Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10754497 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2014 | 24 Pages |
Abstract
Cholesterol is a critical component of lipid rafts implicated in regulating multiple signal transduction. The anthrax toxin receptor 2 (ANTXR2) is a type I membrane protein acting as the second receptor for the anthrax toxin. In this study, we first investigated the association between cholesterol and ANTXR2. We provided the evidence that cholesterol depletion by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MβCD) promoted ANTXR2 expression in U251 neuroglioma cell, which was reversed by cholesterol supplement. MβCD-induced ANTXR2 up-regulation contributed to ERK1/2 phosphorylation, which was responsible for MT1-MMP and MMP-2 activation. Our data suggested that cellular cholesterol regulated ANTXR2-dependent activation of MMP-2 via ERK1/2 phosphorylation in neuroglioma U251 cell.
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Authors
Jianwen Zou, Li Xu, Ying Ju, Peili Zhang, Yong Wang, Bingchang Zhang,