447: Membrane Type 1 - Matrix Metalloproteinase Promotes Human Prostate Cancer Invasion and Metastasis

SummaryDevelopment of metastases requires cancer cells to breach underlying basement membrane, migrate through interstitial stroma and gain access to blood or lymphatic vessels. Membrane type 1-matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) has been linked with these processes. Expression of MT1-MMP in human prostate cancer correlates with the stage of this disseminated disease. The mechanism underlying this observation, however, still remains to be understood. To study the role of MT1-MMP in prostate cancer dissemination, endogenous and recombinant MT1-MMP expressed in human prostate cancer cell lines (DU-145 and LNCaP) were examined. Using FITC-labeled Ma-trigel, a soluble basement membrane extract coated coverslips, LNCaP cells stably expressing a chimera of MT1-MMP and Green Fluorescent Protein (MT1-GFP) degraded Matrigel and readily migrated over degraded substrates. The degradation of Matrigel by LNCaP cells expressing MT1-GFP was sensitive to MMP inhibitors, CT-1746 and TIMP-2, but not TIMP-1. Cell migration was dramatically enhanced by expression of MT1-MMP. By employing surgical orthotopic implantation of LNCaP cells stably expressing MT1-GFP into the prostate gland of immunodeficient mice, we demonstrated that MT1-MMP promotes lymph node and lung metastasis of prostate cancer cells. Together, these results emphasize the pivotal role of MT1-MMP in prostate cancer dissemination and confirm that MT1-MMP is a suitable target to prevent cancer metastasis.

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TC10 regulates breast cancer invasion and metastasis by controlling membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase at invadopodia

Communications Biology ◽

10.1038/s42003-021-02583-3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Maren Hülsemann ◽

Colline Sanchez ◽

Polina V. Verkhusha ◽

Vera Des Marais ◽

Serena P. H. Mao ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Extracellular Matrix ◽

Matrix Metalloproteinase ◽

Cancer Invasion ◽

Matrix Degradation ◽

Invasion And Metastasis ◽

Extracellular Matrix Degradation ◽

Breast Cancer Invasion ◽

Membrane Type

AbstractDuring breast cancer metastasis, cancer cell invasion is driven by actin-rich protrusions called invadopodia, which mediate the extracellular matrix degradation required for the success of the invasive cascade. In this study, we demonstrate that TC10, a member of a Cdc42 subfamily of p21 small GTPases, regulates the membrane type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP)-driven extracellular matrix degradation at invadopodia. We show that TC10 is required for the plasma membrane surface exposure of MT1-MMP at these structures. By utilizing our Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) biosensor, we demonstrate the p190RhoGAP-dependent regulation of spatiotemporal TC10 activity at invadopodia. We identified a pathway that regulates invadopodia-associated TC10 activity and function through the activation of p190RhoGAP and the downstream interacting effector Exo70. Our findings reveal the role of a previously unknown regulator of vesicular fusion at invadopodia, TC10 GTPase, in breast cancer invasion and metastasis.

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