Journal
SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 89-98Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.2000.0241
Keywords
adhesion; cancer; heparan sulfate proteoglycans; metastasis; motility
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA68494, CA55819] Funding Source: Medline
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Because heparan sulfate proteoglycans mediate cell adhesion and control the activities of numerous growth and motility factors, they play a critical tale in regulating the metastatic behavior of tumor cells. Due to their utilitarian nature, heparan sulfate proteoglycans may at times act as inhibitors of cell invasion and at other times as promoters of cell invasion, with their function being determined by their location (cell surface or extracellular matrix), the heparin-binding molecules they associate with, the presence of modifing enzymes (proteases, heparanases) and the precise structural characteristics of the proteoglycan. Also, the tissue type and pathophysiological state of the tumor influence proteogylcan function. This review summarizes our current knowledge of the role heparan sulfate proteoglycans play in regulating tumor cell metastasis, proposes mechanisms of how these molecules function and examines the potential for discovery of new therapeutic approaches designed to block metastatic cancer.
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