2011
Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*
Saunders LP, Cao W, Chang WC, Albright RA, Braddock DT, De La Cruz EM. Kinetic Analysis of Autotaxin Reveals Substrate-specific Catalytic Pathways and a Mechanism for Lysophosphatidic Acid Distribution*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2011, 286: 30130-30141. PMID: 21719699, PMCID: PMC3191052, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.246884.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLysophosphatidic acidSecreted lysophospholipase DThr-210Synthase cycleVivo substrateSubstrate bindingQuantitative physiological modelsSignaling cascadesPosition 210LPA signalingCatalytic threonineFluorescent lipidLysophospholipase DCancer metastasisSlow catalysisCatalytic pathwayDiazol-4PathwayAutotaxinProduct releaseBindsLPA synthesisFS-3Acid distributionBioactive form
2008
Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of autotaxin that inhibit melanoma cell migration and invasion
Saunders LP, Ouellette A, Bandle R, Chang WC, Zhou H, Misra RN, De La Cruz EM, Braddock DT. Identification of small-molecule inhibitors of autotaxin that inhibit melanoma cell migration and invasion. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 2008, 7: 3352-3362. PMID: 18852138, PMCID: PMC7857123, DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-0463.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall molecule inhibitorsMelanoma cell migrationLysophosphatidic acidCell migrationRecombinant human proteinsChemical screenHuman proteinsATX levelsMalignant melanomaMigratory phenotypeMelanoma cell linesHuman melanoma cellsRole of autotaxinInvasion assaysLPA productionCell growthImmunohistochemistry of paraffinMolecular targetsCell linesATX inhibitorsAutotaxinMelanoma cellsHuman malignanciesEnzymatic productHuman tissues