ASAP1 促进肿瘤细胞迁移和侵袭,刺激体内转移形成,并与结直肠癌患者的不良生存相关。
ASAP1 promotes tumor cell motility and invasiveness, stimulates metastasis formation in vivo, and correlates with poor survival in colorectal cancer patients.
机构信息
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institute of Genetics, Karlsruhe, Germany.
出版信息
Oncogene. 2010 Apr 22;29(16):2393-403. doi: 10.1038/onc.2010.6. Epub 2010 Feb 15.
We have previously performed an unbiased screen to identify genes whose expression is associated with the metastatic phenotype. Secondary screening of these genes using custom microarray chips identified ASAP1, a multi-domain adaptor protein with ADP-ribosylation factor-GAP activity, as being potentially involved in tumor progression. Here, we show that at least three different splice forms of ASAP1 are upregulated in rodent tumor models in a manner that correlates with metastatic potential. In human cancers, we found that ASAP1 expression is strongly upregulated in a variety of tumors in comparison with normal tissue and that this expression correlates with poor metastasis-free survival and prognosis in colorectal cancer patients. Using loss and gain of function approaches, we were able to show that ASAP1 promotes metastasis formation in vivo and stimulates tumor cell motility, invasiveness, and adhesiveness in vitro. Furthermore, we show that ASAP1 interacts with the metastasis-promoting protein h-prune and stimulates its phosphodiesterase activity. In addition, ASAP1 binds to the SH3 domains of several proteins, including SLK with which it co-immunoprecipitates. These data support the notion that ASAP1 can contribute to the dissemination of a variety of tumor types and represent a potential target for cancer therapy.
我们先前进行了一项无偏倚的筛选,以鉴定与转移表型相关的表达基因。使用定制的微阵列芯片对这些基因进行二次筛选,发现 ASAP1(一种具有 ADP-核糖基化因子-GAP 活性的多功能衔接蛋白)可能参与肿瘤进展。在此,我们发现至少三种不同的 ASAP1 剪接形式在与转移潜能相关的方式中在啮齿动物肿瘤模型中上调。在人类癌症中,与正常组织相比,我们发现 ASAP1 在各种肿瘤中均强烈上调,并且这种表达与结直肠癌患者无转移生存和预后不良相关。通过使用功能丧失和获得的方法,我们能够证明 ASAP1 在体内促进转移形成,并刺激肿瘤细胞的迁移、侵袭和黏附。此外,我们还表明 ASAP1 与促进转移的蛋白 h-prune 相互作用,并刺激其磷酸二酯酶活性。此外,ASAP1 与包括 SLK 在内的几种蛋白质的 SH3 结构域结合,与之共免疫沉淀。这些数据支持 ASAP1 可促进多种肿瘤类型传播的观点,并代表癌症治疗的潜在靶标。