The role of CXCR3/LRP1 cross-talk in the invasion of primary brain tumors

Kevin Boyé, Nadège Pujol, Isabel D Alves, Ya Ping Chen, Thomas Daubon, Yi Zong Lee, Stephane Dedieu, Marion Constantin, Lorenzo Bello, Marco Rossi, Rolf Bjerkvig, Shih Che Sue, Andreas Bikfalvi, Clotilde Billottet*

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Abstract

CXCR3 plays important roles in angiogenesis, inflammation, and cancer. However, the precise mechanism of regulation and activity in tumors is not well known. We focused on CXCR3-A conformation and on the mechanisms controlling its activity and trafficking and investigated the role of CXCR3/LRP1 cross talk in tumor cell invasion. Here we report that agonist stimulation induces an anisotropic response with conformational changes of CXCR3-A along its longitudinal axis. CXCR3-A is internalized via clathrin-coated vesicles and recycled by retrograde trafficking. We demonstrate that CXCR3-A interacts with LRP1. Silencing of LRP1 leads to an increase in the magnitude of ligand-induced conformational change with CXCR3-A focalized at the cell membrane, leading to a sustained receptor activity and an increase in tumor cell migration. This was validated in patient-derived glioma cells and patient samples. Our study defines LRP1 as a regulator of CXCR3, which may have important consequences for tumor biology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1571
JournalNature Communications
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2017

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