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ArticleEMBO reports2018

The tumour suppressor OPCML promotes AXL inactivation by the phosphatase PTPRG in ovarian cancer.

Jane Antony, Elisa Zanini, Zoe Kelly, Tuan Zea Tan, Evdoxia Karali, Mohammad Alomary, Youngrock Jung, Katherine Nixon, Paula Cunnea, Christina Fotopoulou and 7 more

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Article in EMBO reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Jane AntonyDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2424-5470
Elisa ZaniniDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5659-1626
Zoe KellyDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Tuan Zea TanCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-6624-1593
Evdoxia KaraliDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Mohammad AlomaryDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Youngrock JungDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Katherine NixonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Paula CunneaDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Christina FotopoulouDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Andrew PatersonDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Sushmita Roy-NawatheDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Gordon B MillsDivision of Basic Science Research, Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Ruby Yun-Ju HuangCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Jean Paul ThieryCancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0478-5020
Hani GabraDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK h.gabra@imperial.ac.uk c.recchi@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3322-4399
Chiara RecchiDepartment of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, London, UK h.gabra@imperial.ac.uk c.recchi@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-1605-0945
Ovarian Cancer Action · GBNational University of Singapore · SGAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SGAstraZeneca (United Kingdom) · GBThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Cancer Research UK
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In ovarian cancer, the prometastatic RTK AXL promotes motility, invasion and poor prognosis. Here, we show that reduced survival caused by AXL overexpression can be mitigated by the expression of the GPI-anchored tumour suppressor OPCML Further, we demonstrate that AXL directly interacts with OPCML, preferentially so when AXL is activated by its ligand Gas6. As a consequence, AXL accumulates in cholesterol-rich lipid domains, where OPCML resides. Here, phospho-AXL is brought in proximity to the lipid domain-restricted phosphatase PTPRG, which de-phosphorylates the RTK/ligand complex. This prevents AXL-mediated transactivation of other RTKs (cMET and EGFR), thereby inhibiting sustained phospho-ERK signalling, induction of the EMT transcription factor Slug, cell migration and invasion. From a translational perspective, we show that OPCML enhances the effect of the phase II AXL inhibitor R428

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AnimalsAxl Receptor Tyrosine KinaseBenzocycloheptenesCell Adhesion MoleculesCell Line, TumorCell MovementCell SurvivalChickensCholesterolEnzyme ActivationEpithelial CellsFallopian TubesFemaleGene SilencingGPI-Linked ProteinsGrowth Arrest-Specific Protein 6Axl Receptor Tyrosine KinasebemcentinibBenzocycloheptenesCell Adhesion MoleculesCholesterolGPI-Linked ProteinsGrowth Arrest-Specific Protein 6Intercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsOPCML protein, humanProto-Oncogene ProteinsReceptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5Receptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesTriazolesTumor Suppressor ProteinsAXLOPCMLovarian cancerPTPRG

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PMID29907679
PMCPMC6073217
OpenAlexW2807950784

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