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JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE
Volume 126, Issue 21, Pages 4835-4842Publisher
COMPANY OF BIOLOGISTS LTD
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.123901
Keywords
Voltage-gated Na+ channels; SCN5A; Na+/H+ exchanger type 1; Caveolae; Invadopodia; Cancer cell invasiveness
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- Ministere de la Recherche et des Technologies
- Inserm
- Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer
- 'Programme Hubert Curien - Galileo' (Campus France)
- 'Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro' (AIRC) [11348]
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The degradation of the extracellular matrix by cancer cells represents an essential step in metastatic progression and this is performed by cancer cell structures called invadopodia. Na(V)1.5 (also known as SCN5A) Na+ channels are overexpressed in breast cancer tumours and are associated with metastatic occurrence. It has been previously shown that Na(V)1.5 activity enhances breast cancer cell invasiveness through perimembrane acidification and subsequent degradation of the extracellular matrix by cysteine cathepsins. Here, we show that NaV1.5 colocalises with Na+/H+ exchanger type 1 (NHE-1) and caveolin-1 at the sites of matrix remodelling in invadopodia of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells. NHE-1, Na(V)1.5 and caveolin-1 co-immunoprecipitated, which indicates a close association between these proteins. We found that the expression of Na(V)1.5 was responsible for the allosteric modulation of NHE-1, rendering it more active at the intracellular pH range of 6.4-7; thus, it potentially extrudes more protons into the extracellular space. Furthermore, Na(V)1.5 expression increased Src kinase activity and the phosphorylation (Y421) of the actin-nucleation-promoting factor cortactin, modified F-actin polymerisation and promoted the acquisition of an invasive morphology in these cells. Taken together, our study suggests that Na(V)1.5 is a central regulator of invadopodia formation and activity in breast cancer cells.
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