How CD95 stimulates invasion

Cell Cycle. 2011 Nov 15;10(22):3857-62. doi: 10.4161/cc.10.22.18290. Epub 2011 Nov 15.

Abstract

CD95 is best known for its capacity to induce apoptosis, but also activates multiple non-apoptotic signalling pathways. In particular, CD95 promotes migration and tissue invasion of apoptosis-resistant cell types, and this plays a central role in inflammation, neurobiology, and tumor biology. CD95 induces invasion by stimulating the expression of extracellular matrix (ECM)-degrading proteases, and by stimulating the formation of actin-driven cell protrusions through Rac and the cofilin pathway. In this review we discuss how CD95-initiated signalling pathways may cooperate to facilitate cell migration and tissue invasion.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Actin Cytoskeleton / metabolism
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Movement*
  • Enzyme Activation
  • Extracellular Matrix / metabolism
  • Focal Adhesions / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Integrins / metabolism
  • Models, Biological
  • Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Neoplasms / pathology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction
  • fas Receptor / genetics
  • fas Receptor / metabolism
  • fas Receptor / physiology*
  • rac GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism

Substances

  • Integrins
  • fas Receptor
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • rac GTP-Binding Proteins