Rosemarie Marchan, Bettina Büttner, Jörg Lambert, Karolina Edlund, Iris Glaeser, Meinolf Blaszkewicz, Gregor Leonhardt, Lisa Marienhoff, Darius Kaszta, Moritz Anft, Carsten Watzl, Katrin Madjar, Marianna Grinberg, Eugen Rempel, Roland Hergenröder, Silvia Selinski, Jörg Rahnenführer, Michaela S Lesjak, Joanna D Stewart, Cristina Cadenas, Jan G Hengstler
Glycerophosphodiesterase EDI3 (GPCPD1; GDE5; GDPD6) has been suggested to promote cell migration, adhesion, and spreading, but its mechanisms of action remain uncertain. In this study, we targeted the glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase GPAM along with choline kinase-α (CHKA), the enzymes that catabolize the products of EDI3 to determine which downstream pathway is relevant for migration. Our results clearly showed that GPAM influenced cell migration via the signaling lipid lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), linking it with GPAM to cell migration...
September 1, 2017: Cancer Research