A human antibody that binds to the sixth Ig-like domain of VCAM-1 blocks lung cancer cell migration in vitro

Mi Ra Kim, Ji Hye Jang, Chang Sik Park, Taek Keun Kim, Youn Jae Kim, Junho Chung, Hyunbo Shim, In Hyun Nam, Jung Min Han, Sukmook Lee

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Abstract

Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is closely associated with tumor progression and metastasis. However, the relevance and role of VCAM-1 in lung cancer have not been clearly elucidated. In this study, we found that VCAM-1 was highly overexpressed in lung cancer tissue compared with that of normal lung tissue, and high VCAM-1 expression correlated with poor survival in lung cancer patients. VCAM-1 knockdown reduced migration of A549 human lung cancer cells into Matrigel, and competitive blocking experiments targeting the Ig-like domain 6 of VCAM-1 (VCAM-1-D6) demonstrated that the VCAM-1-D6 domain was critical for VCAM-1 mediated A549 cell migration into Matrigel. Next, we developed a human monoclonal antibody specific to human and mouse VCAM-1-D6 (VCAM-1-D6 huMab), which was isolated from a human synthetic antibody library using phage display technology. Finally, we showed that VCAM-1-D6 huMab had a nanomolar affinity for VCAM-1-D6 and that it potently suppressed the migration of A549 and NCI-H1299 lung cancer cell lines into Matrigel. Taken together, these results suggest that VCAM-1-D6 is a key domain for regulating VCAM-1-mediated lung cancer invasion and that our newly developed VCAM-1-D6 huMab will be a useful tool for inhibiting VCAM-1-expressing lung cancer cell invasion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number566
JournalInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 6 Mar 2017

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Keywords

  • Human antibody
  • Invasion
  • Lung cancer
  • Matrigel
  • Migration
  • VCAM-1
  • VCAM-1-D6

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