LPA5-mediated signaling induced by endothelial cells and anticancer drug regulates cellular functions of osteosarcoma cells

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Highlights

  • High LPAR5 expression was induced by culturing of endothelial cell supernatants in MG-63 cells.

  • MG-63 cell motility was markedly stimulated by endothelial cell supernatants.

  • LPAR5 expression was elevated in the long-term CDDP treated MG63-C cells.

  • Cell survival rates to CDDP of MG-63 and MG63-C cells were increased by LPA5 knockdown.

  • Cellular functions are regulated via LPA5 induced by endothelial cells and CDDP in MG-63 cells.

Abstract

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) signaling via LPA receptors (LPA1 to LPA6) regulates a variety of malignant properties of cancer cells. It is known that endothelial cells promote tumor progression and chemoresistance. The present study aimed to investigate the roles of LPA5 in cellular functions modulated by endothelial cells and anticancer drug in osteosarcoma cells. Human osteosarcoma MG-63 cells were maintained in endothelial F2 cell supernatants. After culturing for 3 months, MG63-F2 cells were established. LPAR5 expression level in MG63-F2 cells was significantly elevated, compared with MG-63 cells. The cell motile activity of MG63-F2 cells was markedly higher than that of MG-63 cells. To validate the effects of LPA5 on cell motile activity, LPA5 knockdown cells were generated from MG-63 cells. The cell motile activity of MG-63 cells was inhibited by LPA5 knockdown. The cell survival to cisplatin (CDDP) was reduced in MG-63 cells treated with LPA. In the presence of LPA, the cell survival rate was significantly lower in MG63-F2 cells than MG-63 cells, correlating with LPAR5 expression. LPA5 knockdown cells indicated the high cell survival rate to CDDP. Moreover, LPAR5 expression level was increased in the long-term CDDP treated MG63-C cells. The cell survival to CDDP of MG63-C cells was enhanced by LPA5 knockdown. These results suggest that cellular functions are regulated through LPA5-mediatd signaling induced by endothelial cells and CDDP in MG-63 cells.

Introduction

Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) is a simple physiological lipid that consists of a glycerol, a phosphate and a fatty acid [[1], [2], [3], [4]]. LPA regulates diverse cellular functions through binding to G protein-coupled seven-transmembrane LPA receptors. Although six subtypes of LPA receptors (LPA receptor-1 (LPA1) to LPA6) have been identified, LPA4, LPA5 and LPA6 are structurally distinct from other LPA receptors. The individual LPA receptors exhibit the different responses to cellular functions [[1], [2], [3], [4]]. It is considered that LPA signaling via LPA receptors is involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, including cardiovascular disease, fibrosis, neuropathic pain and cancer [5,6].

In cancer cells, LPA receptor-mediated signaling contributes to the acquisition of malignant properties [5,6]. Our recent studies indicate that cellular functions are regulated through LPA receptors induced by anticancer drug treatment in cancer cells. For instance, LPA2 stimulates the cell motile and invasive activities of the long-term CDDP treated fibrosarcoma cells [7]. The motility, invasion and tumorigenicity are enhanced by LPA1 and LPA3 in pancreatic cancer cells treated with cisplatin (CDDP) [8]. In addition, LPA5 enhances the cell motile activity of melanoma cells treated with CDDP and dacarbazine [9].

It is known that stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment promote the malignant process of cancer cells [10]. Endothelial cells contribute to the acquisition of tumor cell properties, such as cell growth, invasion, metastasis and chemoresistance [10,11]. In the present investigation, we assessed the involvement of LPA receptors in cellular functions modulated by endothelial cells and anticancer drug in osteosarcoma MG-63 cells. Our recent study shows that the cell survival to CDDP is reduced by LPA5 in melanoma cells [12]. Therefore, we focused on LPA5 to investigate the roles of LPA signaling in cellular functions, using MG-63 cells cultured in F2 cell supernatants for 3 months. Moreover, the roles of LPA5-mediated signaling in cell survival to CDDP of the long-term CDDP treated cells were examined.

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Cell culture and treatment

Cells were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan) containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) in a 5% CO2 atmosphere at 37 °C. To obtain F2 cell supernatants, F2 cells were seeded at 5 × 105 cells in a 6-cm diameter dish and maintained in DMEM containing 10% FBS for 48 h. The conditioned mediums were collected and purified by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 10 min. MG-63 cells were cultured in the cell-free supernatants of F2 cells.

Characteristics of osteosarcoma cells cultured in endothelial cell supernatants

MG63-F2 cells were generated from MG-63 cells by culturing in F2 cell supernatants for 3 months (Fig. 1A). In cell proliferation assay, MG63-F2 cells had a higher cell growth rate compared with MG-63 cells (Fig. 1B). The intrinsic cell motile activity of MG63-F2 cells was approximately 11.1 times higher than that of MG-63 cells (Fig. 1C). When F2 cell supernatants at 0, 5 and 10% were added in lower chamber, MG-63 cells indicated the high cell motile activity by 10% supernatants. On the other

Discussion

It is considered that endothelial cells play an important role in the regulation of cancer cell growth, invasion, and metastasis [10,11]. Moreover, cell growth activity is promoted by culturing of endothelial cell supernatants [16]. In the present study, we generated MG63-F2 cells by culturing of F2 cell supernatants for 3 months. Whereas LPAR4, LPAR5 and LPAR6 expressions were not affected by culturing of F2 cell supernatants for 2 days, LPAR5 expression was elevated in MG63-F2 cells. Based on

Declaration of competing interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP18K07249, and by research grants from the Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University.

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