Lysophosphatidic acid is constitutively produced by human peritoneal mesothelial cells and enhances adhesion, migration, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells

• Published in: Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 3006 - 3014
• Main Authors: JUAN REN, XIAO, Yi-Jin, LISAM SHANJUKUMAR SINGH, XIAOXIAN ZHAO, ZHENWEN ZHAO, LI FENG, ROSE, Tyler M, PRESTWICH, Glenn D, YAN XU
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA American Association for Cancer Research 15.03.2006
• Subjects: Antineoplastic agents; Arachidonic Acids - pharmacology; Biological and medical sciences; Cell Adhesion - physiology; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Movement - physiology; Collagen Type I; Culture Media, Conditioned; Cytosol - enzymology; Epithelium - enzymology; Epithelium - metabolism; Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases - metabolism; Female; Female genital diseases; Group VI Phospholipases A2; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Isoenzymes - antagonists & inhibitors; Isoenzymes - metabolism; Lysophospholipids - biosynthesis; Lysophospholipids - physiology; Medical sciences; Naphthalenes - pharmacology; Ovarian Neoplasms - enzymology; Ovarian Neoplasms - metabolism; Ovarian Neoplasms - pathology; Peritoneal Cavity - pathology; Peritoneum - enzymology; Peritoneum - metabolism; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors - pharmacology; Phospholipases A - antagonists & inhibitors; Phospholipases A - metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt - metabolism; Pyrones - pharmacology; Tumors; Human; Ovarian diseases; Lysophosphatidic acid; Ovary cancer; Migration; Malignant tumor; Mesothelial cell; Adhesion; Tumor cell; Invasion; Female genital diseases; Peritoneum
• ISSN: 0008-5472; 1538-7445
• DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-1292

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is both a potential marker and a therapeutic target for ovarian cancer. It is critical to identify the sources of elevated LPA levels in ascites and blood of patients with ovarian cancer. We show here that human peritoneal mesothelial cells constitutively produce LPA, which accounts for a significant portion of the chemotactic activity of the conditioned medium from peritoneal mesothelial cells to ovarian cancer cells. Both production of LPA by peritoneal mesothelial cells and the chemotactic activity in the conditioned medium can be blocked by HELSS [an inhibitor of the calcium-independent phospholipase A(2) (iPLA(2))] and AACOCF(3) [an inhibitor of both cytosolic PLA(2) (cPLA(2)) and iPLA(2)]. Moreover, cell-based enzymatic activity assays for PLA(2) indicate that peritoneal mesothelial cells have strong constitutive PLA(2) activity. Receptors for LPA, LPA(2), and LPA(3) are involved in the conditioned medium-induced chemotactic activity. Invasion of ovarian cancer cells into peritoneal mesothelial cells has also been analyzed and shown to require PLA(2), LPA receptors, and the mitogen-activated protein/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling pathway. Thus, we show here, for the first time, that human peritoneal mesothelial cells constitutively produce bioactive lipid signaling molecules, such as LPA, via iPLA(2) and/or cPLA(2) activities. Conditioned medium from peritoneal mesothelial cells stimulate migration, adhesion, and invasion of ovarian cancer cells, and may play similar roles in vivo.