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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Volume 111, Issue 3, Pages E384-E393Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321510111
Keywords
cytoskeletal reprogramming; metastasis; migration; oxygen; tumor microenvironment
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- National Cancer Institute [U54-CA143868]
- Johns Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering
- Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
- Johns Hopkins University
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Overexpression of Rho kinase 1 (ROCK1) and the G protein RhoA is implicated in breast cancer progression, but oncogenic mutations are rare, and the molecular mechanisms that underlie increased ROCK1 and RhoA expression have not been determined. RhoA-bound ROCK1 phosphorylates myosin light chain (MLC), which is required for actin-myosin contractility. RhoA also activates focal adhesion kinase (FAK) signaling. Together, these pathways are critical determinants of the motile and invasive phenotype of cancer cells. We report that hypoxia-inducible factors coordinately activate RhoA and ROCK1 expression and signaling in breast cancer cells, leading to cell and matrix contraction, focal adhesion formation, and motility through phosphorylation of MLC and FAK. Thus, intratumoral hypoxia acts as an oncogenic stimulus by triggering hypoxia-inducible factor -> RhoA -> ROCK1 -> MLC -> FAK signaling in breast cancer cells.
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