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CYRI-B-mediated macropinocytosis drives metastasis via lysophosphatidic acid receptor uptake.

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Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma carries a dismal prognosis, with high rates of metastasis and few treatment options. Hyperactivation of KRAS in almost all tumours drives RAC1 activation, conferring enhanced migratory and proliferative capacity as well as macropinocytosis. Macropinocytosis is well understood as a nutrient scavenging mechanism, but little is known about its functions in trafficking of signalling receptors. We find that CYRI-B is highly expressed in pancreatic tumours in a mouse model of KRAS and p53-driven pancreatic cancer. Deletion of Cyrib (the gene encoding CYRI-B protein) accelerates tumourigenesis, leading to enhanced ERK and JNK-induced proliferation in precancerous lesions, indicating a potential role as a buffer of RAC1 hyperactivation in early stages. However, as disease progresses, loss of CYRI-B inhibits metastasis. CYRI-B depleted tumour cells show reduced chemotactic responses to lysophosphatidic acid, a major driver of tumour spread, due to impaired macropinocytic uptake of the lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1. Overall, we implicate CYRI-B as a mediator of growth and signalling in pancreatic cancer, providing new insights into pathways controlling metastasis.

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Acknowledgements: We thank Cancer Research UK for core funding (A17196 and A31287) and funding to LMM (A24452 and DRCPG100017) and UKRI EPSRC grant (EP/T002123/1) to LMM. We thank the BAIR imaging facility for assistance with microscopy experiments, Dr Colin Nixon and the Histology facility for help with the tissue histology, the Beatson Biological Services Unit for their help with breeding, maintenance, and animal experiments.

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actin cytoskeleton, cancer biology, cell biology, chemotaxis, endocytosis, macropinocytosis, metastasis, mouse, pancreatic cancer, Animals, Humans, Mice, Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Disease Models, Animal, Neoplasm Metastasis, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Pinocytosis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras), Receptors, Lysophosphatidic Acid

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Elife

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2050-084X
2050-084X

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13

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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
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Cancer Research UK (A24452)
Cancer Research UK (A17196)
Cancer Research UK (A31287)
EPSRC UKRI (EP/T00213/1)
Cancer Research UK (DRCPG100017)
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