Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

The scaffold protein p140Cap limits ERBB2-mediated breast cancer progression interfering with Rac GTPase-controlled circuitries

  • Silvia Grasso,
  • Jennifer Chapelle,
  • Vincenzo Salemme,
  • Simona Aramu,
  • Isabella Russo,
  • Nicoletta Vitale,
  • Ludovica Verdun di Cantogno,
  • Katiuscia Dallaglio,
  • Isabella Castellano,
  • Augusto Amici,
  • Giorgia Centonze,
  • Nanaocha Sharma,
  • Serena Lunardi,
  • Sara Cabodi,
  • Federica Cavallo,
  • Alessia Lamolinara,
  • Lorenzo Stramucci,
  • Enrico Moiso,
  • Paolo Provero,
  • Adriana Albini,
  • Anna Sapino,
  • Johan Staaf,
  • Pier Paolo Di Fiore,
  • Giovanni Bertalot,
  • Salvatore Pece,
  • Daniela Tosoni,
  • Stefano Confalonieri,
  • Manuela Iezzi,
  • Paola Di Stefano,
  • Emilia Turco,
  • Paola Defilippi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14797
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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p140Cap adaptor proteins interfere with adhesion and growth factor-dependent signalling in cancer cells but the mechanisms are unclear. Here the authors show that p140Cap interferes with ERBB2-dependent activation of Rac GTPase-controlled circuitries reducing metastasis and cancer progression.