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MAGI1 inhibits the AMOTL2/p38 stress pathway and prevents luminal breast tumorigenesis

2021; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41598-021-85056-1

2045-2322

Diala Kantar, Emilie Bousquet Mur, Maicol Mancini, Věra Slaninová, Yezza Ben Salah, Luca Costa, Elodie Forest, Patrice Lassus, Charles Géminard, Florence Boissière‐Michot, Béatrice Orsetti, Charles Theillet, Jacques Colinge, Christine Bénistant, Antonio Maraver, Lisa Héron‐Milhavet, Alexandre Djiane,

Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways

Abstract Alterations to cell polarization or to intercellular junctions are often associated with epithelial cancer progression, including breast cancers (BCa). We show here that the loss of the junctional scaffold protein MAGI1 is associated with bad prognosis in luminal BCa, and promotes tumorigenesis. E-cadherin and the actin binding scaffold AMOTL2 accumulate in MAGI1 deficient cells which are subjected to increased stiffness. These alterations are associated with low YAP activity, the terminal Hippo-pathway effector, but with an elevated ROCK and p38 Stress Activated Protein Kinase activities. Blocking ROCK prevented p38 activation, suggesting that MAGI1 limits p38 activity in part through releasing actin strength. Importantly, the increased tumorigenicity of MAGI1 deficient cells is rescued in the absence of AMOTL2 or after inhibition of p38, demonstrating that MAGI1 acts as a tumor-suppressor in luminal BCa by inhibiting an AMOTL2/p38 stress pathway.