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Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression
Melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM, CD146, MUC18) is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane protein and a marker of melanoma metastasis. It is expressed in advanced primary melanoma and metastasis but rarely in benign naevi or normal melanocytes. More and more evidence has shown that activation of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101451 |
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author | Pang, Yaoyu Maxwell, Ellen Sindrewicz-Goral, Paulina Shapanis, Andrew Li, Shun Morgan, Mark Yu, Lu-Gang |
author_facet | Pang, Yaoyu Maxwell, Ellen Sindrewicz-Goral, Paulina Shapanis, Andrew Li, Shun Morgan, Mark Yu, Lu-Gang |
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description | Melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM, CD146, MUC18) is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane protein and a marker of melanoma metastasis. It is expressed in advanced primary melanoma and metastasis but rarely in benign naevi or normal melanocytes. More and more evidence has shown that activation of the MCAM on cell surface plays a vital role in melanoma progression and metastasis. However, the natural MCAM binding ligand that initiates MCAM activation in melanoma so far remains elusive. This study revealed that galectin-3, a galactoside-binding protein that is commonly overexpressed in many cancers including melanoma, is naturally associated with MCAM on the surface of both skin and uveal melanoma cells. Binding of galectin-3 to MCAM, via O-linked glycans on the MCAM, induces MCAM dimerization and clustering on cell surface and subsequent activation of downstream AKT signalling. This leads to the increases of a number of important steps in melanoma progression of cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, and invasion. Thus, galectin-3 is a natural binding ligand of MCAM in melanoma, and their interaction activates MCAM and promotes MCAM-mediated melanoma progression. Targeting the galectin-3–MCAM interaction may potentially be a useful therapeutic strategy for melanoma treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-95990632022-10-27 Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression Pang, Yaoyu Maxwell, Ellen Sindrewicz-Goral, Paulina Shapanis, Andrew Li, Shun Morgan, Mark Yu, Lu-Gang Biomolecules Article Melanoma cell adhesion molecule (MCAM, CD146, MUC18) is a heavily glycosylated transmembrane protein and a marker of melanoma metastasis. It is expressed in advanced primary melanoma and metastasis but rarely in benign naevi or normal melanocytes. More and more evidence has shown that activation of the MCAM on cell surface plays a vital role in melanoma progression and metastasis. However, the natural MCAM binding ligand that initiates MCAM activation in melanoma so far remains elusive. This study revealed that galectin-3, a galactoside-binding protein that is commonly overexpressed in many cancers including melanoma, is naturally associated with MCAM on the surface of both skin and uveal melanoma cells. Binding of galectin-3 to MCAM, via O-linked glycans on the MCAM, induces MCAM dimerization and clustering on cell surface and subsequent activation of downstream AKT signalling. This leads to the increases of a number of important steps in melanoma progression of cell proliferation, adhesion, migration, and invasion. Thus, galectin-3 is a natural binding ligand of MCAM in melanoma, and their interaction activates MCAM and promotes MCAM-mediated melanoma progression. Targeting the galectin-3–MCAM interaction may potentially be a useful therapeutic strategy for melanoma treatment. MDPI 2022-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9599063/ /pubmed/36291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101451 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pang, Yaoyu Maxwell, Ellen Sindrewicz-Goral, Paulina Shapanis, Andrew Li, Shun Morgan, Mark Yu, Lu-Gang Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title | Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title_full | Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title_fullStr | Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title_full_unstemmed | Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title_short | Galectin-3 Is a Natural Binding Ligand of MCAM (CD146, MUC18) in Melanoma Cells and Their Interaction Promotes Melanoma Progression |
title_sort | galectin-3 is a natural binding ligand of mcam (cd146, muc18) in melanoma cells and their interaction promotes melanoma progression |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9599063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36291660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biom12101451 |
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