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ArticleNature communications2016

RAS signalling through PI3-Kinase controls cell migration via modulation of Reelin expression.

Esther Castellano, Miriam Molina-Arcas, Agata Adelajda Krygowska, Philip East, Patricia Warne, Alastair Nicol, Julian Downward

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Article in Nature communications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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45citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 63 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Esther CastellanoOncogene Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Miriam Molina-ArcasOncogene Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Agata Adelajda KrygowskaCentre for Cancer and Inflammation, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK.
Philip EastComputational Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Patricia WarneOncogene Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Alastair NicolLight Microscopy Laboratories, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
Julian DownwardOncogene Biology, The Francis Crick Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LY, UK.
The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn · GBQueen Mary University of London · GBInstitute of Cancer Research · GBThe Francis Crick Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 15680Wellcome Trust 103799Worldwide Cancer Research 13-0142
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RAS signalling through phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-Kinase) has been shown to have an essential role in tumour initiation and maintenance. RAS also regulates cell motility and tumour invasiveness, but the role of direct RAS binding to PI3-Kinase in this remains uncertain. Here, we provide evidence that disruption of RAS interaction with PI3-Kinase p110α decreases cell motility and prevents activation of Rac GTPase. Analysis of gene expression in cells lacking RAS interaction with p110α reveals increased levels of the extracellular matrix glycoprotein Reelin and activation of its downstream pathway resulting in upregulation of E-cadherin expression. Induction of the Reelin/E-cadherin axis is also observed in Kras mutant lung tumours that are regressing due to blockade of RAS interaction with PI3-Kinase. Furthermore, loss of Reelin correlates with decreased survival of lung and breast cancer patients. Reelin thus plays a role in restraining RAS and PI3-kinase promotion of cell motility and potentially tumour metastasis.

Indexed as

Cell MovementSignal TransductionAnimalsCadherinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalCell PolarityEnzyme ActivationExtracellular Matrix ProteinsLung NeoplasmsMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Bindingrac1 GTP-Binding Proteinras ProteinsReelin ProteinCadherinsCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalExtracellular Matrix ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-Kinasesrac1 GTP-Binding Proteinras ProteinsReelin ProteinReln protein, mouseSerine Endopeptidases

Identifiers

PMID27071537
PMCPMC4833863
OpenAlexW2337260595

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