Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

A neuronal network of mitochondrial dynamics regulates metastasis

  • M. Cecilia Caino,
  • Jae Ho Seo,
  • Angeline Aguinaldo,
  • Eric Wait,
  • Kelly G. Bryant,
  • Andrew V. Kossenkov,
  • James E. Hayden,
  • Valentina Vaira,
  • Annamaria Morotti,
  • Stefano Ferrero,
  • Silvano Bosari,
  • Dmitry I. Gabrilovich,
  • Lucia R. Languino,
  • Andrew R. Cohen,
  • Dario C. Altieri

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13730
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Mitochondria have a controversial role in cancer. Here, the authors demonstrate the reprogramming of a neuronal network of mitochondrial trafficking in tumor cells, and identify Syntaphilin as a key protein that suppresses organelle dynamics thereby blocking chemotaxis and metastasis in mice.