Journal of Biological Chemistry
Volume 281, Issue 17, 28 April 2006, Pages 11669-11677
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Molecular Basis of Cell and Developmental Biology
Regulation of Integrin Activity by MIA*

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MIA (melanoma inhibitory activity) has been identified as a small protein secreted from malignant melanoma cells, which interacts with extracellular matrix proteins including fibronectin. Here, we show that MIA negatively regulates the activity of the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway in malignant melanoma. Using far Western blotting and co-immunoprecipitation we searched for MIA-binding cell surface proteins. We found that MIA interacts with integrin α4β1 and α5β1, leading to down-regulation of integrin activity and reduction of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. These findings also suggest that MIA may play a role in tumor progression and the spread of malignant melanomas via mediating detachment of cells from extracellular matrix molecules by modulating integrin activity. Inhibiting MIA functions in vivo may therefore provide a novel therapeutic strategy for metastatic melanoma disease.

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This work was supported by a Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft grant (to A.-K. B.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.