The doxorubicin‐induced cell motility network is under the control of the ceramide‐activated protein phosphatase 1 alpha
Open Access
- 14 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 35 (3), e21396
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.202002427r
Abstract
We have recently reported that a specific pool of ceramide, located in the plasma membrane, mediated the effects of sublethal doses of the chemotherapeutic compound doxorubicin on enhancing cancer cell migration. We identified neutral sphingomyelinase 2 (nSMase2) as the enzyme responsible to generate this bioactive pool of ceramide. In this work, we explored the role of members of the protein phosphatases 1 family (PP1), and we identified protein phosphatase 1 alpha isoform (PP1 alpha) as the specific PP1 isoform to mediate this phenotype. Using a bioinformatics approach, we build a functional interaction network based on phosphoproteomics data on plasma membrane ceramide. This led to the identification of several ceramide‐PP1 alpha downstream substrates. Studies on phospho mutants of ezrin (T567) and Scrib (S1378/S1508) demonstrated that their dephosphorylation is sufficient to enhance cell migration. In summary, we identified a mechanism where reduced doses of doxorubicin result in the dysregulation of cytoskeletal proteins and enhanced cell migration. This mechanism could explain the reported effects of doxorubicin worsening cancer metastasis in animal models.Keywords
Funding Information
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute (CA218678)
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