Expression of Sec61alpha in F9 and P19 teratocarcinoma cells after retinoic acid treatment

Expressão gênica de Sec61alfa após tratamento com ácido retinóico em células de teratocarcinoma F9 e P19

Abstracts

Nascent procollagen peptides and other secretory proteins are transported across the endoplasmic reticulum (RE) membrane through a protein-conducting channel called the translocon. Sec61alpha, a multispanning membrane translocon protein, has been implicated as essential for translocation of polypeptides chains into the cisterns of the ER. However, it is not known whether Sec61alpha is ubiquitously expressed in collagen producing teratocarcinoma cells. Furthermore, the production, expression, and utilization of Sec61alpha may depend on the cell differentiation stage. Stem cells from many cultured teratocarcinoma cell lines such as F9 and P19 cells are capable of differentiation in response to low retinoic acid concentrations. This differentiation of the tumorigenic stem cells results in tumorigenicity loss. For this study, mouse F9 and P19 teratocarcinoma cells were grown in culture medium treated with or without retinoic acid. Expression of Sec61alpha was determined by reverse trancriptase polimerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In untreated conditions, F9 cells expressed undetected Sec61alpha amounts. It was also demonstrated that Sec61alpha expression is stimulated in F9 cells after retinoic acid treatment for 72 hours. No changes were found in Sec61alpha expression in P19 cells after retinoic acid treatment. These data indicate that the expression of Sec61alpha is enhanced with retinoic acid induced differentiation of F9 teratocarcinoma cells.

Sec61alpha; expression; F9 teratocarcinoma cells; retinoic acid

Peptídeos nascentes de pró-colágeno e outras proteínas são transportadas por intermédio da membrana do retículo endoplasmático por um canal de transporte de proteínas chamado de tanslocon. Sec61alfa, uma proteína transmembrânica do translocon, tem sido apontada como essencial para translocação de cadeias nascentes de polipeptídeos para as cisternas do retículo endoplasmático. Entretanto, não se sabe se Sec61alfa é constitutivamente expressa em células de teratocarcinoma produtoras de colágeno. Além disso, a expressão e a utilização de Sec61alfa podem ser dependentes do estágio de diferenciação celular. Células progenitoras pluripotentes obtidas de muitas linhagens de células de teratocarcinoma, incluindo, por exemplo, células F9 e P19, são capazes de diferenciação em resposta a baixas concentrações de ácido retinóico. Essa diferenciação de células tumorais causa perda de sua carcinogenicidade. Para este estudo, células de teratocarcinoma F9 e P19 de camundongos foram cultivadas em meios de cultura tratados com ou sem ácido retinóico. A expressão de Sec61alfa foi determinada pelo método de "reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction" (RT-PCR). Em condições não tratadas, células F9 expressaram quantidades não detectáveis de Sec61alfa. De forma similar, experimentos de RT-PCR demonstraram que a expressão gênica de Sec61alfa é estimulada nas células F9 após tratamento com ácido retinóico por 72 horas. Não foram detectadas diferenças na expressão de Sec61alfa nas células P19 após tratamento com ácido retinóico. Esses dados demonstram que a expressão de Sec61alfa é aumentada em células de teratocarcinoma F9 após diferenciação com ácido retinóico.

Sec61alfa; expressão gênica; células de teratocarcinoma F9; ácido retinóico

Expression of Sec61a in F9 and P19 teratocarcinoma cells after retinoic acid treatment

Expressão gênica de Sec61a após tratamento com ácido retinóico em células de teratocarcinoma F9 e P19

Ferreira, L. R.^I; Velano, C. E. E.^II; Braga, E. C.^II; Paula, C. C.^II; Martélli-Junior, H.^III; Sauk, J. J.^IV

^IDepartamento de Ciências Morfológicas, Grupo de Pesquisa de Biomedicina, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, PUC-Minas, Poços de Caldas, MG, Brazil

^IIFaculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade de Alfenas, MG, Brazil

^IIIFaculdade de Odontologia, Unimontes, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil

^IVDept. of Oral Pathology, Dental School, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

^{Correspondence}

ABSTRACT

Nascent procollagen peptides and other secretory proteins are transported across the endoplasmic reticulum (RE) membrane through a protein-conducting channel called the translocon. Sec61a, a multispanning membrane translocon protein, has been implicated as essential for translocation of polypeptides chains into the cisterns of the ER. However, it is not known whether Sec61a is ubiquitously expressed in collagen producing teratocarcinoma cells. Furthermore, the production, expression, and utilization of Sec61a may depend on the cell differentiation stage. Stem cells from many cultured teratocarcinoma cell lines such as F9 and P19 cells are capable of differentiation in response to low retinoic acid concentrations. This differentiation of the tumorigenic stem cells results in tumorigenicity loss. For this study, mouse F9 and P19 teratocarcinoma cells were grown in culture medium treated with or without retinoic acid. Expression of Sec61a was determined by reverse trancriptase polimerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). In untreated conditions, F9 cells expressed undetected Sec61a amounts. It was also demonstrated that Sec61a expression is stimulated in F9 cells after retinoic acid treatment for 72 hours. No changes were found in Sec61a expression in P19 cells after retinoic acid treatment. These data indicate that the expression of Sec61a is enhanced with retinoic acid induced differentiation of F9 teratocarcinoma cells.

Key words: Sec61a, expression, F9 teratocarcinoma cells, retinoic acid.

RESUMO

Peptídeos nascentes de pró-colágeno e outras proteínas são transportadas por intermédio da membrana do retículo endoplasmático por um canal de transporte de proteínas chamado de tanslocon. Sec61a, uma proteína transmembrânica do translocon, tem sido apontada como essencial para translocação de cadeias nascentes de polipeptídeos para as cisternas do retículo endoplasmático. Entretanto, não se sabe se Sec61a é constitutivamente expressa em células de teratocarcinoma produtoras de colágeno. Além disso, a expressão e a utilização de Sec61a podem ser dependentes do estágio de diferenciação celular. Células progenitoras pluripotentes obtidas de muitas linhagens de células de teratocarcinoma, incluindo, por exemplo, células F9 e P19, são capazes de diferenciação em resposta a baixas concentrações de ácido retinóico. Essa diferenciação de células tumorais causa perda de sua carcinogenicidade. Para este estudo, células de teratocarcinoma F9 e P19 de camundongos foram cultivadas em meios de cultura tratados com ou sem ácido retinóico. A expressão de Sec61a foi determinada pelo método de "reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction" (RT-PCR). Em condições não tratadas, células F9 expressaram quantidades não detectáveis de Sec61a. De forma similar, experimentos de RT-PCR demonstraram que a expressão gênica de Sec61a é estimulada nas células F9 após tratamento com ácido retinóico por 72 horas. Não foram detectadas diferenças na expressão de Sec61a nas células P19 após tratamento com ácido retinóico. Esses dados demonstram que a expressão de Sec61a é aumentada em células de teratocarcinoma F9 após diferenciação com ácido retinóico.

Palavras-chave: Sec61a, expressão gênica, células de teratocarcinoma F9, ácido retinóico.

INTRODUCTION

Retinoic acid (RA) is a natural acidic derivative of vitamin A (retinol), which can affect proliferation and differentiation of a variety of cell types, and pattern formation during development (Strickland & Mahdavi, 1978; DeLuca, 1992). Retinoic acid can mimic the action of the polarizing zone activity in the developing chick limb (Tickle et al., 1982, 1985), and cause specific alterations in the proximal-distal pattern of regenerating amphibian limbs (Tickle et al., 1985). In addition, retinoic acid can suppress the process of carcinogenesis in vivo (Moon & Metha 1990; Shklar et al., 1980) and inhibit the development of the transformed phenotype in vitro (LaRosa & Gudas, 1988).

Studies in experimental animals have demonstrated that retinoids suppress carcinogenesis in a variety of epithelial tissues, including skin, trachea, lung, and oral mucosa (Moon & Metha, 1990; Shklar et al., 1980). Clinical studies have demonstrated the efficacy of retinoids in suppressing oral premalignant lesions, second primary carcinomas in patients with head and neck or lung cancer, and also skin cancers in patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (Hong et al., 1986; Kraemer et al., 1988; Smith et al., 1992; Kikugawa et al., 2000; Wan et al., 2001). In tissue culture systems, RA induces differentiation of murine F9 teratocarcinoma cells (Boylan & Gudas, 1991; Fischer et al., 2000; Wakabayashi et al., 2000; Kubota et al., 2001) and can also influence differentiation of HL-60 human promyelocytic leukemia cells (Brietman et al., 1980; Treigyte et al., 2000; Hussain et al., 2000), melanoma cells (Lotan & Lotan, 1980) and human neuroblastoma cells (Haussler et al., 1983).

The F9 cells comprise a cultured cell line derived from a mouse testicular teratocarcinoma (Strickland & Mahdavi, 1978). The F9 murine teratocarcinoma stem cells resemble the pluripotent inner cell mass cells of mouse blastocysts. Thus, F9 cells provide an important model system with which to study critical early events in mouse development (Strickland & Mahdavi, 1978; Fischer et al., 2000; Kubota et al., 2001). These embryonal carcinoma cells, which undergo very limited differentiation under normal culture conditions, can be induced to differentiate into parietal endodermal cells (primitive endoderm-like cells) in the presence of retinoic acid and dibutyryl cAMP (Strickland et al., 1980; Kubota et al., 2001). The P19 cells are a euploid (40:XY) teratocarcinoma cell line derived from an embryonal carcinoma induced in a C3H/He strain mouse (Wakabayashi et al., 2000). These pluripotent cells, which differentiate poorly under normal culture conditions, can be induced to differentiate into neuronal, glial, or fibroblast-like cells in the presence of retinoic acid (Wakabayashi et al., 2000; Fernandez-Rachubinski et al., 2001).

Secretory proteins produced by teratocarcinoma cells are transported across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane through a protein-conducting channel. This channel is comprised of ER associated proteins called translocon, which includes the Sec61a complex (Simon & Blobel, 1991; Kellaris et al., 1991; Rapoport et al., 1999). Sec61a is a multispanning membrane protein and the largest component of the Sec61p complex. This protein is considered essential for translocation of polypeptide chains through this channel into the ER cisterns of the ER (Gorlich et al., 1992; Greenfield & High, 1999). Sec61a expression may depend on the cell differentiation stage. However, it is not known whether Sec61a is ubiquitously expressed in collagen-producing cells, and under stress conditions such as heat shock.

Stem cells from many cultured teratocarcinoma cell lines, such as mouse F9 and P19 cells, are capable of differentiation in response to low retinoic acid concentrations (Wang & Gudas, 1990; Boylan & Gudas, 1991). This tumorigenic stem cell differentiation results in the loss of tumorigenicity (Jetten et al., 1992; Lotan, 1993). Therefore, teratocarcinoma cell lines provide a model with which to examine the association between the process of cell differentiation and Sec61a expression. This study aimed to investigate the expression of Sec61a in F9 and P19 cells following retinoic acid and heat shock treatment.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

F9 teratocarcinoma cells

The F9 teratocarcinoma cells were obtained from the American Type Tissue Collection and grown to confluence in 75 cm² plastic flasks using Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium, 10% FBS, 1.16 g/liter glutamine, and 100 mg/ml streptomycin at 37^oC in 5% CO₂. The F9 stem cells (1 x 10⁵ cells) were plated on gelatinized tissue culture plates containing 10 ml of medium, and induced to differentiate into parietal endoderm cells after treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (10^–6 M) for 4 days. Retinoic acid was added 24 h after plating. All trans RA (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) stock solution was dissolved in 100% ethanol and stored in the dark. The controls were treated with vehicle alone (ethanol) and processed in parallel with the experimental groups. The cells were grown under normal conditions (37^oC) or at 43^oC (heat shock) for 90 min.

P19 teratocarcinoma cells

Mouse P19 teratocarcinoma cell lines were obtained from the American Type Tissue Collection and grown to confluence in 75 cm² plastic flasks using Alpha modified Eagle's medium, 10% FBS, 1.16 g/liter glutamine, and 100 mg/ml streptomycin at 37^oC in 5% CO₂. These P19 cells were induced to differentiate into fibroblast-like cells after treatment with all-trans retinoic acid (10^–6 M) for 4 days as described above for F9 cells.

MDCK cells

The MDCK (Madin-Darby canine kidney) cell line was derived from a kidney of an apparently normal adult female cocker spaniel. The line was established in a medium consisting of 0.5% lactalbumin hydrolysate in 95% Earle's BSS (balanced salt solution) and 5% bovine serum. The initial cells appeared to be fibroblast-like, and were removed from the culture six times at approximately 7 day intervals. MDCK cell lines were obtained from the American Type Tissue Collection and grown to confluence in 75 cm² plastic flasks using Eagle's modified essential medium with Earle's BSS, 10% FBS, 1.16 g/liter glutamine, and 100 mg/ml streptomycin at 37^oC. The MDCK cells were grown to confluence, frozen, and recovered for the experiments. Cells between the third and fourth passage were utilized for the experiments. These cells were used in this study as the control.

RNA extraction

The RNA was extracted from F9, P19, and MDCK cells using standard procedures (Wang & Gudas, 1990). The cells were collected by centrifugation at 300 x g for 5 min at 4^oC and washed in ice-cold PBS. Fifteen ml of prechilled denaturing solution (40% guanidine thiocyanate in CSB buffer, Promega, Madison, WI) was then added to the cells. The samples were then disrupted with a high speed homogenizer (Brinkmann Polytron, New Haven, CT) for 30 seconds. After homogenization, 1.2 ml of 2M sodium acetate, pH 4.0, was added to the samples. The samples were extracted with 12 ml of 1:1:1 phenol/chloroform/isoamyl alcohol mixture (Sigma Co.). The samples were transferred to a 50 ml thick-walled polypropylene tube (DEPC, diethyl-pyrocarbonate-treated) and centrifuged at 10,000 x g for 20 min at 4^oC. The top aqueous phase which contains the RNA was removed and transferred to a fresh DEPC-treated tube. The RNA was precipitated from the aqueous phase by adding an equal amount of isopropanol to each sample and incubating overnight at –20^oC. The RNA pellet was collected by centrifugation at 10,000 x g for 15 min at 4^oC, resuspended in RNase-free water, and stored at –20^oC. The RNA was resuspended in nuclease-free water, and RNA concentrations were determined by spectrophotometry at 260 nm. The RNA integrity was verified by visualization of sized-resolved RNA on ethidium bromide stained 1% agarose gels. The RNA yields ranged from 0.2 to 71 mg/ml.

PCR amplifications

One to 5 mg of extracted RNA was resuspended in 13 ml of DEPC-treated water. One ml of Oligo-dT (10 mM) was added to each sample. The samples were immediately heated to 70^oC for 10 min and quenched on ice for 1 min. The following solutions were immediately added to the samples: 2 ml of 10X synthesis buffer (200 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.4, 500 mM KCl, 20 mM MgCl₂), 1 ml of 10 mM dNTP mix, 2 ml of 0.1 M of DTT, and 1 ml of 200 U/ ml SuperScript II RT (BRL Inc.). The samples were incubated for 10 min at room temperature, transferred to 42^oC, and incubated for an additional 50 min. Reverse transcription was terminated by placing the samples at 70^oC for 15 min. To each sample was added RNaseH (1 ml), and the samples were incubated for 20 min at 37^oC. The following solutions were then added to each sample: 8 ml of 10X synthesis buffer, 1 ml of upstream primer (10 mM), and 1 ml of downstream primer (10 mM). Primers were designed for homologous regions of rat and canine Sec61a (Gorlich et al., 1992). Upstream primer sequence was 5'-GAACTTCTG CAAAAAGGGTACGG-3' (23mer); the downstream primer sequence was 5'-TTCTACACTTCCAACAT CCCC-3' (21mer). The expected size of the amplified product was 410 base pairs (bp) (Gorlich et al., 1992). Following the addition of the primers, a wax pellet was added to each tube, and the tubes were incubated at 80^oC for 7 min. The wax was allowed to harden, and 1 ml of Taq DNA polymerase (Promega Corp., Madison, Wisc.) and 68 ml of sterile distilled water were added on to the top of the wax. Thermal cycling consisted of one cycle of 6 min at 94^oC, 2 min at 59^oC, and 1 minute at 72^oC, followed by 35 cycles of 1 min at 94^oC, 1 min at 59^oC, and 1 min at 72^oC. The PCR products were electrophoresed on 7% polyacrylamide gels, and products were visualized by ethidium bromide staining and ultraviolet (UV) transillumination of the gel.

RESULTS

Under normal conditions, the F9 mouse teratocarcinoma stem cell line proliferates spontaneously and normally displays dense compact morphology of cells which tend to aggregate into colonies (Fig. 1A). In response to RA treatment, F9 differentiated from a homogeneous population of primitive endoderm cells into a population of more differentiated parietal endoderm cells (Fig. 1B), showing morphologically a more dispersed configuration and increased number of cellular processes.

In the absence of any treatment, the plated aggregates of P19 cells contained undifferentiated embryonal carcinoma cells that adhered to each other, forming small aggregates. Treatment of P19 cells with all-trans retinoic acid (10^–6 M) for 4 days resulted in differentiation into fibroblast-like cells (results not shown). Treatment of MDCK cells with RA did not alter the fibroblast-like appearance of these cells (Fig. 2A and B).

The RNA extraction and RT-PCR amplification were performed in order to verify the expression of Sec61a after retinoic acid treatment. Since the primer utilized in this experiment is based on canine Sec61a cDNA sequence, MDCK cells were used in these experiments as control cells. The cDNA samples from MDCK and F9 cells amplified with both Sec61a (410 bp) and b-actin primers are shown in Fig. 3.

An amplified product for Sec61a primer was detected in samples from both control and retinoic acid treated in MDCK cells (Fig. 3, lanes 1 & 2, respectively). In F9 cells, however, a band of 410bp (Sec61a primer) was detected only in samples from retinoic acid treated cells (Fig. 3, lane 4). The next experiment was performed to verify whether Sec61a expression is altered under different metabolic conditions such as heat-shock treatment (Fig. 4). Following treatment with retinoic acid, an amplified product of appropriate size for Sec61a primer was present in samples from both control (incubated at 37^oC) and heat shocked (incubated at 43^oC) cells (Fig. 4, lanes 3 & 4, respectively). The amplified product for Sec61a primer was not detected in samples from cells that were not treated with retinoic acid following heat-shock (Fig. 4, lane 2).

Finally, we investigated whether Sec61a expression was also altered following retinoic acid treatment in another teratocarcinoma cell line: P19 cells (Fig. 5). The amplified product for Sec61a primer from P19 cells was detected in both control and retinoic acid-treated samples (Fig. 5, lanes 1 & 2).

DISCUSSION

Retinoic acid is an established regulator of epithelial cell differentiation in vivo and in vitro (DeLuca, 1992; Zou et al., 1994). One of the major physiological functions of retinoic acid is to prevent squamous differentiation (Jetten et al., 1992; Lotan, 1993; Kubota et al., 2001; Fischer et al., 2000). Squamous metaplasia, which develops during vitamin A deficiency, can be reversed by supplementation with retinoic acid (Lotan, 1993). Furthermore, retinoic acid suppresses squamous cell differentiation that either occurs spontaneously or is induced by calcium ions in cultured normal keratinocytes or tracheal cells (Jetten et al., 1992; Kubota et al., 2001). In the presence of retinoic acid and dibutyryl cAMP, F9 cells can be induced to differentiate into parietal endodermal cells (primitive endoderm-like cells) (Strickland et al., 1980; Kubota et al., 2001).

The phenotype of the new cell type is characterized by synthesis of plasminogen activator, laminin, and type IV collagen, and by low levels of alkaline phosphatase and lactase dehydrogenase. The cell type generated by this induction does not depend upon the continued presence of either compound, but the cAMP agents are active only on F9 cells treated with retinoic acid (Strickland & Mahdavi, 1978; Jetten et al., 1979). This differentiation of the tumorigenic F9 stem cells results in tumorigenicity loss (Strickland et al., 1980; Kubota et al., 2001). This differentiation response of F9 cells is irreversible, fairly synchronous, and rapid (within 24 to 48 hours) (Jetten et al., 1979; Kubota et al., 2001).

The molecular mechanisms by which retinoids exert such potent effects on the growth, differentiation, and neoplastic transformation of a variety of different cell types have not been elucidated, even though many of these retinoid effects have been known for over 60 years. There is some evidence that retinoids may act in a manner similar to that of steroid hormones (Lotan, 1980; Wan et al., 2001). Although the exact mechanism whereby RA regulates gene expression and differentiation is not completely understood, it is likely that high-affinity RA receptors and/or binding proteins are involved (Sato et al., 2001).

Previous study has investigated the production of Sec61a and other translocon components following retinoic acid treatment in F9 teratocarcinoma cells (Ferreira et al., 2002). The production of Sec61a was shown to markedly increase following retinoic acid treatment in treated F9 cells, whereas undetected Sec61a amounts were observed in untreated F9 cells. However, another translocon component, TRAM, was present in both retinoic acid-treated and control samples (Ferreira et al., 2002).

The relevance of undetectable levels of Sec61a in undifferentiated F9 cells is not known. However, Sec61a was essential for secretory protein translocation (Kellaris et al., 1991). The mechanism whereby these tumor cells secrete proteins without detectable Sec61a amounts is still not well understood. Among mammalian species, the cDNA sequence for the Sec61a gene is known for rats, dogs, and humans. However, there has also been no convincing evidence in any system that retinoic acid regulates Sec61a transcription.

In this study, the cDNA samples from F9 cells amplified with Sec61a primer were demonstrated in samples of cells treated with retinoic acid, but not in control cell samples. The PCR samples from P19 cells demonstrated an amplified product for Sec61a primer in retinoic acid treated and untreated samples. These findings may suggest that Sec61a expression depends on F9 teratocarcinoma cell differentiation into parietal endoderm cells following retinoic acid treatment. Whether the cell differentiation stage regulates Sec61a expression is still not clear.

Acknowledgments – We acknowledge financial support from FAPEMIG (proc. n. CDS 2228/96) and PUC-MG, Poços de Caldas.

Received September 4, 2002 – Accepted October 2, 2002 – Distributed May 31, 2003

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  15 Aug 2003
• Date of issue
  May 2003

History

• Reviewed
  02 Oct 2002
• Received
  04 Sept 2002
• Accepted
  31 May 2003