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Novel Interaction Of Cxcr4 And Pi4kiiiα In Prostate Cancer, Barani Govindarajan
Novel Interaction Of Cxcr4 And Pi4kiiiα In Prostate Cancer, Barani Govindarajan
Wayne State University Dissertations
The CXCR4-CXCL12 chemokine signaling axis plays a key role in migration and bone metastasis in prostate cancer (PC). Androgens regulate CXCR4 expression and its receptor activation in lipid-raft micro domains of PC cells, resulting in higher protease expression and invasion. In order to identify some novel CXCR4 co-regulators associated within the lipid-raft, a SILAC (Stable isotope labeling using amino acid in cell culture)-based proteomic analysis was performed with PC3 stable cell-lines over-expressing or knocking-down CXCR4. Phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase III alpha (PI4KIIIα or PI4KA) and SAC1 lipid phosphatase were identified as candidate proteins enriched in CXCR4 expressing cells. PI4KA is an evolutionarily …