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Involvement of syntaxin 4 in the transport of membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase to the plasma membrane in human gastric epithelial cells.

Membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase (MT1-MMP) localized on the plasma membrane plays a central role in various normal biological responses including tissue remodeling, wound heeling, and angiogenesis and in cancer cell invasion and metastasis, by functioning as a collagenase and activating other matrix metalloproteinases. In order to elucidate the molecular mechanism of the MT1-MMP targeted localization on the plasma membrane, we examined the participation of syntaxin proteins in MT1-MMP intracellular transport to the plasma membrane in human gastric epithelial AGS cells. Western blotting showed that syntaxin 3 and 4 proteins, which are known to function in intracellular transport towards the plasma membrane, were expressed in AGS cells. Immunocytochemistry revealed that transient transfection of AGS cells with dominant-negative mutant syntaxin 4 decreased plasma membrane MT1-MMP expression. In contrast, transient transfection with either dominant-negative mutant syntaxin 3 or 7 did not affect MT1-MMP localization on the plasma membrane. Cell surface biotinylation assay and Matrigel chamber assay demonstrated that stable transfection with dominant-negative mutant syntaxin 4 decreased the amount of MT1-MMP on the plasma membranes and inhibited the cell invasiveness. We suggest that syntaxin 4 is involved in the intracellular transport of MT1-MMP toward the plasma membrane.[1]

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  1. Involvement of syntaxin 4 in the transport of membrane-type 1 matrix metalloproteinase to the plasma membrane in human gastric epithelial cells. Miyata, T., Ohnishi, H., Suzuki, J., Yoshikumi, Y., Ohno, H., Mashima, H., Yasuda, H., Ishijima, T., Osawa, H., Satoh, K., Sunada, K., Kita, H., Yamamoto, H., Sugano, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (2004) [Pubmed]
 
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