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    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010 Apr 6;107(14):6340-5. Epub 2010 Mar 22.

    Annexin A1 regulates TGF-beta signaling and promotes metastasis formation of basal-like breast cancer cells.

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    Division of Toxicology, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands.

    Abstract

    Annexin A1 (AnxA1) is a candidate regulator of the epithelial- to mesenchymal (EMT)-like phenotypic switch, a pivotal event in breast cancer progression. We show here that AnxA1 expression is associated with a highly invasive basal-like breast cancer subtype both in a panel of human breast cancer cell lines as in breast cancer patients and that AnxA1 is functionally related to breast cancer progression. AnxA1 knockdown in invasive basal-like breast cancer cells reduced the number of spontaneous lung metastasis, whereas additional expression of AnxA1 enhanced metastatic spread. AnxA1 promotes metastasis formation by enhancing TGFbeta/Smad signaling and actin reorganization, which facilitates an EMT-like switch, thereby allowing efficient cell migration and invasion of metastatic breast cancer cells.

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    20308542
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
    PMCID: PMC2852023
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