Nature Communications (Dec 2021)

Nuclear pore protein NUP210 depletion suppresses metastasis through heterochromatin-mediated disruption of tumor cell mechanical response

  • Ruhul Amin,
  • Anjali Shukla,
  • Jacqueline Jufen Zhu,
  • Sohyoung Kim,
  • Ping Wang,
  • Simon Zhongyuan Tian,
  • Andy D. Tran,
  • Debasish Paul,
  • Steven D. Cappell,
  • Sandra Burkett,
  • Huaitian Liu,
  • Maxwell P. Lee,
  • Michael J. Kruhlak,
  • Jennifer E. Dwyer,
  • R. Mark Simpson,
  • Gordon L. Hager,
  • Yijun Ruan,
  • Kent W. Hunter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27451-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 23

Abstract

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The involvement of nuclear pore proteins in cellular mechanosensing and metastasis is unclear. Here the authors identify that nuclear pore protein NUP210 promotes metastasis through the interaction with mechanotransducer LINC complex protein and chromatin to regulate mechanosensitive genes.