Article ; Online: Epithelial-mesenchymal transitions: from cell plasticity to concept elasticity.
Current topics in developmental biology
2015 Volume 112, Page(s) 273–300
Abstract: Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental cellular process occurring during early embryo development, including gastrulation and neural crest cell migration. It can be broken down in distinct functional steps: (1) loss of baso-apical ... ...
Abstract | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a developmental cellular process occurring during early embryo development, including gastrulation and neural crest cell migration. It can be broken down in distinct functional steps: (1) loss of baso-apical polarization characterized by cytoskeleton, tight junctions, and hemidesmosomes remodeling; (2) individualization of cells, including a decrease in cell-cell adhesion forces, (3) emergence of motility, and (4) invasive properties, including passing through the subepithelial basement membrane. These phases occur in an uninterrupted process, without requiring mitosis, in an order and with a degree of completion dictated by the microenvironment. The whole process reflects the activation of specific transcription factor families, called EMT transcription factors. Several mechanisms can combine to induce EMT. Some are reversible, involving growth factors and cytokines and/or environmental signals including extracellular matrix and local physical conditions. Others are irreversible, such as genomic alterations during carcinoma progression, along a selective and irreversible clonal drift. In carcinomas, these signals can converge to initiate a metastable phenotype. In this state, similarly to activated keratinocytes during re-epithelialization, cells can initiate a cohort migration and engage into a transient and reversible EMT controlled by the local environment prior to efficient intravasation and metastasis. EMT transcription factors also participate in cancer progression by inducing apoptosis resistance and maintaining stem-like properties exposed in tumor recurrences. These properties, very important on a clinical point of view, are not intrinsically linked to EMT, but can share common pathways. |
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MeSH term(s) | Animals ; Cell Adhesion/physiology ; Cell Movement/physiology ; Cell Plasticity/physiology ; Disease Progression ; Elasticity ; Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition ; Humans ; Neoplasms/etiology ; Neoplasms/pathology ; Signal Transduction |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2015 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Review |
ISSN | 1557-8933 ; 0070-2153 |
ISSN (online) | 1557-8933 |
ISSN | 0070-2153 |
DOI | 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2014.11.021 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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