Human osteopontin: Potential clinical applications in cancer (Review)
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- Published online on: April 21, 2017 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2017.2964
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Abstract
1. Introduction
Osteopontin (OPN) is a bone associated, extracellular matrix glycosylated phosphoprotein which is produced by several cell types, including osteoblasts, osteoclasts, immune cells, endothelial cells, epithelial cells and extra-osseous cells (skin, kidney and lung) (1–3). Due to differences in post-translational modification (PTM) (phosphorylation, glycosylation, sulfation and proteolysis) from different cellular sources, OPN has a molecular weight ranging from 41 to 75 kDa, which may have a cell type-specific structure and function (4–7). OPN plays a major role in various normal physiological processes, including bone remodelling, immune-regulation, inflammation and vascularisation (8,9). In addition, OPN has also been shown to be involved in carcinogenesis with multi-functional activities (10–12).
OPN is involved in a series of biological functions through interactions with different integrins and CD44. Therefore, OPN is classified as a member of the 'small integrin-binding ligand N-linked glycoproteins' (SIBLINGs) together with other molecules, including bone sialoprotein (BSP), dentin matrix protein 1 (DMP1), dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP) and matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein (MEPE) (13). Two critical integrin binding sequences of OPN have been identified: arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) and serine-valine-valine-tyrosine-glutamate-leucine-arginine (SVVYGLR). OPN interacts mainly with various αv (particularly αvβ1, αvβ3, αvβ5) integrin receptors via the classical RGD sequence, and interacts with α9β1, α4β1, α4β7 via SVVYGLR (14–16). In addition, it also interacts with the CD44 splice variants, CD44v3, CD44v6 and CD44v7, via the C-terminal fragment calcium binding site (17–20). These properties of OPN induce the activation of signal transduction pathways, leading to cell proliferation, adhesion, invasion and migration, which have been demonstrated by both in vitro and in vivo models (21–23). The binding of OPN to integrins and CD44 initiates a downstream signalling cascade via the PI3K/AKT signalling pathway leading to NF-κB mediated cell proliferation and survival (24–26). In additon, through the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK signalling pathway, an OPN-integrin complex and subsequent induction of AP-1-dependent gene expression, urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA) and matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) confer a metastatic phenotype on some cancer cell types (27–29). Induced by vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), OPN and certain integrins are able to promote angiogenesis through enhanced endothelial cell migration, proliferation and the subsequent formation of capillaries, which are all essential requirements for the process of angiogenesis (30,31).
2. Expression of OPN in human cancer
OPN has been shown to correlate with tumourigenesis, as well as with the progression and metastasis of different malignancies in both experimental and clinical studies (Table I). The upregulation of OPN expression has been identified in a variety of human cancers, including breast, prostate, lung, stomach, pancreatic and colorectal cancer, glioma and melanoma (Table I).
In these studies, in vitro experiments have also established a causal link between OPN expression and cell functions. In vitro transfection experiments have demonstrated that downregulating OPN gene expression suppressed the progression of breast cancer cells, which have invasive potential and metastatic competence (21). Experimental evidence has further suggested that enhanced OPN expression renders a highly metastatic phenotype of cancer cells. For example, the enforced expression of OPN in non-metastatic rat mammary tumour cells has been shown to result in lung metastasis occurring in half of the animals that developed primary tumours (23). In another study, in glioma cells, elevated levels of OPN and VEGF synergistically enhanced the angiogenic properties, via integrin αvβ3, on the endothelial cell surface (25). Another study demonstrated that the knockdown of OPN in prostate cancer cell lines enhanced the cytotoxicity of the chemotherapeutic drug, daunomycin (DUN), through integrin-mediated FAK/P-GP signalling (34). The ectopic expression of OPN in DLD1 colon cancer cells has been shown to stimulate EMT activation and subsequent migration (41).
In clinical investigations, elevated OPN levels have been shown to correlate with increased tumour burden (stage, grade and tumour size), a poor prognosis and reduced survival, although discrepancies remain. For example, the increased expression of OPN in plasma and tumour tissues has been identified in breast cancer patients and has been shown to be associated with metastatic disease and decreased survival (35). Similarly, in advanced gastric cancer, patients with OPN-positive cancer (as determined by immunohistochemistry) have a decrease in their 5-year survival, when compared with those with OPN-negative cancer (40). In colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, increased OPN mRNA levels have been shown to significantly correlate with stage, lymph node metastasis and lymphatic or venous invasion, as well as with lower disease-free and overall survival rates (41,42). A study on patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) demonstrated that serum levels of OPN are elevated with advanced tumour grades (44). Elevated OPN levels have also been strongly associated with increased stage, grade and tumour size in melanoma patients (52). In early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients high OPN plasma levels were observed which were reduced after surgical tumour resection. However, in those patients which showed recurrence after surgery OPN plasma levels re-elevated, indicating that OPN is not only a potential diagnostic marker in NSCLC, but also has potential as a tool for detecting tumour recurrence after treatment (53). Thus, OPN may be a useful biomarker to monitor cancer progression and a significant predictor of poor prognosis and survival rates.
3. Expression of OPN splice variants in human cancers
The alternative splice-generation of multiple mRNA products from a single gene is a critical mechanism for generating proteomic diversity. The OPN precusor-mRNA (pre-mRNA) is subject to alternative splicing, which generates three splice variants, OPN-a (consists of all exons), OPN-b (which lacks exon 5) and OPN-c (which lacks exon 4) (Fig. 1).
Recent studies have demonstrated that the expression of OPN splice variants in malignancies is cell-type/tissue specific and may have functional heterogeneity (Table II). For example, Pang et al reported that OPN-c is selectively expressed in breast cancer tissue (57). In their study on 170 breast cancer patients, OPN-c protein staining was positive in 70% of all of the samples and was significantly higher in tumour tissues compared to normal tissues. The study indicated an inverse correlation between OPN-c and E-cadherin, an established tumour suppressor. However, the observations by the same authors that OPN-c also inversely correlated with β-catenin and that E-cadherin positively correlated β-catenin are intriguing. Despite β-catenin working with E-cadherin to form cell-cell adhesion complexes, β-catenin has been classically regarded as an oncogenic protein. Thus, the true link between OPN-c and the cell adhesion complex requires further study and one has to delineate the cellular location of β-catenin (namely membrane-associated, cytoplasmic and nucleus) in this context. However, the study by Pang has clearly demonstrated that high levels of OPN-c staining in breast tumours are associated with TNM staging, nodal involvement, recurrence and metastasis, and interestingly with the triple negativity of the tumours and, thus is an independent prognostic indicator for these patients (57). Another study by Sun et al demonstrated that each of the three OPN splice variants was able to increase the growth of breast tumours, in vivo (56). It is noteworthy that OPN-a appears more effective in promoting tumour growth than the other two splice forms.
 | Table IISummary of OPN splice variants (OPN-a, OPN-b and OPN-c) expression and function in human cancer tissues and cells. |
Conflicting evidence also exists regarding the function of OPN isoforms in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). It has been previously demonstrated that tumour tissue predominantly expressed OPN-a and OPN-b, and the ratio of OPN-a and OPN-b to OPN-c increased substantially as the tumours progressed in SK-Hep1 cells and Hep3B cells (67). Thus, it is possible that OPN-a and OPN-b may be associated with a poor prognosis, and OPN-c may prevent both cell migration and invasion in more migratory and invasive cells. By contrast, in another study, Takafuji et al (68) reported that the increased expression of OPN-c in Hep3B cells appeared to enhance cellular invasion and metastatic potential due to the formation of OPN-c fragment by MMP-9.
A number of studies have also explored OPN splice variants in lung cancer. Sun et al (59) found that, compared with normal lung tissue, the majority of NSCLC samples predominantly expressed OPN-a. A similar observation was made by Blasberg et al (61), who reported that OPN-a was the dominant isoform, whereas little OPN-b and no OPN-c expression was detected in lung cancer cell lines that endogenously expressed OPN (A549, H460, H157, H1299 and Calu-3). Functionally, OPN-a promotes angiogenesis in lung cancer by stimulating endothelial cells, likely by binding to the αvβ3 integrin and increasing VEGF expression and secretion. In their study, OPN-b appeared to increase tubule formation merely by activating endothelial cells, and did so without a concomitant enhancement of VEGF secretion or expression. OPN-c had a predominantly negative effect significantly inhibiting angiogenesis and VEGF secretion. However, Zhao et al (60) suggested that OPN-b strongly affected cell proliferation, while OPN-c was closely related to the invasive behaviour of the NSCLC cell line, A549.
These studies emphasise that OPN splice variants may have diverse expression patterns and different functional roles, which may be cancer type-specific.
4. Polymorphism of OPN and OPN splice variants in cancers
Secreted OPN (sOPN) and intracellular OPN (iOPN)
OPN has mainly been studied as a secreted protein, but recent studies have shown that, in some cases, OPN is not secreted and instead will be found in the cytoplasm and nucleus. Mouse OPN mRNA has the canonical AUG translation initiation site and an alternative translation initiation site. When translation initiates from the canonical site, the peptide produced is targeted to secretory vesicles. On the other hand, when translation starts from the alternative translation initiation site, the peptide produced is accompanied by deletion of a signal sequence and localises in the cytoplasm (76,77). Although sOPN and iOPN are generated from the same OPN mRNA species, the biological outcomes mediated by the two isoforms may differ (78). The role of human sOPN in cell physiology has been extensively studied in different cellular contexts. Compared with sOPN, the biological roles of iOPN have only begun to emerge over the past several years. Thus far, iOPN has been found in calvarial cells, dendritic cells, macrophages and nerve cells (77,79,80). It is involved in cell motility, cytoskeletal rearrangement and mitosis by physical association with polo-like kinase-1 (Plk-1) (81–83). Similarly, these two isoforms may play distinct roles in cancer progression. Indeed, in patients with various solid tumours, sOPN has been proposed as a diagnostic marker to distinguish either resectable cases or predict survival rates (43,84,85). However, cytoplasmic OPN expression has appeared not to correlate with average tumour size, tumour stage and nodal status (10,86). The same has been observed for OPN splice variants. For example, in a study on expression patterns of OPN variants and its functions on cell apoptosis and invasion in glioma cells, Yan et al presumed that the secretary nature of OPN splice variants may be induced by the absence of exon 5 or exon 4. As a consequence, OPN-b without out exon 5 may aggregate within the cytoplasm and exert a significant anti-apoptotic effect, while OPN-c without exon 4 may be easily secreted to culture supernatants and has a remarkable effect on cellular invasion (74).
Therefore, it would be necessary to delineate which isoform of OPN is responsible for pathophysiological events, and furthermore, sOPN and iOPN should be independently targeted in any potential therapies.
Host-derived OPN and tumour-derived OPN
Tumour cells and their microenvironment mutually influence tumour formation, progression and metastasis. The tumour microenvironment includes a variety of non-tumour cell types, such as fibroblasts, immune cells, vascular and smooth muscle cells. The host's reaction to neoplastic cells and the ability of environmental modification by tumour cells themselves are both involved in tumour formation. A number of studies have demonstrated that OPN can be synthesised by tumour and other cells types in the tumour microenvironment, such as macrophages and stromal cells (87,88). However, whether tumour-derived OPN differs from host-derived OPN, either structurally or functionally, is largely unknown. There is evidence indicating that the role of OPN in metastasis is dependent on the site of production. For example, historically, stroma-derived OPN has been considered to be intrinsically involved in the defensive mechanism against tumour development by acting as a macrophage chemoattractant, yet stroma-derived OPN can effectively regulate melanoma growth, angiogenesis and metastasis with the host OPN-tumour interaction (89–91). In addition, tumour-derived OPN may promote the metastatic process by inhibiting macrophage cytotoxicity against tumours (92). By contrast, some evidence suggests that at least in some instances, the presence of OPN in macrophages promote the development and activity of type I natural killer (NK) T cells (NK T cells) and that OPN may inhibit tumour activity via these NK cells (93).
Thus, host-derived OPN and tumour-derived OPN may mutually affect each other and the interaction between the tumour and tumour microenvironment may determine whether the overall effect of OPN will be tumour promoting or tumour inhibiting.
OPN splice variants polymorphism in cancers
The similar heterogeneity of OPN splice variants exists in cancers. the differential effects of the three splice variants may be due to the distinctive functions of the spliced exons that individual OPN isoforms contain. For example, the sequences encoded by exon 5, absent in OPN-b, contain one of several clusters of phosphorylated serine/threonine residues. Exon 4 however encodes two glutamine residues essential for transglutaminase cross-linking. As exon 4 is absent in OPN-c, but present in OPN-a and OPN-b, OPN-c has no specific functions exerted by exon 4 (94). In breast cancer cells, it has been reported that OPN-a, not OPN-c may have a tendency to aggregate in response to physical concentrations of calcium, and thus have a greater capacity to enhance cell adhesion (95). By contrast, OPN-c may be more soluble and able to support anchorage-independent growth of breast cancer cells (96,97). OPN-c possesses a more exposed Arg-Ser-Lys (RSK) motif compared to OPN-a (98). Using the RSK motif as a cleavage site, systemically circulating thrombin can cleave OPN-c easily into two fragments, the N-terminal and C-terminal, of approximately equivalent size (98). The N-terminal GRGDS-containing fragment produced by thrombin cleavage has the potential to enhance tumour cell migration (98). The thrombin-cleaved C-terminal fragment of OPN has also been reported to influence breast cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro (99). The absence of the transglutaminase acting site in OPN-c may explain why OPN-c cannot be cross-linked with the extracellular matrix (94).
On the other hand, some investigations suggest that the possible reasons for OPN isoforms cell-type specific patterns and their roles are closely related to these differing PTMs of the three OPN splice variants. Gimba et al demonstrated that the potential of OPN-a, OPN-b and OPN-c for specific phosphorylation patterns, and the deletion of exon 4 or 5 altered the pattern of PTMs, ultimately resulting in functional modifications (46).
5. Conclusion and future perspectives
OPN was initially identified in bone and later characterised based on its splice variants and their structures and functions. It is now well established that the isoforms of OPN are differentially expressed in many tumour types and play critical roles at different stages of cancer development and progression. OPN may be a useful biomarker to monitor cancer progression and one of the significant predictors of poor prognosis and survival rates, in certain cancers for example in breast cancer and lung cancer. Thus, OPN may have several potential clinical implications: firstly, as a convenient tool for clinical test. As a secreted protein, OPN can easily detected in body fluids, such as blood, urine and body cavity fluids (namely pleural and peritoneal ascites). This gives rise to convenient sampling, taking advantages of sample quantity, safe detection, procedure speed and minimal invasiveness, collectively providing a convenient approach for clinical testing. Secondly, the power of combining OPN with other traditional biomarkers, such as VEGF, MMPs and E-cadherin, for example, provide more accurate predictions for prognosis and potential response to therapies (43,50,100).
Yet, changes remain, especially given the complexity of the distribution patterns and presence of the variant forms for OPN. Methods of OPN detection are currently very limited. Traditional protein detection methods such as ELISA have shown their limit due to a lack of sensitivity and the nature of samples required for the testings. Several studies have focused on the cost-effectiveness and ease of implementing immunosensors for OPN detection demonstrating better sensitivity than ELISA assays, and providing greater potential to develop simple test kits for OPN combined with other protein biomarkers (101–104).
Due to the pre- and post-translational regulation, the expression and function patterns of OPN isoforms usually exhibit tissue specificity. It has been suggested that this provides the possibility to develop cancer therapy strategies to target those OPN isoforms which are specific to tumour cells or play a key role in tumour progression. But the pre- and post-translational regulation are complex and ubiquitous, developing drugs that target only cancer cells with minimal impact on healthy cells is extremely difficult. Thus the expression patterns and activities of tumour-specific OPN isoforms should be further defined with multidisciplinary and large scale clinical study. The development of specific OPN-based approaches for individual cancer types is equally important as well.
Collectively, OPN and its variants have been shown to play an important role in regulating the aggressive nature of cancer cells and promote the growth of tumours. Although there is more to learn with regards to the mechanisms of action of the specific OPN variants, it is clear that there is clinical prospect(s) for this protein and its variants. OPN appears to have good clinical value in evaluating disease progression and cancer patient outcome. There is a good prospect for developing a OPN based clinical test for cancer patients in order to evaluate their prognosis and response to therapies. Wht is most exciting is the prospect of developing tools to target the protein and its variants in novel ways. It is anticipated that in the coming years we will see some significant progress along these fronts.
Acknowledgments
The authors wish to thank Cancer Research Wales, Cardiff University China Medical Scholarship, Life Science Research Network for Wales (LSRNW) and the Albert Hung Foundation for supporting their study.
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