Abstract
Talins are adaptor proteins that regulate focal adhesion signaling by conjugating integrins to the cytoskeleton. Talins directly bind integrins and are essential for integrin activation. We previously showed that β1 integrins are activated in metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) cells, increasing PCa metastasis to lymph nodes and bone. However, how β1 integrins are activated in PCa cells is unknown. In this study, we identified a novel mechanism of β1 integrin activation. Using knockdown experiments, we first demonstrated that talin1, but not talin2, is important in β1 integrin activation. We next showed that talin1 S425 phosphorylation, but not total talin1 expression, correlates with metastatic potential of PCa cells. Expressing a non-phosphorylatable mutant, talin1S425A, in talin1-silenced PC3-MM2 and C4-2B4 PCa cells, decreased activation of β1 integrins, integrin-mediated adhesion, motility and increased the sensitivity of the cells to anoikis. In contrast, reexpression of the phosphorylation-mimicking mutant talin1S425D led to increased β1 integrin activation and generated biologic effects opposite to talin1S425A expression. In the highly metastatic PC3-MM2 cells, expression of a non-phosphorylatable mutant, talin1S425A, in talin1-silenced PC3-MM2 cells, abolished their ability to colonize in the bone following intracardiac injection, while reexpression of phosphorylation-mimicking mutant talin1S425D restored their ability to metastasize to bone. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that talin S425 phosphorylation is significantly increased in human bone metastases when compared with normal tissues, primary tumors or lymph node metastases. We further showed that p35 expression, an activator of Cdk5, and Cdk5 activity were increased in metastatic tumor cells, and that Cdk5 kinase activity is responsible for talin1 phosphorylation and subsequent β1 integrin activation. Together, our study reveals Cdk5-mediated phosphorylation of talin1 leading to β1 integrin activation is a novel mechanism that increases metastatic potential of PCa cells.
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We thank Dr Joseph H McCarty for critically reviewing the manuscript. This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) P50 CA140388 (GEG, S-HL), a Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Award (GEG, S-HL), NIH RO-1 CA174798 (S-HL), DOD PC093132 (S-HL), a Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, CPRIT RP110327 (S-HL) and NIH CA16672 (CCSG, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center core grant).
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Jin, JK., Tien, PC., Cheng, CJ. et al. Talin1 phosphorylation activates β1 integrins: a novel mechanism to promote prostate cancer bone metastasis. Oncogene 34, 1811–1821 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/onc.2014.116
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