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Table 1 Impact of four potential PI(4,5)P2 deregulation patterns in cancer cells on Cancer Progression and Metastasis

From: Plasma membrane and nuclear phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate signalling in cancer

High cytosol levels– High nuclear levels

Low cytosol levels– High nuclear levels:

♦ Enhanced cytoplasmic signalling (promoted PI3K/Akt signalling pathway) > increased cell survival, proliferation, angiogenesis, invasiveness.

♦ Dysregulation of actin polymerisation and cytoskeletal remodelling > enhanced cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration and adhesion.

♦ Promotion of Factin assembly > enhanced migration.

♦ Enhanced invadopodia dynamics (formation and stability) -> ECM degradation.

♦ Enhanced/alternate transcription of genes involved in DNA damage repair, cell proliferation -> promotion of genome stability and cancer cell survival.

♦ Activation of genes involved in cytoskeletal remodelling metastasis

♦ Attenuated PI3K/Akt signalling > impaired cell migration and invasion.

♦ Altered cytoskeletal remodelling > limited dynamics, reduced actin polymerisation, decreased assembly of Factin.

♦ Accumulation of free Gactin molecules > possibility of translocation to the nucleus.

♦ Impaired invadopodia formation.

♦ Activation of signalling pathways involved in the regulation of transcription and DNA damage repair.

♦ Activation of genes involved in cytoskeletal remodelling > metastasis.

High cytosol levels– Low nuclear levels

Low cytosol levels– Low nuclear levels

♦ Enhanced cytoplasmic signalling (promoted PI3K/Akt signalling pathway) > increased cell survival, proliferation, angiogenesis, invasiveness.

♦ Dysregulation of actin polymerisation and cytoskeletal remodelling > enhanced cytoskeletal dynamics, cell migration and adhesion.

♦ Promotion of Factin assembly > enhanced migration.

♦ Enhanced invadopodia dynamics (formation and stability) > ECM degradation

♦ Limited/ Attenuated regulation of transcription > altered gene expression profiles.

♦ Decrease nuclear actin levels > impaired chromatin organisation.

♦ Defective DNA repair mechanism > genome instability.

♦ Attenuated PI3K/Akt signalling -> decreased proliferation, cell survival and invasiveness.

♦ Limited cytoskeletal dynamics > reduced motility

♦ Attenuated regulation of transcription -> altered gene expression profiles, decreased invasive potential.

♦ Impaired gene expression.

♦ Decrease nuclear actin levels -> impaired chromatin organisation.