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ArticleSmall GTPases2021

PKCε regulates Rho GTPases and actin cytoskeleton reorganization in non-small cell lung cancer cells.

Mariana Cooke, Martin J Baker, Marcelo G Kazanietz, Victoria Casado-Medrano

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Article in Small GTPases, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Rac-GEF/Rac Signaling and Metastatic Dissemination in Lung Cancer.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mariana CookeDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Martin J BakerDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9743-6294
Marcelo G KazanietzDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Victoria Casado-MedranoDepartment of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

Protein kinase C and lung carcinogenesisR01ES026023 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAZANIETZ, MARCELO G. · 2015 to 2019
$2.3M
Effectors of protein kinase C-mediated tumor progressionR01CA196232 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAZANIETZ, MARCELO G. · 2016 to 2022
$2.0M
CXCL13: a mediator of prostate cancer progressionR01CA189765 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAZANIETZ, MARCELO G. · 2015 to 2019
$1.8M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA189765NCI NIH HHS R01 CA196232NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES026023
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic protein kinase C epsilon (PKCε) promotes the formation of membrane ruffles and motility in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells. We found that PKCε is down-regulated when NSCLC cells undergo epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in response to TGF-β, thus becoming dispensable for migration and invasion in the mesenchymal state. PKCε silencing or inhibition leads to stress fibre formation, suggesting that this kinase negatively regulates RhoA activity. Ruffle formation induced by PKCε activation in the epithelial state is dependent on PI3K, but does not involve the PI3K-dependent Rac-GEFs Ect2, Trio, Vav2 or Tiam1, suggesting alternative Rac-GEFs as mediators of this response. In the proposed model, PKCε acts as a rheostat for Rho GTPases that differs in the epithelial and mesenchymal states.

Indexed as

Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticActin CytoskeletonApoptosisCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell ProliferationHumansLung NeoplasmsProtein Kinase C-epsilonrho GTP-Binding ProteinsSignal TransductionTumor Cells, CulturedProtein Kinase C-epsilonrho GTP-Binding ProteinsEMTNSCLCphorbol esterPKCεRac-GEFsRhoATGF-β

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PMID31648598
PMCPMC7939553
OpenAlexW2982159419

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