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. 1994 May 10;91(10):4338–4342. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.10.4338

E-cadherin distribution in interleukin 6-induced cell-cell separation of ductal breast carcinoma cells.

I Tamm 1, I Cardinale 1, T Kikuchi 1, J G Krueger 1
PMCID: PMC43780  PMID: 8183909

Abstract

E-cadherin is expressed in both the ZR-75-1-Tx and the ZR-75-1-Ro sublines of ductal breast carcinoma cells and is concentrated at cell-cell borders as shown by immunocytochemical examination. Free cell borders generally show no or little staining. The localized decrease in E-cadherin expression observed after interleukin 6 (IL-6) treatment of either subline correlates with the increase in free cell borders as IL-6 causes cell-cell separation. As we previously reported, many IL-6-treated ZR-75-1-Tx cells round up and detach from the substratum while ZR-75-1-Ro cells remain adherent and display prominent processes. The results are consistent with the view that E-cadherin expression is not responsible for the marked difference in the IL-6-induced phenotypes in these cell lines, although the localized decrease may play a role in cell-cell separation. ZR-75-1-Tx cells are deficient in desmosomes and show a wider intercellular space than ZR-75-1-Ro cells. Alternative mechanisms involving different aspects of the interlinked cytoskeletal and cell adhesion structures are considered to account for the IL-6-induced antimorphogenetic effect.

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