aPKCi triggers basal extrusion of luminal mammary epithelial cells by tuning contractility and vinculin localization at cell junctions

26 Nov 2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1906779116

Authors

Clémentine Villeneuve, Emilie Lagoutte, Ludmilla de Plater, Samuel Mathieu, Jean-Baptiste Manneville, Jean-Léon Maître, Philippe Chavrier, Carine Rossé

Abstract

Significance

This study shows that an oncogenic mammary epithelial cell surrounded by normal cells can extrude basally in vivo and invade surrounding tissues without formation of a primary tumor. Here, we show that overexpression of the key polarity protein atypical protein kinase C ι (aPKCi) is sufficient for triggering basally oriented epithelial cell extrusion and early cell invasion into the mammary gland stroma. Moreover, we highlight the importance of the difference between the mechanical properties of aPKCi-overexpressing cells and those of the normal surrounding cells associated with the decrease of vinculin at the cell junction, which triggers cell segregation, the first step toward promoting and controlling the direction of cell extrusion.

Members

PHILIPPE CHAVRIER

Directeur de recherche CNRS

JEAN-LEON MAITRE

Directeur de recherche CNRS