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The phosphorylation of CD147 by Fyn plays a critical role for melanoma cells growth and metastasis

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CD147, also known as extracellular matrix metalloproteinase inducer (EMMPRIN), is a transmembrane glycoprotein that is highly expressed in tumor cells, particularly melanoma cells, and plays critical roles in tumor cell metastasis through the regulation of matrix metalloprotease (MMP) expression. In this study, we identified Fyn as a novel interacting protein of CD147. Fyn is a member of the Src family of nonreceptor tyrosine kinases that regulates diverse physiological processes, such as T lymphocyte differentiation, through the TCR signaling pathway. Our findings demonstrated that Fyn directly phosphorylates CD147 at Y140 and Y183. Two phosphospecific antibodies against Y140 and Y183 were developed to validate the phosphorylation of CD147 by Fyn. Moreover, the CD147-FF (Y140F/Y183F) mutation impaired the interaction between CD147 and GnT-V, leading to decreased CD147 glycosylation and membrane recruitment. In addition, CD147-FF significantly blocked MMP-9 expression as well as cell migration. Moreover, we found that Fyn is overexpressed in clinical melanoma tissues as well as in melanoma cell lines. Knockdown of Fyn expression markedly attenuated the malignant phenotype of melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo through downregulation of CD147 phosphorylation, indicating that Fyn/CD147 is a potential target molecule in melanoma treatment. Finally, through virtual screening, we identified amodiaquine as a potential inhibitor targeting the Fyn/CD147 axis. Amodiaquine treatment dramatically inhibited the phosphorylation of CD147 by Fyn, thus attenuating melanoma cell growth and invasion in vitro and in vivo, suggesting that amodiaquine is a promising inhibitor for melanoma treatment.

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Fig. 1: CD147 is phosphorylated by Fyn at Y140 and Y183.
Fig. 2: Fyn is highly expressed in melanoma.
Fig. 3: Knockdown of Fyn inhibits melanoma cell growth.
Fig. 4: Knockdown of Fyn inhibits melanoma invasiveness and metastasis in vitro and in vivo.
Fig. 5: Phosphorylation of CD147 affects its biological function through the regulation of glycosylation.
Fig. 6: Amodiaquine is a novel inhibitor targeting Fyn for melanoma treatment.

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This work was financially supported by the Major Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC Grant No. 81620108024; Grant No. 81572679, 81773341, 31770774, 81572677, 81830096 from the National Natural Science Foundation; the Strategy-Oriented Special Project of Central South University in China (ZLXD2017003); the Provincial Major Project of basic or Applied Research in Natural Science, Guangdong Provincial, Education Department (2016KZDXM038) and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M652808).

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Zhang, X., Huang, Z., Guo, Y. et al. The phosphorylation of CD147 by Fyn plays a critical role for melanoma cells growth and metastasis. Oncogene 39, 4183–4197 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1287-3

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