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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2010

Self-association of calcium-binding protein S100A4 and metastasis.

Thamir M Ismail, Shu Zhang, David G Fernig, Stephane Gross, Marisa L Martin-Fernandez, Violaine See, Kaeko Tozawa, Christopher J Tynan, Guozheng Wang, Mark C Wilkinson and 2 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Thamir M IsmailSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom.
Shu Zhang
David G Fernig
Stephane Gross
Marisa L Martin-Fernandez
Violaine See
Kaeko Tozawa
Christopher J Tynan
Guozheng Wang
Mark C Wilkinson
Philip S Rudland
Roger Barraclough
University of Liverpool · GBScience and Technology Facilities Council · GBLiverpool John Moores University · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/C51464X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBC5204711
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Elevated levels of the calcium-binding protein S100A4 promote metastasis and in carcinoma cells are associated with reduced survival of cancer patients. S100A4 interacts with target proteins that affect a number of activities associated with metastatic cells. However, it is not known how many of these interactions are required for S100A4-promoted metastasis, thus hampering the design of specific inhibitors of S100A4-induced metastasis. Intracellular S100A4 exists as a homodimer through previously identified, well conserved, predominantly hydrophobic key contacts between the subunits. Here it is shown that mutating just one key residue, phenylalanine 72, to alanine is sufficient to reduce the metastasis-promoting activity of S100A4 to 50% that of the wild type protein, and just 2 or 3 specific mutations reduces the metastasis-promoting activity of S100A4 to less than 20% that of the wild type protein. These mutations inhibit the self-association of S100A4 in vivo and reduce markedly the affinity of S100A4 for at least two of its protein targets, a recombinant fragment of non-muscle myosin heavy chain isoform A, and p53. Inhibition of the self-association of S100 proteins might be a novel means of inhibiting their metastasis-promoting activities.

Indexed as

Protein MultimerizationAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorFemaleHumansMiceMutation, MissenseMyosin Heavy ChainsNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasm TransplantationS100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4S100 ProteinsTransplantation, HeterologousTumor Suppressor Protein p53Myosin Heavy ChainsS100A4 protein, humanS100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4S100 ProteinsTP53 protein, humanTumor Suppressor Protein p53

Identifiers

PMID19917604
PMCPMC2801292
OpenAlexW2158019963

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