PDLIM1: Structure, function and implication in cancer

Authors:

Jian-Kang Zhou1, Xin Fan1, Jian Cheng1,2, Wenrong Liu1 and Yong Peng1

Affiliations:

1 Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

2 Department of Neurosurgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.

Keywords: 

PDLIM1, CLP36, cytoskeleton, EMT, cancer progression.

Abbreviatons:

AA – amino acid;

ACTN – α-actinin;

ALP – actinin-associated LIM protein;

Clik1 – CLP-36 interacting kinase 1;

CLP36 – carboxyl terminal LIM domain protein of 36 kDa;

CML – chronic myelogenous leukaemia;

CRC – colorectal cancer;

DRG – dorsal root ganglion;

EMT – epithelial-mesenchymal transition;

ES – ectoplasmic specialization;

HCC – hepatocellular carcinoma;

neoHFF – neonatal human foreskin fibroblasts;

PDLIM1 – PDZ and LIM domain protein 1;

RIL – reversion-induced LIM protein.

Corresponding Author(s):

Yong Peng, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, State Key Laboratory of Biother-apy, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China; yongpeng@scu.edu.cn

Conflict of interest statement:

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Please cite this article as:

Jian-Kang Zhou, Xin Fan, Jian Cheng, Wenrong Liu and Yong Peng (2021). PDLIM1: Structure, function and implication in cancer. Cell Stress 5(8): 119-127. doi: 10.15698/cst2021.08.254

© 2021 Zhou et al. This is an open-access article released under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows the unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduc-tion in any medium, provided the original author and source are acknowledged.

Abstract:

PDLIM1, a member of the PDZ-LIM family, is a cytoskeletal protein and functions as a platform to form distinct protein complexes, thus participating in multiple physiological processes such as cytoskeleton regulation and synapse formation. Emerging evidence demonstrates that PDLIM1 is dysregualted in a variety of tumors and plays essential roles in tumor initiation and progression. In this review, we summarize the structure and function of PDLIM1, as well as its important roles in human cancers.