Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

WDFY2 restrains matrix metalloproteinase secretion and cell invasion by controlling VAMP3-dependent recycling

  • Marte Sneeggen,
  • Nina Marie Pedersen,
  • Coen Campsteijn,
  • Ellen Margrethe Haugsten,
  • Harald Stenmark,
  • Kay Oliver Schink

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10794-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 20

Abstract

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WDFY2 is known as a tumour suppressor but its function is unclear. Here, the authors show that WDFY2 interacts with the v-SNARE VAMP3, leading to a suppression of the metalloprotease MT1-MMP secretion, suggesting that WDFY2 acts a tumour suppressor by suppressing MT1-MMP secretion.