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CANCER LETTERS
Volume 479, Issue -, Pages 100-111Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2020.03.014
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LAMP3; VASP; PKA; Metastasis; Esophageal cancer
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFC1302100]
- CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences [2016-I2M-1-001, 2019-I2M-1-003]
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Metastasis is still a major cause of cancer-related mortality. Lysosome-associated membrane protein 3 (LAMP3) has been implicated in the invasiveness and metastasis of multiple cancer types; however, the underlying mechanisms are unclear. In this study, we found that LAMP3 was overexpressed in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues and that this increased expression positively correlated with lymph node metastasis. Depletion of LAMP3 dramatically suppressed the motility of ESCC cells in vitro and experimental pulmonary and lymph node metastasis in vivo. Importantly, knockdown of LAMP3 increased the level of phosphorylated VASP (Ser239), which attenuated the invasive and metastatic capability of ESCC cells. We identified that cAMP-dependent protein kinase A (PKA) was responsible for the phosphorylation of VASP at Ser239. Consistently, silencing of PKA regulatory subunits diminished Ser239 phosphorylation on VASP and restored the motility capacity of LAMP3-depleted ESCC cells. In conclusion, we uncovered a previously unknown role of LAMP3 in promoting cellular motility and metastasis in ESCC.
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