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SUBMITTER: Lafleur MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2663921 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lafleur Marc A MA Xu Daosong D Hemler Martin E ME
Molecular biology of the cell 20090211 7
Membrane type-1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) supports tumor cell invasion through extracellular matrix barriers containing fibrin, collagen, fibronectin, and other proteins. Here, we show that simultaneous knockdown of two or three members of the tetraspanin family (CD9, CD81, and TSPAN12) markedly decreases MT1-MMP proteolytic functions in cancer cells. Affected functions include fibronectin proteolysis, invasion and growth in three-dimensional fibrin and collagen gels, and MMP-2 activati ...[more]