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Extracellular Acidification Alters Lysosomal Trafficking in Human Breast Cancer Cells

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Glunde, Kristine, Guggino, Sandra E., Solaiyappan, Meiyappan, Pathak, Arvind P., Ichikawa, Yoshitaka, Bhujwalla, Zaver M.·2003·Neoplasia

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Cancer cells invade by secreting degradative enzymes, which are sequestered in lysosomal vesicles. In this study, the impact of an acidic extracellular environment on lysosome size, number, and distance from the nucleus in human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) and breast cancer cells of different degrees of malignancy was characterized because the physiological microenvironment of tumors is frequently characterized by extracellular acidity. An acidic extracellular pH (pH(e)) resulted in a distinct shift of lysosomes from the perinuclear region to the cell periphery irrespective of the HMECs' degree of malignancy. With decreasing pH, larger lysosomal vesicles were observed more frequently in highly metastatic breast cancer cells, whereas smaller lysosomes were observed in poorly metastatic breast cancer cells and HMECs. The number of lysosomes decreased with acidic pH values. The displacement of lysosomes to the cell periphery driven by extracellular acidosis may facilitate exocytosis of these lysosomes and increase secretion of degradative enzymes. Filopodia formations, which were observed more frequently in highly metastatic breast cancer cells maintained at acidic pH(e), may also contribute to invasion.

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Authors
Glunde, K., Guggino, S. E., Solaiyappan, M., Pathak, A. P., Ichikawa, Y., & Bhujwalla, Z. M.
Venue
Neoplasia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2003-11
Volume
5
Issue
6
Pages
533-545
ISSN
1476-5586 (ISSN-L)
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W2040340572
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285
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1.34
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journal article
Language
en
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Glunde, K., Guggino, S. E., Solaiyappan, M., Pathak, A. P., Ichikawa, Y., & Bhujwalla, Z. M. (2003). Extracellular Acidification Alters Lysosomal Trafficking in Human Breast Cancer Cells. Neoplasia. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1476-5586(03)80037-4

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