%0 Journal Article
%T Inhibition of Filamin-A Reduces Cancer Metastatic Potential
%A Xi Jiang
%A Jingyin Yue
%A Huimei Lu
%A Neil Campbell
%A Qifeng Yang
%A Shijie Lan
%A Bruce G. Haffty
%A Changji Yuan
%A Zhiyuan Shen
%J International Journal of Biological Sciences
%D 2013
%I Ivyspring International Publisher
%X Filamin-A cross-links actin filaments into dynamic orthogonal networks, and interacts with an array of proteins of diverse cellular functions. Because several filamin-A interaction partners are implicated in signaling of cell mobility regulation, we tested the hypothesis that filamin-A plays a role in cancer metastasis. Using four pairs of filamin-A proficient and deficient isogenic cell lines, we found that filamin-A deficiency in cancer cells significantly reduces their migration and invasion. Using a xenograft tumor model with subcutaneous and intracardiac injections of tumor cells, we found that the filamin-A deficiency causes significant reduction of lung, splenic and systemic metastasis in nude mice. We evaluated the expression of filamin-A in breast cancer tissues by immunohistochemical staining, and found that low levels of filamin-A expression in cancer cells of the tumor tissues are associated with a better distant metastasis-free survival than those with normal levels of filamin-A. These data not only validate filamin-A as a prognostic marker for cancer metastasis, but also suggest that inhibition of filamin-A in cancer cells may reduce metastasis and that filamin-A can be used as a therapeutic target for filamin-A positive cancer.
%U http://www.biolsci.org/v09p0067.htm