title: The role of disturbed pH dynamics and the Na+/H+ exchanger in metastasis.
abstract: Recent research has highlighted the fundamental role of the tumour's extracellular metabolic microenvironment in malignant invasion. This microenvironment is acidified primarily by the tumour-cell Na(+)/H(+) exchanger NHE1 and the H(+)/lactate cotransporter, which are activated in cancer cells. NHE1 also regulates formation of invadopodia - cell structures that mediate tumour cell migration and invasion. How do these alterations of the metabolic microenvironment and cell invasiveness contribute to tumour formation and progression?
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Environmental Physiology, University of Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: Rosa A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cardone
authors.forename: Valeria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Casavola
authors.forename: Stephan J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Reshkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000074082:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C490998:SLC9A1 protein, human; C490997:Slc9a1 protein, mouse; D000074082:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchanger 1; D017923:Sodium-Hydrogen Exchangers