Copper chaperone Atox1 plays role in breast cancer cell migration
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

Copper (Cu) is an essential transition metal ion required as cofactor in many key enzymes. After cell uptake of Cu, the metal is transported by the cytoplasmic Cu chaperone Atox1 to P1B-type ATPases in the Golgi network for incorporation into Cu-dependent enzymes in the secretory path. Cu is vital for many steps of cancer progression and Atox1 was recently suggested to have additional functionality as a nuclear transcription factor. We here investigated the expression level, cellular localization and role in cell migration of Atox1 in an aggressive breast cancer cell line upon combining immunostaining, microscopy and a wound healing assay. We made the unexpected discovery that Atox1 accumulates at lamellipodia borders of migrating cancer cells and Atox1 silencing resulted in migration defects as evidenced from reduced wound closure. Therefore, we have discovered an unknown role of the Cu chaperone Atox1 in breast cancer cell migration.

Migration

Lamellipodia

Atox1

Copper transporter

Breast cancer

Författare

Stephanie Blockhuys

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Kemisk biologi

Pernilla Wittung Stafshede

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Kemisk biologi

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

0006-291X (ISSN) 1090-2104 (eISSN)

Vol. 483 1 301-304

Ämneskategorier

Cellbiologi

Biokemi och molekylärbiologi

Styrkeområden

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

DOI

10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.12.148

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Skapat

2017-10-08