TY - JOUR
T1 - Fer kinase regulates cell migration through α-dystroglycan glycosylation
AU - Yoneyama, Tohru
AU - Angata, Kiyohiko
AU - Bao, Xingfeng
AU - Courtneidge, Sara
AU - Chanda, Sumit K.
AU - Fukuda, Minoru
PY - 2012/3/1
Y1 - 2012/3/1
N2 - Glycans of α-dystroglycan (α-DG), which is expressed at the epithelial cell-basement membrane (BM) interface, play an essential role in epithelium development and tissue organization. Laminin-binding glycans on α-DG expressed on cancer cells suppress tumor progression by attenuating tumor cell migration from the BM. However, mechanisms controlling laminin-binding glycan expression are not known. Here, we used small interfering RNA (siRNA) library screening and identified Fer kinase, a non-receptor-type tyrosine kinase, as a key regulator of laminin-binding glycan expression. Fer overexpression decreased laminin- binding glycan expression, whereas siRNA-mediated down-regulation of Fer kinase increased glycan expression on breast and prostate cancer cell lines. Loss of Fer kinase function via siRNA or mutagenesis increased transcription levels of glycosyltransferases, including protein O-mannosyltransferase 1, β3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1, and like-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that are required to synthesize laminin-binding glycans. Consistently, inhibition of Fer expression decreased cell migration in the presence of laminin fragment. Fer kinase regulated STAT3 phosphorylation and consequent activation, whereas knockdown of STAT3 increased laminin-binding glycan expression on cancer cells. These results indicate that the Fer pathway negatively controls expression of genes required to synthesize lamininbinding glycans, thus impairing BM attachment and increasing tumor cell migration.
AB - Glycans of α-dystroglycan (α-DG), which is expressed at the epithelial cell-basement membrane (BM) interface, play an essential role in epithelium development and tissue organization. Laminin-binding glycans on α-DG expressed on cancer cells suppress tumor progression by attenuating tumor cell migration from the BM. However, mechanisms controlling laminin-binding glycan expression are not known. Here, we used small interfering RNA (siRNA) library screening and identified Fer kinase, a non-receptor-type tyrosine kinase, as a key regulator of laminin-binding glycan expression. Fer overexpression decreased laminin- binding glycan expression, whereas siRNA-mediated down-regulation of Fer kinase increased glycan expression on breast and prostate cancer cell lines. Loss of Fer kinase function via siRNA or mutagenesis increased transcription levels of glycosyltransferases, including protein O-mannosyltransferase 1, β3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase 1, and like-acetylglucosaminyltransferase that are required to synthesize laminin-binding glycans. Consistently, inhibition of Fer expression decreased cell migration in the presence of laminin fragment. Fer kinase regulated STAT3 phosphorylation and consequent activation, whereas knockdown of STAT3 increased laminin-binding glycan expression on cancer cells. These results indicate that the Fer pathway negatively controls expression of genes required to synthesize lamininbinding glycans, thus impairing BM attachment and increasing tumor cell migration.
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U2 - 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0517
DO - 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0517
M3 - Article
C2 - 22238358
AN - SCOPUS:84857873822
SN - 1059-1524
VL - 23
SP - 771
EP - 780
JO - Molecular biology of the cell
JF - Molecular biology of the cell
IS - 5
ER -