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Involvement of the Gap Junction Protein, Connexin43, in the Formation and Function of Invadopodia in the Human U251 Glioblastoma Cell Line.
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- Connexin-Pannexin duality in glioblastoma.Cell and tissue research · 2026Review
- E-Cadherin Is a Structuring Component of Invadopodia in Pancreatic Cancer.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
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- Chlorpromazine overcomes temozolomide resistance in glioblastoma by inhibiting Cx43 and essential DNA repair pathways.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Article
- Understanding the Role of Endothelial Cells in Glioblastoma: Mechanisms and Novel Treatments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Extracellular vesicles released by LPS-stimulated spinal organotypic slices spread neuroinflammation into naïve slices through connexin43 hemichannel opening and astrocyte aberrant calcium dynamics.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024Article
- Connexins and Glucose Metabolism in Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Temozolomide Induces the Acquisition of Invasive Phenotype by O6-Methylguanine-DNA Methyltransferase (MGMT)International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Brain Disorders and Chemical Pollutants: A Gap Junction Link?Biomolecules · 2020Review
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- The Role of Hypoxia and SRC Tyrosine Kinase in Glioblastoma Invasiveness and Radioresistance.Cancers · 2020Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The resistance of glioblastomas to treatments is mainly the consequence of their invasive capacities. Therefore, in order to better treat these tumors, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms which are responsible for this behavior. Previous work suggested that gap junction proteins, the connexins, facilitate the aggressive nature of glioma cells. Here, we show that one of them-connexin43 (Cx43)-is implicated in the formation and function of invadopodia responsible for invasion capacity of U251 human glioblastoma cells. Immunofluorescent approaches-combined with confocal analyses-revealed that Cx43 was detected in all the formation stages of invadopodia exhibiting proteolytic activity. Clearly, Cx43 appeared to be localized in invadopodia at low cell density and less associated with the establishment of gap junctions. Accordingly, lower extracellular matrix degradation correlated with less mature invadopodia and MMP2 activity when Cx43 expression was decreased by shRNA strategies. Moreover, the kinetics of invadopodia formation could be dependent on Cx43 dynamic interactions with partners including Src and cortactin. Interestingly, it also appeared that invadopodia formation and MMP2 activity are dependent on Cx43 hemichannel activity. In conclusion, these results reveal that Cx43 might be involved in the formation and function of the invadopodia of U251 glioblastoma cells.
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