Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.

The aggressiveness of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by its high metastatic potential and lack of effective therapies, which is the result of a lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved in promoting PDA metastases. We identified Annexin A2 (ANXA2), a member of the Ann...

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Main Authors: Lei Zheng, Kelly Foley, Lanqing Huang, Ashley Leubner, Guanglan Mo, Kelly Olino, Barish H Edil, Masamichi Mizuma, Rajni Sharma, Dung T Le, Robert A Anders, Peter B Illei, Jennifer E Van Eyk, Anirban Maitra, Daniel Laheru, Elizabeth M Jaffee
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-04-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0019390&type=printable
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author Lei Zheng
Kelly Foley
Lanqing Huang
Ashley Leubner
Guanglan Mo
Kelly Olino
Barish H Edil
Masamichi Mizuma
Rajni Sharma
Dung T Le
Robert A Anders
Peter B Illei
Jennifer E Van Eyk
Anirban Maitra
Daniel Laheru
Elizabeth M Jaffee
author_facet Lei Zheng
Kelly Foley
Lanqing Huang
Ashley Leubner
Guanglan Mo
Kelly Olino
Barish H Edil
Masamichi Mizuma
Rajni Sharma
Dung T Le
Robert A Anders
Peter B Illei
Jennifer E Van Eyk
Anirban Maitra
Daniel Laheru
Elizabeth M Jaffee
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description The aggressiveness of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by its high metastatic potential and lack of effective therapies, which is the result of a lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved in promoting PDA metastases. We identified Annexin A2 (ANXA2), a member of the Annexin family of calcium-dependent phospholipid binding proteins, as a new molecule that promotes PDA invasion and metastases. We found ANXA2 to be a PDA-associated antigen recognized by post-treatment sera of patients who demonstrated prolonged survival following treatment with a PDA-specific vaccine. Cell surface ANXA2 increases with PDA development and progression. Knockdown of ANXA2 expression by RNA interference or blocking with anti-ANXA2 antibodies inhibits in vitro invasion of PDA cells. In addition, post-vaccination patient sera inhibits in vitro invasion of PDA cells, suggesting that therapeutic anti-ANXA2 antibodies are induced by the vaccine. Furthermore, cell-surface localization of ANXA2 is tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent; and tyrosine 23 phosphorylation is required for PDA invasion. We demonstrated that tyrosine 23 phosphorylation resulting in surface expression of ANXA2 is required for TGFβ-induced, Rho-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), linking the cellular function of ANXA2 which was previously shown to be associated with small GTPase-regulated cytoskeletal rearrangements, to the EMT process in PDA. Finally, using mouse PDA models, we showed that shRNA knock-down of ANXA2, a mutation at tyrosine 23, or anti-ANXA2 antibodies, inhibit PDA metastases and prolong mouse survival. Thus, ANXA2 is part of a novel molecular pathway underlying PDA metastases and a new target for development of PDA therapeutics.
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spelling doaj-art-676fb71067e54a059241229da6941bc02025-08-20T02:08:49ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-04-0164e1939010.1371/journal.pone.0019390Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.Lei ZhengKelly FoleyLanqing HuangAshley LeubnerGuanglan MoKelly OlinoBarish H EdilMasamichi MizumaRajni SharmaDung T LeRobert A AndersPeter B IlleiJennifer E Van EykAnirban MaitraDaniel LaheruElizabeth M JaffeeThe aggressiveness of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) is characterized by its high metastatic potential and lack of effective therapies, which is the result of a lack of understanding of the mechanisms involved in promoting PDA metastases. We identified Annexin A2 (ANXA2), a member of the Annexin family of calcium-dependent phospholipid binding proteins, as a new molecule that promotes PDA invasion and metastases. We found ANXA2 to be a PDA-associated antigen recognized by post-treatment sera of patients who demonstrated prolonged survival following treatment with a PDA-specific vaccine. Cell surface ANXA2 increases with PDA development and progression. Knockdown of ANXA2 expression by RNA interference or blocking with anti-ANXA2 antibodies inhibits in vitro invasion of PDA cells. In addition, post-vaccination patient sera inhibits in vitro invasion of PDA cells, suggesting that therapeutic anti-ANXA2 antibodies are induced by the vaccine. Furthermore, cell-surface localization of ANXA2 is tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent; and tyrosine 23 phosphorylation is required for PDA invasion. We demonstrated that tyrosine 23 phosphorylation resulting in surface expression of ANXA2 is required for TGFβ-induced, Rho-mediated epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), linking the cellular function of ANXA2 which was previously shown to be associated with small GTPase-regulated cytoskeletal rearrangements, to the EMT process in PDA. Finally, using mouse PDA models, we showed that shRNA knock-down of ANXA2, a mutation at tyrosine 23, or anti-ANXA2 antibodies, inhibit PDA metastases and prolong mouse survival. Thus, ANXA2 is part of a novel molecular pathway underlying PDA metastases and a new target for development of PDA therapeutics.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0019390&type=printable
spellingShingle Lei Zheng
Kelly Foley
Lanqing Huang
Ashley Leubner
Guanglan Mo
Kelly Olino
Barish H Edil
Masamichi Mizuma
Rajni Sharma
Dung T Le
Robert A Anders
Peter B Illei
Jennifer E Van Eyk
Anirban Maitra
Daniel Laheru
Elizabeth M Jaffee
Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
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title Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
title_full Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
title_fullStr Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
title_full_unstemmed Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
title_short Tyrosine 23 phosphorylation-dependent cell-surface localization of annexin A2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer.
title_sort tyrosine 23 phosphorylation dependent cell surface localization of annexin a2 is required for invasion and metastases of pancreatic cancer
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0019390&type=printable
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