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Tumour growth inhibition and anti-metastatic activity of a mutated furin-resistant Semaphorin 3E isoform.
EMBO molecular medicine - 1 Mar 2012
Casazza Andrea, Kigel Boaz, Maione Federica, Capparuccia Lorena, Kessler Ofra, Giraudo Enrico, Mazzone Massimiliano, Neufeld Gera, Tamagnone Luca
Abstract excerpt
Secreted Semaphorin 3E (Sema3E) promotes cancer cell invasiveness and metastatic spreading. The pro-metastatic activity of Sema3E is due to its proteolytic fragment p61, capable of transactivating the oncogenic tyrosine kinase ErbB2 that associates with the Sema3E receptor PlexinD1 in cancer cells. Here, we show that a mutated, uncleavable variant of Sema3E (Uncl-Sema3E) binds to PlexinD1 like p61-Sema3E, but...
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