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Query: UMLS:C0017638 (glioma)
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We investigated the effects of hyaluronic acid (HA) on the invasiveness of three human glioma cell lines (A172, T98G and U251) and their secretion of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), plasminogen activators (PAs), and hyaluronidase. The invasion of all three glioma cell lines was enhanced by the impregnation of Matrigel with HA in an in vitro invasion assay using 12 microns porosity polycarbonate filter transwells. The secretion of MMPs and PAs was not influenced by the presence of HA. Hyaluronidase activity was not detected in the culture media of any glioma cell line. HA also enhanced the motility of A172 and U251 glioma cells, but did not influence the motility of T98G glioma cells. The adhesion and spreading of all glioma cell lines were inhibited on HA-coated plates. HA, however, did not influence the proliferation of any of the glioma cell line. These results suggest that the presence of HA contributes to glioma cell invasion, which involves the stimulation of detachment and motility of glioma cells and the maintenance of proteinase secretion by glioma cells.
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PMID:Hyaluronic acid facilitates glioma cell invasion in vitro. 891 7

The mechanisms leading to rapid invasive growth of malignant gliomas are poorly understood. Expression of the hyaluronic acid (HA) receptor CD44 and adhesion to HA are involved in invasive properties. Our previous studies have shown that malignant glioma cells are able to adhere to extracellular HA. Here we investigated expression of the hyaluronic acid receptor CD44 protein in five human (T98G, A172, U87MG, 86HG39, 85HG66) and two rat (C6, 9L) glioma cell lines. Influence of anti-CD44 antibody and hyaluronidase-preincubation on the HA-binding was determined using HA/BSA (bovine serum albumin)-coated culture plates. While all gliomas were highly positive for CD44 with no differences in the number of positive staining cells, median fluorescence intensity decreased as follows: C6>T98G>9L>85HG66> 86HG39>A172>U87MG. Using HA/BSA coated culture plates the relative levels of specific adhesion to HA were determined as T98G>A172>9L>86HG39>U87MG> 85HG66. C6 cells failed to bind HA specifically. Incubation with anti-human-CD44 MAb significantly decreased HA-adhesion of T98G, A172, 85HG66 and U87MG human glioma cells. However the binding capacity was completely blocked only in 85HG66 cells. The three other cell lines kept a specific HA-adhesion after saturation of the receptor. Hyaluronidase pretreatment markedly enhanced HA-adhesion of C6 and 9L rat glioma cells. These results suggest that (i) HA-adhesion of malignant glioma cells is mainly, but not only, mediated by CD44, (ii) expression of CD44 does not correspond with adhesion capacity and (iii) cell-bound glycosaminoglycans may influence glioma cell adhesion to extracellular HA.
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PMID:CD44 expression and hyaluronic acid binding of malignant glioma cells. 1039 Jan 50