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  • Title: Integrin and cytoskeleton behaviour in human neuroblastoma cells during hyperthermia-related apoptosis.
    Author: Luchetti F, Mannello F, Canonico B, Battistelli M, Burattini S, Falcieri E, Papa S.
    Journal: Apoptosis; 2004 Sep; 9(5):635-48. PubMed ID: 15314292.
    Abstract:
    Hyperthermia induces several cellular responses leading to morphological changes, cell detachment and death. Loss of integrins from the cell surface after acute heat-treatment may block several physiological signalling pathways, but whether the assembly network between integrin and cytoskeletal actin is perturbed during hyperthermic treatment is unknown. In this study we tested this hypothesis by evaluating cell morphology, protein cytoskeletal profile and integrin CD11a content in both adherent and floating SK-N-MC human neuroblastoma cells. Morphological and cytometric analyses confirmed that hyperthermia is an effective apoptotic trigger, revealing the typical chromatin margination, cell shape changes and 7-AAD incorporation. After hyperthermia, cytoskeletal proteins showed an increase of high-molecular-weight aggregates and a significant decrease of both actin and CD11a content with respect to control cells. The integrin CD11a and membrane-bound actin alterations found in detached floating neuroblastoma cells recovered after heat-shock may cause the cytoskeletal abnormalities related to the observed surface cell rounding/blebbing and anoikis, early events of hyperthermia-induced programmed cell death.
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