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SUBMITTER: Rao F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4330756 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rao Feng F Xu Jing J Fu Chenglai C Cha Jiyoung Y JY Gadalla Moataz M MM Xu Risheng R Barrow James C JC Snyder Solomon H SH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150123 6
The inositol pyrophosphates, molecular messengers containing an energetic pyrophosphate bond, impact a wide range of biologic processes. They are generated primarily by a family of three inositol hexakisphosphate kinases (IP6Ks), the principal product of which is diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (IP7). We report that IP6K2, via IP7 synthesis, is a major mediator of cancer cell migration and tumor metastasis in cell culture and in intact mice. IP6K2 acts by enhancing cell-matrix adhesion and d ...[more]