Rab25 and CLIC3 collaborate to promote integrin recycling from late endosomes/lysosomes and drive cancer progression

Dev Cell. 2012 Jan 17;22(1):131-45. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.11.008. Epub 2011 Dec 22.

Abstract

Here we show that Rab25 permits the sorting of ligand-occupied, active-conformation α5β1 integrin to late endosomes/lysosomes. Photoactivation and biochemical approaches show that lysosomally targeted integrins are not degraded but are retrogradely transported and recycled to the plasma membrane at the back of invading cells. This requires CLIC3, a protein upregulated in Rab25-expressing cells and tumors, which colocalizes with active α5β1 in late endosomes/lysosomes. CLIC3 is necessary for release of the cell rear during migration on 3D matrices and is required for invasion and maintenance of active Src signaling in organotypic microenvironments. CLIC3 expression predicts lymph node metastasis and poor prognosis in operable cases of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). The identification of CLIC3 as a regulator of a recycling pathway and as an independent prognostic indicator in PDAC highlights the importance of active integrin trafficking as a potential drive to cancer progression in vivo.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibody Formation
  • Biological Transport
  • Blotting, Western
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cell Movement / physiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chloride Channels / genetics
  • Chloride Channels / immunology
  • Chloride Channels / metabolism*
  • Dermis / cytology
  • Dermis / metabolism
  • Disease Progression
  • Endocytosis
  • Endosomes / physiology*
  • Female
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoenzyme Techniques
  • Integrin alpha5beta1 / metabolism*
  • Lysosomes / physiology*
  • Neoplasm Metastasis
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Ovarian Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Protein Transport
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • Rabbits
  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Recycling
  • Signal Transduction
  • Tissue Array Analysis
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins / immunology
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • CLIC3 protein, human
  • Chloride Channels
  • Integrin alpha5beta1
  • RNA, Messenger
  • Rab25 protein, human
  • rab GTP-Binding Proteins