Dance of The Golgi: Understanding Golgi Dynamics in Cancer Metastasis

Rakhee Bajaj, Amanda N. Warner, Jared F. Fradette, Don L. Gibbons

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Abstract

The Golgi apparatus is at the center of protein processing and trafficking in normal cells. Under pathological conditions, such as in cancer, aberrant Golgi dynamics alter the tumor microenvironment and the immune landscape, which enhances the invasive and metastatic potential of cancer cells. Among these changes in the Golgi in cancer include altered Golgi orientation and morphology that contribute to atypical Golgi function in protein trafficking, post-translational modification, and exocytosis. Golgi-associated gene mutations are ubiquitous across most cancers and are responsible for modifying Golgi function to become pro-metastatic. The pharmacological targeting of the Golgi or its associated genes has been difficult in the clinic; thus, studying the Golgi and its role in cancer is critical to developing novel therapeutic agents that limit cancer progression and metastasis. In this review, we aim to discuss how disrupted Golgi function in cancer cells promotes invasion and metastasis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number1484
JournalCells
Volume11
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2022

Keywords

  • biomarkers
  • cancer secretome
  • cancer therapeutics
  • EMT
  • Golgi
  • invasion
  • metastasis
  • secretion

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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