PMID- 21720706 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120113 LR - 20110801 IS - 1791-2423 (Electronic) IS - 1019-6439 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 4 DP - 2011 Oct TI - Syntaxins 3 and 4 mediate vesicular trafficking of alpha5beta1 and alpha3beta1 integrins and cancer cell migration. PG - 863-71 LID - 10.3892/ijo.2011.1101 [doi] AB - Integrins, a family of heterodimeric receptors for cell adhesion to the extracellular matrix (ECM), play key roles in cell migration, cancer progression and metastasis. As transmembrane proteins, integrins are transported in vesicles and delivered to the cell surface by vesicular trafficking. The final step for integrin delivery, i.e., fusion of integrin-containing vesicles with the plasma membrane, is poorly understood at the molecular level. The SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor) proteins syntaxins 1, 2, 3 and 4 are present at the plasma membrane to drive vesicle fusion. In this study, we examined the roles of syntaxins 1, 2, 3 and 4 in vesicular trafficking of alpha5beta1 and alpha3beta1 integrins. We showed that syntaxins 2, 3 and 4 were expressed in HeLa cervical adenocarcinoma cells and PANC-1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma cells. In migrating HeLa and PANC-1 cells, syntaxins 2, 3 and 4 co-localized with the lipid raft constituent GM1 ganglioside at the leading edge. siRNA knockdown (KD) of syntaxins 3 and 4, but not of syntaxin 2, in HeLa cells reduced cell surface expression of alpha5beta1 and alpha3beta1 integrins and accumulated the integrins in cytoplasmic vesicles, indicating that syntaxins 3 and 4 mediate vesicular trafficking of alpha5beta1 and alpha3beta1 integrins to the cell surface. In addition, KD of syntaxins 3 and 4 inhibited cell adhesion to fibronectin, suppressed chemotactic cell migration and triggered apoptosis. Collectively, these data suggest that syntaxins 3- and 4-dependent integrin trafficking is important in cancer cell migration and survival, and may be a valuable target for cancer therapy. FAU - Day, Paul AU - Day P AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY 40202, USA. FAU - Riggs, Krista A AU - Riggs KA FAU - Hasan, Nazarul AU - Hasan N FAU - Corbin, Deborah AU - Corbin D FAU - Humphrey, David AU - Humphrey D FAU - Hu, Chuan AU - Hu C LA - eng GR - CA135123/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20110628 PL - Greece TA - Int J Oncol JT - International journal of oncology JID - 9306042 RN - 0 (Fibronectins) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha3beta1) RN - 0 (Integrin alpha5beta1) RN - 0 (Qa-SNARE Proteins) RN - 0 (SNARE Proteins) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis/physiology MH - Cell Adhesion/physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Membrane/metabolism MH - Cell Movement/*physiology MH - Fibronectins/metabolism MH - Gene Knockdown Techniques/methods MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Integrin alpha3beta1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Integrin alpha5beta1/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Membrane Microdomains/metabolism MH - Neoplasms/genetics/metabolism/*pathology MH - Protein Transport MH - Pseudopodia/metabolism MH - Qa-SNARE Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - SNARE Proteins/metabolism MH - Transport Vesicles/*metabolism EDAT- 2011/07/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/01/14 06:00 CRDT- 2011/07/02 06:00 PHST- 2011/03/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/07/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/01/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/ijo.2011.1101 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Oncol. 2011 Oct;39(4):863-71. doi: 10.3892/ijo.2011.1101. Epub 2011 Jun 28.