Abstract
Lysophosphatidic acid (LPA, 1- or 2-acyl-sn-glycerol 3-phosphate) mediates a plethora of physiological and pathological activities via interactions with a series of high affinity G proteincoupled receptors (GPCR). Both LPA receptor family members and autotaxin (ATX/LysoPLD), the primary LPA-producing enzyme, are aberrantly expressed in many human breast cancers and several other cancer lineages. Using transgenic mice expressing either an LPA receptor or ATX, we recently demonstrated that the ATX-LPA receptor axis plays a causal role in breast tumorigenesis and cancer-related inflammation, further validating the ATX-LPA receptor axis as a rich therapeutic target in cancer.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 3695-3701 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Cell Cycle |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 15 2009 |
Keywords
- ATX
- Breast cancer
- Cytokines
- G protein-coupled receptor
- Inflammation
- LPA
- Target therapy
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Molecular Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Cell Biology