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Kallikrein-related peptidase 7 overexpression in melanoma cells modulates cell adhesion leading to a malignant phenotype

  • Meriem Haddada , Hend Draoui , Lydia Deschamps , Francine Walker , Tiphaine Delaunay , Maria Brattsand , Viktor Magdolen and Dalila Darmoul EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: March 2, 2018

Abstract

We recently reported that human melanoma cells, but not benign melanocytes, aberrantly express kallikrein-related peptidase 7 (KLK7). Here, we show a KLK7 overexpression-mediated decrease of cell adhesion to extracellular matrix binding proteins, associated with downregulation of α5/β1/αv/β3 integrin expression. We also report an up-regulation of MCAM/CD146 and an increase in spheroid formation of these cells. Our results demonstrate that aberrant KLK7 expression leads to a switch to a more malignant phenotype suggesting a potential role of KLK7 in melanoma invasion. Thus, KLK7 may represent a biomarker for melanoma progression and may be a potential therapeutic target for melanoma.

Acknowledgments

The authors thank IUH Technological Platform for their help. This work was supported by the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) and a mobility grant by the Centre de Coopération Universitaire Franco-Bavarois (V.M. and D.D.).

  1. Conflicts of interest statement: None to declare.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/hsz-2017-0339).


Received: 2017-12-28
Accepted: 2018-02-27
Published Online: 2018-03-02
Published in Print: 2018-09-25

©2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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