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Cytoplasmic Metadherin (Mtdh) Provides Survival Advantage Under Conditions Of Stress By Acting As Rna-Binding Protein, Xiangbing Meng, Danlin Zhu, Shujie Yang, Xinjun Wang, Zhi Xiong, Yuping Zhang, Pavla Brachova, Kimberly Leslie

Xiangbing Meng

Overexpression of metadherin (MTDH) has been documented in many solid tumors and is implicated in metastasis and chemoresistance. MTDH has been detected at the plasma membrane as well as in the cytoplasm and nucleus, and the function of MTDH in these locales remains under investigation. In the nucleus, MTDH acts as a transcription co-factor to induce expression of chemoresistance-associated genes. However, MTDH is predominantly cytoplasmic in prostate tumors, and this localization correlates with poor prognosis. Herein, we used endometrial cancer cells as a model system to define a new role for MTDH in the cytoplasm. First, MTDH was primarily localized …