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Role of sialoglycan structures for the function of the epidermal growth factor receptor and the in vitro proliferation of head and neck cancer
Authors:W. Bergler  A. Stanek  F. Riedel  G. Petroianu  K. Hörmann
Affiliation:(1) Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, University Hospital Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany, DE;(2) Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany, DE
Abstract:
Squamous cell carcinomas of the head and neck have been found to show a high expression of the receptor for epidermal growth factor (EGF). This overexpression of the receptor has been associated with malignant transformation of cells, although there is still debate as to what extent this receptor takes part in the proliferation of malignant cells and which function it fulfills. The factors which determine receptor-ligand interaction are also not clearly defined. That the extracellular domain of the EGF receptor carries carbohydrate or sialoglycan structures might be important for function of the receptor. Since tumor specific enzymes can possibly alter such structures, it was the aim of our study to investigate the role of these structures on the EGF receptor during the proliferation of head and neck carcinomas. We used the human laryngeal squamous carcinoma cell line HLaC 79 and altered, for the first time, specific glycan structures with sialidase α-2,3 and α-2,6, causing desialylation. Changes were also produced by endo-β-galactosidase and sialyltransferase. Findings were monitored by labeling with bromo-deoxyuridine. To determine receptor affinity, 125I-labeled EGF was employed. Results showed that both cell proliferation and receptor affinity depended on the level of sialylation of the receptor carbohydrate side chains. Desialylation led to a statistically significant reduction of tumor cell proliferation to 65 ± 33% (P < 0.01), while receptor affinity decreased to 70 ± 26% (P < 0.01).The importance of EGF receptor for the proliferation of malignant cells seems to depend on the level of sialylation of glycan structures on receptor protein. A release of enzymes by tumor cells may then produce auto-control of tumor proliferation on its own. Received: 5 November 1997 / Accepted: 21 April 1998
Keywords:Epidermal growth factor receptor  Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma  Cell proliferation  Sialic acid  Sialoglycan structures
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