Proteolytic cleavage of protein tyrosine phosphatase mu regulates glioblastoma cell migration.
Proteolytic cleavage of protein tyrosine phosphatase mu regulates glioblastoma cell migration.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-09-0863
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发表时间:
2009-09-01
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Brady-Kalnay SM
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作者:
Burgoyne AM;Phillips-Mason PJ;Burden-Gulley SM;Robinson S;Sloan AE;Miller RH;Brady-Kalnay SM
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common malignant primary brain tumor, represents a significant disease burden. GBM tumor cells disperse extensively throughout the brain parenchyma, and the need for tumor-specific drug targets and pharmacological agents to inhibit cell migration and dispersal is great. The receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase mu (PTPmu) is a homophilic cell adhesion molecule. The full-length form of PTPmu is downregulated in human glioblastoma. In this manuscript, overexpression of full-length PTPmu is demonstrated to suppress migration and survival of glioblastoma cells. Additionally, proteolytic cleavage is shown to be the mechanism of PTPmu downregulation in glioblastoma cells. Proteolysis of PTPmu generates a series of proteolytic fragments including a soluble catalytic intracellular domain (ICD) fragment that translocates to the nucleus. Only proteolyzed PTPmu fragments are detected in human glioblastomas. shRNA-mediated downregulation of PTPmu fragments decreases glioblastoma cell migration and survival. A peptide inhibitor of PTPmu function blocks fragment-induced glioblastoma cell migration, which may prove to be of therapeutic value in GBM treatment. These data suggest that loss of cell surface PTPmu by proteolysis generates catalytically active PTPmu fragments that contribute to migration and survival of glioblastoma cells.