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A structural basis for differential cell signalling by PAI-1 and PAI-2 in breast cancer cells

Abstract

PAI-1 and PAI-2 (plasminogen-activator inibitor types 1 and 2) are inhibitors of cell surface uPA (urokinase plasminogen activator). However, tumour expression of PAI-1 and PAI-2 correlates with poor compared with good patient prognosis in breast cancer respectively. This biological divergence may be related to additional functional roles of PAI-1. For example, the inhibition of uPA by PAI-1 reveals a cryptic high-affinity site within the PAI-1 moiety for the VLDLr (very-low-density-lipoprotein receptor), which sustains cell signalling events initiated by binding of uPA to its receptor. These interactions and subsequent signalling events promote proliferation of breast cancer cells. Biochemical and structural analyses show that, unlike PAI-1, the PAI-2 moiety of uPA-PAI-2 does not contain a high-affinity-binding site for VLDLr, although uPA-PAI-2 is still efficiently endocytosed via this receptor in breast cancer cells. Furthermore, global protein tyrosine phosphorylation events were not sustained by uPA-PAI-2 and cell proliferation was not affected. We thus propose a structurally based mechanism for these differences between PAI-1 and PAI-2 and suggest that PAI-2 is able to inhibit and clear uPA activity without initiating mitogenic signalling events through VLDLr.

Type Journal
ISBN 1470-8728 (Electronic)
Authors Croucher, D. R.;Saunders, D. N.;Stillfried, G. E.;Ranson, M. :
Responsible Garvan Author Associate Professor David Croucher
Publisher Name BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Published Date 2007-01-01
Published Volume 408
Published Issue 2
Published Pages 203-10
Status Published in-print
URL link to publisher's version http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17696882
OpenAccess link to author's accepted manuscript version https://publications.gimr.garvan.org.au/open-access/2191