title: Actinin-4, a novel actin-bundling protein associated with cell motility and cancer invasion.
abstract: Regulation of the actin cytoskeleton may play a crucial role in cell motility and cancer invasion. We have produced a monoclonal antibody (NCC- Lu-632, IgM, k) reactive with an antigenic protein that is upregulated upon enhanced cell movement. The cDNA for the antigen molecule was found to encode a novel isoform of nonmuscle alpha-actinin. This isoform (designated actinin-4) was concentrated in the cytoplasm where cells were sharply extended and in cells migrating and located at the edge of cell clusters, but was absent from focal adhesion plaques or adherens junctions, where the classic isoform (actinin-1) was concentrated. Actinin-4 shifted steadily from the cytoplasm to the nucleus upon inhibition of phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase or actin depolymerization. The cytoplasmic localization of actinin-4 was closely associated with an infiltrative histological phenotype and correlated significantly with a poorer prognosis in 61 cases of breast cancer. These findings suggest that cytoplasmic actinin-4 regulates the actin cytoskeleton and increases cellular motility and that its inactivation by transfer to the nucleus abolishes the metastatic potential of human cancers.
authors.affiliation: Pathology Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ino
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gotoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chiba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirohashi
mesh_terms: D000185:Actinin; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000737:chemistry / Q000166:cytology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms
chemical_list: C111453:ACTN4 protein, human; D000199:Actins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C052523:actin filament bundling proteins; D000185:Actinin