Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Invasive carcinoma cells use specialized actin polymerization-driven protrusions called invadopodia to degrade and possibly invade through the extracellular matrix (ECM) during metastasis. Phosphorylation of the invadopodium protein cortactin is a master switch that activates invadopodium maturation and function. Cortactin was originally identified as a hyperphosphorylated protein in v-Src-transformed cells, but the kinase or kinases that are directly responsible for cortactin phosphorylation in invadopodia remain unknown. In this study, we provide evidence that the Abl-related nonreceptor tyrosine kinase Arg mediates epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced cortactin phosphorylation, triggering actin polymerization in invadopodia, ECM degradation, and matrix proteolysis-dependent tumor cell invasion. Both Src and Arg localize to invadopodia and are required for EGF-induced actin polymerization. Notably, Arg overexpression in Src knockdown cells can partially rescue actin polymerization in invadopodia while Src overexpression cannot compensate for loss of Arg, arguing that Src indirectly regulates invadopodium maturation through Arg activation. Our findings suggest a novel mechanism by which an EGFR-Src-Arg-cortactin pathway mediates functional maturation of invadopodia and breast cancer cell invasion. Furthermore, they identify Arg as a novel mediator of invadopodia function and a candidate therapeutic target to inhibit tumor invasion in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
©2011 AACR.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1730-41
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Cortactin, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Extracellular Matrix, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Pseudopodia, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:21257711-src-Family Kinases
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
An EGFR-Src-Arg-cortactin pathway mediates functional maturation of invadopodia and breast cancer cell invasion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural