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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-8
pubmed:abstractText
The precise role of alpha-actinin-4 encoding gene (ACTN4) is not very well understood. It has been reported to elicit tumor suppressor activity and to regulate cellular motility. To further assess the function of human ACTN4, we studied a lung carcinoma cell line expressing a mutated alpha-actinin-4, which is recognized as a tumor antigen by autologous CD8(+) cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL). Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy indicated that, while wild-type (WT) alpha-actinin-4 stains into actin cytoskeleton and cell surface ruffles, the mutated protein is only dispersed in the cytoplasm of the lung carcinoma cells. This loss of association with the cell surface did not appear to correlate with a decrease in in vitro alpha-actinin-4 crosslinking to filamentous (F)-actin. Interestingly, experiments using cell lines stably expressing ACTN4 demonstrated that as opposed to WT gene, mutant ACTN4 was unable to inhibit tumor cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, the expression of mutant alpha-actinin-4 resulted in the loss of tumor cell capacity to migrate. The identification of an inactivating mutation in ACTN4 emphasizes its role as a tumor suppressor gene and underlines the involvement of cytoskeleton alteration in tumor development and metastasis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
8
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2630-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Actinin, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Neoplasm Metastasis, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Point Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15048094-Transfection
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutant alpha-actinin-4 promotes tumorigenicity and regulates cell motility of a human lung carcinoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire Cytokines et Immunologie des tumeurs Humaines, U487 INSERM, Institut Fédératif de Recherche 54, Institut Gustave Roussy, F-94805 Villejuif Cedex, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't