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SERPINE2 (Protease Nexin I) Promotes Extracellular Matrix Production and Local Invasion of Pancreatic Tumors in Vivo¹

Department of Internal Medicine I, University Medical Center, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany [M. B., A. B., A. N., M. W., G. A., T. M. G.]; Miyazaki Medical College, Miyazaki, Japan [T. I.]; and Department of Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Ulm, 89081 Ulm, Germany [G. L.]

In large-scale expression profiling analyses, we have previously identified genes differentially expressed between subclones of the pancreatic cancer cell line SUIT-2. One of the genes most strongly overrepresented in the highly metastatic subclone S2-007 as compared with the rarely metastatic subclone S2-028 was the serine proteinase inhibitor SERPINE2 (protease nexin I), suggesting that this protein may play an important part in the process of metastasis. The aim of this study was to functionally characterize SERPINE2 for its potential to influence the invasive and metastatic phenotype of cancer cells in vitro and in vivo. SERPINE2 expression was weak or absent in all normal pancreas and chronic pancreatitis tissue samples examined. In contrast, it was strongly overexpressed in the majority of pancreatic carcinoma as well as gastric and colorectal cancer samples. [³H]Thymidine incorporation, soft agar, two chamber migration, Matrigel invasion, and zymography assays of SERPINE2-transfected S2-028 cells revealed no significant effects on metastasis-related cellular characteristics of isolated cancer cells. Although overall metastatic activity of the transfected cells in vivo was also unaltered, SERPINE2 overexpression greatly enhanced the local invasiveness of the s.c. xenograft tumors, accompanied by a massive increase in extracellular matrix (ECM) production in the invasive tumors. ECM deposits were positive for type I collagen, fibronectin, and laminin, thus resembling the desmoplastic reaction commonly observed in pancreatic cancer. Moreover, cancer cells in invasive SERPINE2-expressing tumors tended to adopt a spindle-shaped morphology and strongly expressed the mesenchymal intermediate filament marker vimentin. We propose that SERPINE2 overexpression enhances the invasive potential of pancreatic cancer cells in nude mouse xenografts by altering ECM production and organization within the tumors. Thus, our experimental system for the first time provides the opportunity to effectively model the desmoplastic reaction of pancreatic cancer and represents a valuable new tool for the study of tumor-stroma interactions.

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