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The association between Annexin A2 and epithelial cell adhesion molecule in breast cancer cells.


ABSTRACT:

Background

The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a type I transmembrane and glycosylated protein, which is overexpressed in many neoplasms. However, EpCAM has no known ligand partners and the mechanisms by which it functions are not fully understood.

Aim

This study was performed to discover novel partners of EpCAM, which may provide a better understanding of its functions.

Methods

The membrane fraction of the ERα+ noninvasive breast cancer cell line ZR-75-1 and MCF-7 was extracted and followed by co-immunoprecipitation of EpCAM using C-10, a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against amino acids 24-93 of the EpCAM molecule. As a negative control, MDA-MB-231 and Hs578T were used since they express a negligible amount of EpCAM and are known as EpCAM-/low ERα-/low invasive and tumorigenic breast cancer cell lines.

Results

Annexin A2 (ANXA2) was found to be selectively and differentially co-immunoprecipitated with EpCAM in the ERα+ breast cancer cells MCF-7 and ZR-75-1. ANXA2 is a multifunctional protein and known to act as a co-receptor for tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) on the surface of endothelial and cancer cells, thereby affecting fibrinolytic activity and neoangiogenesis as well as invasive and metastatic properties. In this study, the association between EpCAM and ANXA2 was found to affect the activity of tPA.

Conclusion

This study concludes that ANXA2 co-localizes with EpCAM at the plasma membrane, and the co-localization may have functional implications. Data suggest that EpCAM supports ANXA2 to function as a co-receptor for the tPA, and that EpCAM has a regulatory function on the expression and subcellular localization of ANXA2.

SUBMITTER: Al-Qahtani SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124509 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The association between Annexin A2 and epithelial cell adhesion molecule in breast cancer cells.

Al-Qahtani Saad Misfer SM   Gadalla Salah Eldin SE   Guo Min M   Ericsson Christer C   Hägerstrand Daniel D   Nistér Monica M  

Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) 20210709 5


<h4>Background</h4>The epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) is a type I transmembrane and glycosylated protein, which is overexpressed in many neoplasms. However, EpCAM has no known ligand partners and the mechanisms by which it functions are not fully understood.<h4>Aim</h4>This study was performed to discover novel partners of EpCAM, which may provide a better understanding of its functions.<h4>Methods</h4>The membrane fraction of the ERα<sup>+</sup> noninvasive breast cancer cell line ZR  ...[more]

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