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SnapShot: The Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Jonathan P. Sleeman
3,4
and Jean Paul Thiery
2,3
1
IMCB and Experimental Therapeutics Centre, Biopolis A*STAR, 138673 Singapore;
2
Cancer Science Institute, 117456 Singapore
3
University of Heidelberg, Medical Faculty Mannheim, D-68167 Mannheim, Germany;
4
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Postfach 3640, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
Laminin 5
TβRI
TβRI
TβRII
Snail1/2
Zeb1/2
Par3
Par6
aPKC
BMPs
BMPR1
BMPR2
Patched
Growth
factors
IL-6
JAG2
JAM
p120-Cat
p53
RhoA
Cdc42
RhoA
RhoA
PDGF
Cdc42
Cdc42
Glu-tubulin
Rac1
Par6
Par3
aPKC
Claudin
JAM
Occludin
Claudin
Occludin
ZO3
ZO1
ZO2
Actin
IQGAP
E-cadherin
Nectin
β-cat
β-cat
β-cat
β-cat
β-cat
β-cat
Afadin
F-actin
Vinculin
X
α-Actinin
Clip170
Dynein/
dynactin
complex
miR-200
FOXA1/2
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
ROCK
DDR1
Collective
cell
migration
p190
Rho
GAP
DAP21P
GSK3β
RhoA
RhoE
Myosin
light
chain
HIF 1/2
LoxL2
E2.2
KLF8
FOXQ1
E47
GSC
Twist Snail1/2
Snail1/2
Smad2/3
Hedgehog
ER
PAK1
STAT3
IL-6R
PI3K Ras
RTK
LIV1 AKT
MAPK
NF-κB
NF-κB
CSL
Gli1
MTA3
Zeb1/2
miR-205
miR-200 miR-205
E-cadherin and other
downregulated genes
(see box A)
Upregulated genes
(see box B)
E-cadherin
Desmosome
Cytokeratin
Gap junction
Plakoglobin
Desmoplakin
Balanced
activities
Tight junction
EPITHELIAL MESENCHYM MESENCHYMAL
Adherens junction
Stabilized actin
cytoskeleton
Apicobasal
microtubules
p120-Cat
p120-Cat
Kaiso
p120-Cat
p120-Cat
GSK3β
Dishevelled
LRP5/6
Frizzled
Nectin
Afadin
RTK
DDR1
Collagen 1
MMPs
NCAM
N-cad
PDGFR
Transcription
Focal
adhesion
formation
Adherens
junction
disassembly
Filopodia
Lamellipodia
Migration
Invasion
ECM remodelling
Focal adhesion
assembly and turnover
Examples of up-
regulated genes
TβRI
Vimentin
SMA
N-cadherin
NCAM
Fibronectin
Laminins
miR-661
MMPs
Examples of down-
regulated genes
Tubulin tyrosine ligase
Claudins
Occludins
ZO1/ZO3
Crumbs3
Desmoplakin
Connexin43
E-cadherin
Nectin-1
VE-cadherin
Cytokeratins
Collagen I, II
Other EMT-associated effects
Resistance to senescence
Resistance to apoptosis
Therapy resistance
Stemness
Cytoskeleton
remodeling
Membrane
ruffles
Loss of
desmosomes
Microtentacles
Dissociation of
tight junctions
Loss of gap
junctions
Endocytosis
degradation
Focal
adhesion
formation
Increased
TGF-β
signaling
E-cadherin
degradation
Basement membrane degradation
EB1
Ninein
p190
Rho
GAP
p190
Rho
GAP
Smurf1
α-cat
Rap1
FAK
FAK FAK
Fyn
Rac1b
Hypoxia
Rac1
Rac1
Reactive
oxygen
species
Pyk2
ILK
AKT
DAB2
p130
CAS
α-cat
A
B
Other EMT-inducing pathways
ILEI
Endothelin-A receptor-PI3K
TNF-α-NF-κB, Akt
Hyaluronic acid
COX2-PGE2
AMF
PTH(rP)R
Bile acids
Nicotine
UV irradiation
SCF
Axl-Gas6
Plectin
Wnt
FAK
Hakai
RhoA
Proteasome
CK1
E
Par3
Par6
c-src
c-src
ZO3
ZO1
ZO2
Myosin
light
chain
Desmosome
P
Smad2/3
P
Snail1/2
P
Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome
P
-cat
CK1
β -cat
P
Ub
RhoA
Snail1/2
RhoA
Proteasome Proteasome Proteasome
Ub
FAK
ILK
P
P
Fyn Fyn
P
T β β β RI
T β RII
aPKC
Par3
Par6
P
β -cat
c-src
P
Integrin
α6β4
Integrin
α6β4
Desmoglein Desmoglein
Desmocollin Desmocollin
NOTCH NOTCH
Smoothened Smoothened
TGF-β TGF-β
Six1