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Proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by ADAM10 mediates proliferation and migration in breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Amyloid precursor protein (APP), best known for its association with Alzheimer disease, has recently been implicated in breast cancer progression. However, the precise mechanism involved remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of APP proteolytic cleavage in breast cancer functions.

Methods

The presence of APP proteolytic cleavage products was examined in breast cancer cell lines. The functional roles of APP in breast cancer were studied in vitro and tumor xenograft model using siRNA. The effects of full length APP and the ?-secretase cleaved ectodomain fragment, soluble APP? (sAPP?) were further investigated for their overexpression in breast cancers. The ?-secretase involved was identified. The ?-secretase expression together with APP was examined in clinical breast cancers.

Results

We showed that APP underwent proteolytic cleavage in breast cancer cells to generate sAPP?. The sAPP? and full length protein mediated breast cancer migration and proliferation, but in different functional extent. This proteolytic cleavage was mediated by ADAM10. Downregulation of APP and ADAM10 brought about similar functional effects. Overexpression of sAPP? reversed the effects of ADAM10 downregulation. Interestingly, in patients with non-luminal breast cancers, APP and ADAM10 expression correlated with each other and their co-expression was associated with the worst outcome.

Conclusions

These results demonstrated the contributory role of APP cleavage on its oncogenic roles in breast cancer. ADAM10 was the key ?-secretase. APP and ADAM10 co-expression was associated with worse survival in non-luminal breast cancers. Targeting of APP or its processing by ADAM10 might be a promising treatment option in these cancers.

SUBMITTER: Tsang JYS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6306343 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by ADAM10 mediates proliferation and migration in breast cancer.

Tsang Julia Y S JYS Lee Michelle A MA Chan Tsz-Hei TH Li Joshua J Ni Yun-Bi YB Shao Yan Y Chan Siu-Ki SK Cheungc Sai-Yin SY Lau Kwok-Fai KF Tse Gary M K GMK

EBioMedicine 20181120

<h4>Background</h4>Amyloid precursor protein (APP), best known for its association with Alzheimer disease, has recently been implicated in breast cancer progression. However, the precise mechanism involved remains unclear. Here, we investigated the role of APP proteolytic cleavage in breast cancer functions.<h4>Methods</h4>The presence of APP proteolytic cleavage products was examined in breast cancer cell lines. The functional roles of APP in breast cancer were studied in vitro and tumor xenogr ...[more]

PMID: 30470613

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Proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by ADAM10 mediates proliferation and migration in breast cancer.

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Proteolytic cleavage of amyloid precursor protein by ADAM10 mediates proliferation and migration in breast cancer.

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