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SUBMITTER: Yoshioka K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC165861 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoshioka Kiyoko K Foletta Victoria V Bernard Ora O Itoh Kazuyuki K
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20030530 12
In this study, we show that LIM kinase 1 (LIMK1), a critical regulator of actin dynamics, plays a regulatory role in tumor cell invasion. We found that the level and activity of endogenous LIMK1 is increased in invasive breast and prostate cancer cell lines in comparison with less invasive cells. Overexpression of LIMK1 in MCF-7 and in MDA-MB-231 human breast cancer cell lines increased their motility, whereas the specific ROCK and Rho inhibitors Y-27632 and C3, respectively, attenuated this eff ...[more]