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Laminin promotes the malignant phenotype, and the expression of certain laminin receptors is increased in malignancy. Previously, we demonstrated that a laminin-adhesive subclone of a human colon cancer cell line showed increased tumorigenicity in nude mice and increased affinity of the beta1 integrin for laminin relative to the laminin-non-adhesive subclone. The total amount of either beta1 integrin protein or mRNA did not increase. As levels of the 32/67-kDa laminin receptor (67LR) correlate with malignancy, we examined 67LR expression in the laminin adhesion-selected human colon cancer cells. The laminin-adhesive subclone, which was more tumorigenic in both heterotopic and orthotopic locations than in a laminin-non-adhesive subclone, showed cell-surface membrane staining of 67LR, whereas the laminin-non-adhesive subclone showed cytoplasmic staining of 67LR. No difference in either the amount of 67LR mRNA or the amount of protein was observed in the parental cells than in the laminin-adhesive and non-adhesive subclones. When assayed on a laminin affinity column, more 67LR molecules bound to the column with cell extracts from the laminin-adhesive subclone than was observed with the non-adhesive subclone. These findings suggest that the increased tumorigenicity of laminin adhesion-selected tumour cells might be due to an alteration in the distribution and/or adhesiveness of multiple receptors including 67LR and beta1 integrin.
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Kim, W., Lee, B., Jun, S. et al. Expression of 32/67-kDa laminin receptor in laminin adhesion-selected human colon cancer cell lines. Br J Cancer 77, 15–20 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1998.3
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