Cdc42 and Rac1 induce integrin-mediated cell motility and invasiveness through PI(3)K

Patricia J. Keely (), John K. Westwick, Ian P. Whitehead, Channing J. Der and Leslie V. Parise
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Patricia J. Keely: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina
John K. Westwick: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina
Ian P. Whitehead: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina
Channing J. Der: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina
Leslie V. Parise: Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University of North Carolina

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6660, 632-636

Abstract: Abstract Transformation of mammary epithelial cells into invasive carcinoma results in alterations in their integrin-mediated responses to the extracellular matrix, including a loss of normal epithelial polarization and differentiation, and a switch to a more motile, invasive phenotype. Changes in the actin cytoskeleton associated with this switch suggest that the small GTPases Cdc42 and Rac, which regulate actin organization1,2, might modulate motility and invasion. However, the role of Cdc42 and Rac1 in epithelial cells, especially with respect to integrin-mediated events, has not been well characterized. Here we show that activation of Cdc42 and Rac1 disrupts the normal polarization of mammary epithelial cells in a collagenous matrix, and promotes motility and invasion. This motility does not require the activation of PAK, JNK, p70 S6 kinase, or Rho, but instead requires phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase (PI(3)K). Further, direct PI(3)K activation is sufficient to disrupt epithelial polarization and induce cell motility and invasion. PI(3)K inhibition also disrupts actin structures, suggesting that activation of PI(3)K by Cdc42 and Rac1 alters actin organization, leading to increased motility and invasiveness.

Date: 1997
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