-5 and requires integrin
3ß1 cooperation, and 3) CC haptotactic or chemotactic migration is specifically increased by mAb-mediated ß4 integrin ligation, through an
3ß1 integrin-dependent and independent pathway, respectively. These results highlight the role of Ln-5 and
6ß4 integrin in adhesive and motility properties of cyst-lining epithelial cells, and further suggest that integrins and extracellular matrix modifications may be of general relevance to kidney epithelial cell cyst formation.
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