Combinatorial Discovery of Defined Substrates That Promote a Stem Cell State in Malignant Melanoma

The tumor microenvironment is implicated in orchestrating cancer cell transformation and metastasis. However, specific cell-ligand interactions between cancer cells and the extracellular matrix are difficult to decipher due to a dynamic and multivariate presentation of many signaling molecules. Here we report a versatile peptide microarray platform that is capable of screening for cancer cell phenotypic changes in response to ligand-receptor interactions. Using a screen of 78 peptide combinations derived from proteins present in the melanoma microenvironment, we identify a proteoglycan binding and bone morphogenic protein 7 (BMP7) derived sequence that selectively promotes the expression of several putative melanoma initiating cell markers. We characterize signaling associated with each of these peptides in the activation of melanoma pro-tumorigenic signaling and reveal a role for proteoglycan mediated adhesion and signaling through Smad 2/3. A defined substratum that controls the state of malignant melanoma may prove useful in spatially normalizing a heterogeneous population of tumor cells for discovery of therapeutics that target a specific state and for identifying new drug targets and reagents for intervention.

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2017

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2017

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

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ACS central science - 3(2017), 5 vom: 24. Mai, Seite 381-393

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Douglas [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Junmin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Michael B [VerfasserIn]
Pei, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Chu, James [VerfasserIn]
Gillette, Martha U [VerfasserIn]
Fan, Timothy M [VerfasserIn]
Kilian, Kristopher A [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

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10.1021/acscentsci.6b00329

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NLM27253711X