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BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER
Volume 109, Issue 11, Pages 2810-2818Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.675
Keywords
focal adhesion turnover; cell invasion; metastasis; reversine
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- Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation
- Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)
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Background: The dynamics of focal adhesion (FA) turnover is a key determinant for the regulation of cancer cell migration. Here we investigated FA turnover in a panel of breast cancer models with distinct invasive properties and evaluated the impact of reversine on this turnover in relation to cancer cell invasion in in vitro and in vivo conditions. Methods: Live imaging and immunofluorescence assays were used to investigate FA turnover in breast cancer cells. Biochemical studies were used to investigate the impact of reversine on FA signalling and turnover. In vivo activity was investigated using orthotopic breast cancer mouse models. Results: Accelerated FA disassembly from plasma membrane protrusions was observed in invasive compared with non-invasive breast cancer cells or non-immortalised mammary epithelial cells. Reversine significantly inhibited FA disassembly leading to stable FAs, which was associated with reduced cell motility and invasion. The inhibitory effect of reversine on FA turnover accounted for a large part on its capacity to interfere with FAK function on regulating its downstream targets. In orthotopic breast cancer mouse models, reversine revealed a potent inhibitory activity on tumour progression to metastasis. Conclusion: These results support the utility of targeting FA turnover as a therapeutic approach for invasive breast cancer.
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