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Wnt5a signaling induced phosphorylation increases acyl protein thioesterase 1 activity and promotes melanoma metastatic behavior / Rochelle Shirin Sadeghi.
LIBRA R001 2018 .S125
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Sadeghi, Rochelle Shirin, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Penn dissertations--Cell and molecular biology.
- Cell and molecular biology--Penn dissertations.
- Local Subjects:
- Penn dissertations--Cell and molecular biology.
- Cell and molecular biology--Penn dissertations.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 101 leaves : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Production:
- [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania] : University of Pennsylvania, 2018.
- Summary:
- Wnt5a has been implicated in melanoma progression and metastasis, although the exact downstream signaling events that contribute to melanoma metastasis are poorly understood. Wnt5a signaling results in acyl protein thioesterase 1 (APT1) mediated depalmitoylation of pro-metastatic cell adhesion molecules CD44 and MCAM, resulting in increased melanoma invasion. The mechanistic details that underlie Wnt5a-mediated regulation of APT1 activity and cellular function remains unknown. Here, we show Wnt5a signaling regulates APT1 activity through induction of APT1 phosphorylation and we further investigate the functional role of APT1 phosphorylation on its depalmitoylating activity. We found phosphorylation increased APT1 depalmitoylating activity and reduced APT1 dimerization. We further determined APT1 phosphorylation increases melanoma invasion in vitro and is also correlated with increased tumor grade and metastasis. Our results further establish APT1 as an important regulator of melanoma invasion and metastatic behavior. Inhibition of APT1 may represent a novel way to treat Wnt5a driven cancers.
- Notes:
- Ph. D. University of Pennsylvania 2018.
- Department: Cell and Molecular Biology.
- Supervisor: Eric S. Witze.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- OCLC:
- 1334945552
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