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Table 2 Various regulatory factors of invadopodia

From: Invadopodia in cancer metastasis: dynamics, regulation, and targeted therapies

Type

Main components

Research

Actin regulatory proteins

Cortactin

miR-182 inhibits invadopodia formation by targeting cortactin [172]

LanCL2 activates the STAT3/Cortactin signaling pathway to promote invadopodia formation [173]

N-WASP

miR-182 expression inhibits invadopodia formation by suppressing the Cdc42/N-WASP pathway [172]

LMP1 promotes invadopodia formation by activating the Cdc42/N-WASP signaling axis [174]

Arp2/3

Pimozide inhibits invadopodia formation by targeting subunits of the Arp2/3 complex [175]

Formin

Downstream targets of the Wnt5a/Dvl2 pathway, Formin, and Fascin, synergistically promote actin assembly in invadopodia [176]

Actin

Targeting actin inhibits cancer cell motility [177]

Fascins

Fascin influences invadopodia formation through metabolic pathways [178]

Cofilin

The interaction between cofilin and Rhoc leads to cofilin phosphorylation, affecting invadopodia formation [66]

Adaptor proteins

Tks5

The MAP1B-cortactin-Tks5 axis regulates invadopodia formation [179]

Paxillin

The kindlin-3-leupaxin-paxillin signaling pathway regulates invadopodia stability [180]

Receptor protein

TGF-β

TGF-β induces EMT and invadopodia formation [115]

Targeting TGF-β inhibits invadopodia formation [119]

EGFR

The EGFR-Src-Arg-cortactin pathway mediates invadopodia maturation [106]

PDGF

Increased levels of PDGF/phospho-Src promote invadopodia formation and enhance MMP activity [110]

MET

Met phosphorylation of Fis1 Tyr38 promotes mitochondrial fission and affects invadopodia formation [181]

Kinases

ABL

The downstream Abl signaling of CXCR4 plays a role in invadopodia formation and function [100]

SRC

ERβ promotes invadopodia formation through the ICAM1/p-Src/p-Cortactin signaling pathway [182]

PTK2B

Pyk2 regulates invadopodia formation in breast cancer cells [183]

FAK

EB1 restricts invadopodia formation and matrix protein degradation in breast cancer cells through FAK [184]

ERK

ERK promotes invadopodia formation by activating cortactin [185]

PAK

The PAK1/Cortactin pathway promotes invadopodia turnover and invasion [186]

GTPases

CDC42

The CDC42/N-WASP/Arp2/3 signaling pathway regulates invadopodia formation [187]

Rho/Rac

Rho-Rac signaling regulates invadopodia sensing and formation [188]

Dynamin

Dynamin-2 enhances the rigidity of actin bundles in invadopodia [189]

ARF6

The novel ARF6-PI3 K-AKT pathway promotes invadopodia formation [190]

Interaction with stromal cell

CAF

CAF synergistically promotes invadopodia-mediated migration and invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma [191]

TAM

TAM interaction with cancer cells regulates the Notch1/Mena INV signaling pathway to promote invadopodia formation [44]

Tumor microenvironment

PH

CAIX regulates pH and affects the function of invadopodia [192]

Hypoxic

The hypoxic tumor microenvironment promotes invadopodia formation through the collaboration of the LPA1 receptor and EGFR [105]

Matrix environmental

The extracellular matrix regulates invadopodia formation [193]

Functional protease

MMPs

Research on the close association between invadopodia and MMPs [6, 7, 194, 195]