Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination

Autophagy inhibition is being evaluated as a novel therapeutic strategy in multiple tumor types, but little is known about its implications for metastatic dissemination. We recently reported that autophagic degradation of paxillin through direct interaction with the autophagy protein LC3B is require...

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Main Authors: Marina N. Sharifi, Erin E. Mowers, Kay F. Macleod
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2017-03-01
Series:Molecular & Cellular Oncology
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2016.1198299
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author Marina N. Sharifi
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description Autophagy inhibition is being evaluated as a novel therapeutic strategy in multiple tumor types, but little is known about its implications for metastatic dissemination. We recently reported that autophagic degradation of paxillin through direct interaction with the autophagy protein LC3B is required for focal adhesion disassembly, Src-stimulated tumor cell motility, and metastasis.
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spelling doaj.art-ff8f41993646426abf669b6664eecfdd2023-09-22T09:10:57ZengTaylor & Francis GroupMolecular & Cellular Oncology2372-35562017-03-014210.1080/23723556.2016.11982991198299Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer disseminationMarina N. Sharifi0Erin E. Mowers1Kay F. Macleod2The University of ChicagoThe University of ChicagoThe University of ChicagoAutophagy inhibition is being evaluated as a novel therapeutic strategy in multiple tumor types, but little is known about its implications for metastatic dissemination. We recently reported that autophagic degradation of paxillin through direct interaction with the autophagy protein LC3B is required for focal adhesion disassembly, Src-stimulated tumor cell motility, and metastasis.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2016.1198299autophagycell motilitymetastasispaxillinsrc
spellingShingle Marina N. Sharifi
Erin E. Mowers
Kay F. Macleod
Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
Molecular & Cellular Oncology
autophagy
cell motility
metastasis
paxillin
src
title Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
title_full Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
title_fullStr Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
title_full_unstemmed Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
title_short Autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
title_sort autophagic degradation of focal adhesions underlies metastatic cancer dissemination
topic autophagy
cell motility
metastasis
paxillin
src
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23723556.2016.1198299
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