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Kisspeptin-10-Induced Signaling of GPR54 Negatively Regulates Chemotactic Responses Mediated by CXCR4: a Potential Mechanism for the Metastasis Suppressor Activity of Kisspeptins

¹ Department of Pathology and Immunotherapy Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia and ² Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

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The product of the KiSS-1 gene is absent or expressed at low level in metastatic melanoma and breast cancer compared with their nonmetastatic counterparts. A polypeptide derived from the KiSS-1 product, designated kisspeptin-10 (Kp-10), activates a receptor coupled to Gq subunits (GPR54 or KiSS-1R). To study the mechanism by which Kp-10 antagonizes metastatic spread, the effect on CXCR4-mediated signaling, which has been shown to direct organ-specific migration of tumor cells, was determined. Kp-10 blocked chemotaxis of tumor cells expressing CXCR4 in response to low and high concentrations of SDF-1/CXCL12 and inhibited mobilization of calcium ions induced by this ligand. Pretreatment with Kp-10 did not induce down-modulation of cell surface CXCR4 expression, reduce affinity for SDF-1/CXCL12, or alter Gi subunit activation stimulated by this ligand. Although Kp-10 stimulated prolonged phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, it inhibited the phosphorylation of Akt induced by SDF-1. The ability of Kp-10 to inhibit signaling and chemotaxis induced by SDF-1 indicates that activation of GPR54 signaling may negatively regulate the role of CXCR4 in programming tumor metastasis.

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