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18059028

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
The CapG protein, a Gelsolin-related actin-binding protein, is expressed at higher levels in breast cancer, especially in metastasizing breast cancer, than in normal breast epithelium. Furthermore, it is known that an increased expression of the CapG protein triggers an increase in cell motility. According to in vitro experiments, it was supposed that it is the nuclear fraction of the protein, which causes the increase in cell motility. Here, we examined the dynamical distribution of the CapG protein within the living cell, i.e. the import of the CapG protein into the nucleus. The nuclear import kinetics of invasive, metastasizing breast cancer cells were compared to the import kinetics of non-neoplastic cells similar to normal breast epithelium. FRAP kinetics showed a highly significant increase in the recovery of photobleached CapG-eGFP in the cancer cells, so that a differentiation of invasive, metastasizing cells and non-invasive, non-metastasizing cells on the basis of transport processes of the CapG protein between the nucleus and the cytoplasm seems to be possible. Comprehension of the mobility and compartmentalization of the CapG protein in normal and in cancer cells in vivo could constitute a new basis to characterize the invasiveness and metastasizing potential of breast cancer.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1097-0215
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
(c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1476-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:18059028-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Invasive breast cancer cells exhibit increased mobility of the actin-binding protein CapG.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Biophysics of Macromolecules, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, TP3, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't