RAB2A controls MT1-MMP endocytic and E-cadherin polarized Golgi trafficking to promote invasive breast cancer programs.

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RAB2A controls MT1-MMP endocytic and E-cadherin polarized Golgi trafficking to promote invasive breast cancer programs Hiroaki Kajiho1, Yuko Kajiho1,2, Emanuela Frittoli1, Stefano Confalonieri1, Giovanni Bertalot3, Giuseppe Viale4,5, Pier Paolo Di Fiore1,3,4, Amanda Oldani1, Massimiliano Garre1, Galina V Beznoussenko1, Andrea Palamidessi1, Manuela Vecchi1,3, Philippe Chavrier6,7, Frank Perez6,7 & Giorgio Scita1,3,*

Abstract The mechanisms of tumor cell dissemination and the contribution of membrane trafficking in this process are poorly understood. Through a functional siRNA screening of human RAB GTPases, we found that RAB2A, a protein essential for ER-to-Golgi transport, is critical in promoting proteolytic activity and 3D invasiveness of breast cancer (BC) cell lines. Remarkably, RAB2A is amplified and elevated in human BC and is a powerful and independent predictor of disease recurrence in BC patients. Mechanistically, RAB2A acts at two independent trafficking steps. Firstly, by interacting with VPS39, a key component of the late endosomal HOPS complex, it controls post-endocytic trafficking of membrane-bound MT1-MMP, an essential metalloprotease for matrix remodeling and invasion. Secondly, it further regulates Golgi transport of E-cadherin, ultimately controlling junctional stability, cell compaction, and tumor invasiveness. Thus, RAB2A is a novel trafficking determinant essential for regulation of a mesenchymal invasive program of BC dissemination. Keywords cancer migration and invasion; membrane trafficking; RAB2A; RAB GTPases Subject Categories Cancer; Membrane & Intracellular Transport DOI 10.15252/embr.201642032 | Received 15 January 2016 | Revised 8 April 2016 | Accepted 28 April 2016 | Published online 2 June 2016 EMBO Reports (2016) 17: 1061–1080

Introduction The main cause of death among cancer patients is the development of metastasis. The metastatic phenotype is complex, featuring a

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wide range of plastic cellular processes and strategies that enable tumors to adapt to and overcome tissues and microenvironmental barriers to migration and invasion [1]. One of such strategy critically depends on the ability to remodel and degrade the proteins of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and to acquire mesenchymal features, commonly characterized by the extension of actin-rich polarized protrusion and loss or reduction in cell–cell interactions [2]. Deregulation of matrix-degrading proteases, including matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), is one of the mechanisms used by cancer to remodel the ECM [3]. Although secreted MMPs have been implicated in cancer for several decades, it has become apparent that membrane-anchored MMPs, and most notably membrane type 1 (MT1)-MMP, play a pivotal role, particularly in the initial phases of dissemination of tumor cells and cancer progression [4–6]. Not surprisingly, MT1-MMP expression is frequently elevated in various invasive carcinomas, including breast cancer (BC), and genetic evidence in murine models further supports its critical role in the process [7–9]. In addition to deregulation of total protein and mRNA levels of MT1-MMP, subversion of the activity of this protease is also frequently brought about by alterations of its intracellular trafficking routes. Consistently, the surface MT1-MMP is augmented, particularly but not exclusively, in BC [10,11]. Furthermore, in various tumorigenic and non-tumorigenic cell lines, newly synthesized MT1-MMP that reaches the plasma membrane (PM) undergoes constant and rapid cycles of internalization and recycling [12–14]. Endo/exocytic fluxes are thought to be essential to ensure a constant flow of active MT1-MMP at the PM [15], where its proteolytic activity becomes rapidly inactivated by the binding to tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-2, which is also abundantly expressed in cancer [16]. Membrane trafficking also imposes a strict spatial regulation of the cargos it delivers [12,17,18]. Indeed,

IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Molecular Medicine Program, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy Department of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris Cedex 05, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte de Recherche 144 CNRS, UMR 144, Paris Cedex 05, France *Corresponding author. Tel: +39 0257 4303277; E-mail: [email protected] [Correction added on 1 July 2016 after first online publication: author affiliations have been corrected.]

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internalized MT1-MMP accumulates in early and late endosomes from where it is delivered to specialized, actin-rich, adhesive protrusions that degrade the ECM in focal fashion, named invadopodia [19–22]. Targeting of MT1-MMP to invadopodia can also be achieved through direct polarized secretion [23] and exosomes release [24], enlarging the range of potential trafficking regulatory routes that can go awry in a tumor setting. The impact of membrane trafficking on tumor biology is clearly not limited to the control of MT1-MMP [25]. Frequently, tumors of epithelial origin must undergo a plastic transition marked by the loss of epithelial features, and canonical referred to as epithelial-tomesenchymal transition (EMT) [26]. While the occurrence of overt, full EMT in solid cancers of epithelial origin in vivo remains matter of debate [27], it is commonly accepted that some form of mesenchymalization is associated with the acquisition of metastatic phenotype [28]. The transient loss of epithelial identity and acquisition of mesenchymal feature is epitomized by the loss or weakening of the cell–cell adherence junctions (AJ), and of the key molecular component mediating their formation, E-cadherin [29]. Not surprisingly, during EMT, E-cadherin is frequently transcriptionally downregulated. In addition, there is emerging evidence for a crucial role of E-cadherin endocytosis and recycling in the acquisition of a transitory mesenchymal, invasive state [30–32]. Collectively, these observations suggest that key determinants of membrane trafficking might be frequently selected by and hijacked by tumors to increase their metastatic potential. Hence, there is the need to identify membrane trafficking hubs subverted in cancer and capable of promoting a mesenchymal program of tumor invasion. Here, we address this issue by focusing on the RAB family of small GTPases [33]. Through a stepwise siRNA screening, targeting each member of the RAB family, we identified RAB2A, essential for ER-to-Golgi transport [34,35], as a critical player in promoting proteolytic activities and 3D invasiveness of BC cell lines. Unexpectedly, RAB2A controls MT1-MMP-dependent degradation not by regulating Golgi-to-ER trafficking [36–38], but MT1-MMP late endosome to PM exocytosis by directly binding VPS39, a critical subunit of the homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) late endosomal complex. RAB2A is also critical to control cell compaction and collective invasive growth of BC cells, by independently controlling E-cadherin Golgi-to-PM transport route. Notably, RAB2A expression is frequently altered in human BC and its elevated expression is an independent powerful predictor of BC recurrence. Consistently, elevation of RAB2A, mimicking the alteration found in human BC, impaired E-cadherin PM localization and enhanced cell dispersal. We propose that perturbation of RAB2A enables invasive BC to hijack distinct trafficking routes of different cargos, that is, MT1MMP and E-cadherin, both essential to promote a mesenchymal program of tumor dissemination.

Results Identification of RAB2A as a critical regulator of a matrix degradation invasive program in BC lines To identify RAB GTPases that are critical for invasive programs in BC cells, we performed a synthetic siRNA screen with 196 siRNAs targeting 66 distinct RAB GTPases (two or three siRNAs per each

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RAB GTPase). We selected the triple-negative BC cell line MDA-MB231 that displays high and constitutive matrix degradation activity that correlates with their established invasive properties [19]. We reversely transfected with siRNA MDA-MB-231 cells plated on fluorescein-labeled gelatin-coated optical microplates. GM6001, a broad-spectrum hydroxamate inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases [39], was added to MDA-MB-231 cells for 48 h post-transfection to avoid gelatin degradation. Subsequent removal of the inhibitor further enabled us to synchronize matrix degradation activity and directly assess the impact of gene silencing on the onset of this acquired activity [40]. Of note, under these conditions, about 40% of MDA-MB-231 cells digest focally the ECM, consistent with their ability to form actin-rich, ventrally located invadopodia structures, following removal of GM6001 over a 24-h period (Appendix Fig S1). Furthermore, silencing of MT1-MMP, N-WASP, and TKS5, which are known essential regulators of invadopodia-mediated matrix digestion [41–43], robustly impaired their formation and ECM digestion (Appendix Fig S1). We initially performed a primary screening using pooled siRNAs for each of the known mammalian RAB GTPases (Fig 1A) and focused for further analysis on those perturbations that caused a reduction in matrix degradation below an arbitrarily defined cutoff of 20% cells displaying matrix degradation (corresponding to about half of the activity observed in control treated cells). We further restricted the number of RAB GTPases to 9 by selecting those whose silencing by three independent siRNAs inhibited matrix degradation activity by more than 80% (Fig 1B). As tertiary screening phase, we extended the analysis to a different BC line, MCF10.DCIS.com. This cell line is a H-RAS-driven, tumorigenic derivative of the normal mammary epithelial MCF10A cells, which recapitulates prototypical features of comedo-type ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), upon injection into immunodeficient mice [44], and readily degrades ECM through the formation of invadopodia upon HGF stimulation in vitro [19]. We excluded from further analysis of RAB27B because it has already been established to facilitate cell invasiveness in BC cells by activating MMP2 [45]. Silencing of RAB2A, RAB20, RAB28, RAB33A, or RAB36 in MCF10.DCIS.com significantly inhibited HGF-induced matrix degradation to < 25% of control siRNA-transfected cells (Fig 1C–E). Next, we performed inverse invasion assays into reconstituted three-dimensional basement membrane. In these assays, fluoresceinlabeled cells are seeded on the bottom of culture plates and overlaid with a thick layer of Matrigel containing fibronectin and their invasiveness into the Matrigel plug determined by consecutive confocal Z sectioning [46]. Control MDA-MB-231 cells invaded Matrigel plugs only upon addition of FCS and HGF to the top of the plugs (Fig 1F). Silencing of the selected RABs variably impacted on MDA-MB-231 chemotactic cell invasion (Fig 1F–H). Ablation of RAB2A and RAB28 consistently and reproducibly reduced invasiveness to levels similar to the one observed after removal of N-WASP. Prompted by this set of findings and in order to define criteria for prioritizing further in depth molecular high-resolution studies, we interrogated by manual querying the Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) database and assess whether any of the selected RABs were altered in human BC. Importantly, RAB2A is the most frequently amplified (as assessed by copy number variation (CNV)) among the candidate RAB GTPases in this tumor type (in about 8% of cases, Appendix Fig S2A and B). Consistently, BC cell lines express high

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Figure 1. siRNA-based screening for RAB GTPases indispensable for matrix degradation invasive program. A

Primary siRNA screening analysis. MDA-MB-231 cells were reverse-transfected with siRNA pools against MT1-MMP, TKS5, or each human RAB GTPase and were plated on fluorescein-labeled gelatin-coated optical microplates. Degradation activity was measured by counting the number of cells degrading gelatin identified as dark black foci (similar results were obtained by measuring the area of degradation/number of cells). The inset shows representative images of degraded Oregon green gelatin (upper panels) and merged images with TRITC-phalloidin (red) and DAPI (blue) in scrambled siRNA (NC), or siRNA against RAB28- or RAB42transfected cells (lower panel). Data are means SEM of 3 independent experiments. Scale bar, 50 lm. B Secondary siRNA screening analysis was performed on candidate RAB GTPases selected from the primary screen using 3 individual deconvoluted siRNAs. Data are mean SD (n > 5 different fields/experiment). C–E Tertiary siRNA screening. Pooled siRNAs against candidate RAB GTPases identified from the secondary screen or TKS5, used as control, were transfected into MCF10.DCIS.com cells. Cells plated onto fluorescently conjugated gelatin (red) were stimulated with 100 ng/ml HGF overnight in the presence or absence of GM6001, followed by staining with FITC-phalloidin (green) and DAPI (blue) (C). Efficacy of targeted gene silencing was verified by qPCR (E). Scale bar, 50 lm. Data are the mean SEM (n > 100 cells/experiment in at least 4 independent ones). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. F–H Inverse invasion assay. An equal number of MDA-MB-231 cells were reverse-transfected with a mixture of three individual siRNA oligonucleotides targeting interest genes. Invasive activity is shown as the average number of cells/field that migrates into fibronectin-supplemented (25 lg/ml) Matrigel further than 20 lm (F, G). Efficacy of targeted gene silencing was verified by qPCR (H). Scale bar, 250 lm. Data are mean SD from three different fields from one representative experiment out of 5 that were performed. *P < 0.05, ***P < 0.001.

RAB2A protein expression compared with normal mammary epithelial cells such as HMEC and MCF10A (Appendix Fig S2C). Hence, we focused our investigation on RAB2A and set out initially to validate siRNA data by generation of stable knockdown cells with a different short hairpin constructs and reconstitution experiments. To this end, we generated MDA-MB-231 cells expressing shRNA that targets RAB2A in a doxycycline-inducible fashion (Fig 2A). Addition of doxycycline led to a near-complete silencing of RAB2A and inhibited HGF-induced invasion in Matrigel-coated transwell assays (Fig 2B). Similar results were also obtained using two independent siRNA against RAB2A (Fig EV1A and B). RAB2A silencing also impaired 3D spheroid invasion assays without affecting cell proliferation (Fig 2C–E). We further verified that removal of RAB2A by shRNA impaired matrix degradation activity and also of MCF10.DCIS.com (Fig EV1C and D). Furthermore, reconstitution of RAB2A expression using a murine gene that is resistant to siRNA targeting the human sequences nearly fully restored matrix degradation (Fig 2F–H). Notably, the elevation of the levels of RAB2A in the context of wild-type cells also significantly increased matrix degradation (Figs 2F–H and EV1E and F), suggesting that this protein is not only required for, but also promotes ECM digestion.

Materials and Methods) expression of RAB2A was significantly associated with poor prognosis markers, including node-positive status (P = 0.014), high grade (P = 0.0007), and high proliferative status (Ki67, P = 0.0037) (Fig 3B). Furthermore, among the 520 BC patients with complete follow-up data, those with primary tumors expressing higher levels of the RAB2A protein had a significant poorer recurrence-free survival compared to those with lower protein expression, as assessed by Kaplan–Meier analysis (log-rank P-value < 0.0001) (Fig 3C). In univariate Cox regression analysis, patients with higher expression levels of RAB2A also have a significantly higher risk of developing distant metastasis (Hazard Ratio: 3.788, [CI] 1.99–6.69, P = 0.0002). Finally and more importantly, in multivariate analysis, RAB2A expression retained its predictive power of distant relapse events in BC patient, independently of other clinical and pathological markers (HR = 2.549, [CI] 1.31–4.60, P = 0.007) (Fig 3D). Thus, elevated expression of RAB2A is a powerful and independent predictor of metastatic recurrence in human BC patients.

RAB2A is a powerful and independent predictor of metastatic recurrence in human BC patient

What are the molecular mechanisms and cellular processes through which RAB2A regulates invasiveness in BC? RAB2A and RAB2B are highly homologous mammalian orthologues of the evolutionary (from plant to protozoa) conserved RAB2. These proteins are typically found on the Golgi apparatus and have been proposed to have a role in Golgi-to-ER traffic, to control Golgi stacking and the formation of secretory granules [36,47]. However, silencing of RAB2A did not alter the synthesis, secretion, or the activity of soluble MMPs (Appendix Fig S4A–G). Similarly, neither total protein nor total cell surface-bound levels of MT1-MMP or a5b1, both required for matrix degradation in focalized invadopodia [48], were affected by silencing of RAB2A (Appendix Fig S4H–K). RAB2A not only localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi intermediate compartment (ERGIC), but also participates in COPI-dependent transport via ERGIC [49]. Within this context, RAB2A acts together with its effector, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) [37,50,51]. Thus, we tested whether this trafficking axis is important for ECM degradation activity. However, silencing of GAPDH had no detectable effects on matrix degradation (Fig EV2A and B). Collectively, these results suggest that RAB2A regulates matrix

The role of RAB2A in the control of matrix degradation and mammary carcinoma cell invasion and the alteration in CNV detected in human cancer suggest that elevated levels of this protein might be positively selected by invasive human BCs. To test this hypothesis and assess whether expression of RAB2A is linked to a more aggressive BC phenotype, we analyzed by immunohistochemistry its expression on a Consecutive Cohort of Invasive Breast Cancer arrayed on tissue microarray (TMA, Appendix Table S1). We used an anti-RAB2A antibody, the specificity of which was tested on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE), RAB2A-silenced, and overexpressing cells as well as on normal and tumorigenic human mammary tissues (Appendix Fig S3A). Notably, elevated expression of RAB2A was consistently detected in BC as compared to adjacent normal mammary tissue (Appendix Fig S3B). RAB2A expression level in breast carcinoma was scored according to the intensity of anti-RAB2A staining (Fig 3A). Additionally and more importantly, we found that high (IHC score 3, see also Appendix Fig S3C and

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Figure 2. RAB2A is not only required for invasion through ECM, but also promotes ECM digestion. Doxycycline-inducible empty vector (EV) or RAB2A-shRNA MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured in the absence () or presence (+) of doxycycline for 3 days and immunoblotted with anti-RAB2A and anti-actin antibodies. The intensity of RAB2A relative to actin is shown on the bottom. Relative density in uninduced EV cells was set to 1. B Doxycycline-inducible RAB2A-shRNA MDA-MB-231 cells were cultured in the absence (CTR) or presence (shRAB2A) of doxycycline for three days. Invasion of MDAMB-231 cells through Matrigel-coated transwells toward HGF was assessed after 24 h. Representative images are shown. Scale bar, 200 lm. Data are the mean SD (n = 10 field/condition in at least 3 experiments). ***P < 0.001. C–E EV and shRAB2A MDA-MB-231 cells were embedded in spheroid formation ECMR in the absence () or presence (+) of doxycycline and/or GM6001. After 3 days, the cells were transferred into Invasive MatrixR. Phase contrast images of representative spheroids are shown after 9 days (C). Dashed circle indicates the size of spheroids at day 0. Scale bars, 500 lm. Invasive activity into ECM was expressed as total spheroid area (relative to control cells at day 0) quantified by ImageJ (D). The number of cells at the indicated days was quantified by CyQUANTR Cell Proliferation Assay Kit (E). Data are the mean SD (n = 3 independent experiments). *P < 0.05. F–H Doxycycline-inducible murine RAB2A (mRAB2A) expression MCF10.DCIS.com cells were transfected with scrambled siRNA or siRNA against human RAB2A (siRAB2A) in the absence () or presence (+) of doxycycline. Serum-starved cells were plated onto fluorescently conjugated gelatin (red), stimulated with HGF (100 ng/ml) overnight, and stained with phalloidin (green) and DAPI (blue) (f). Scale bar, 50 lm. Silencing of endogenous RAB2A protein (lower band) and ectopic RAB2A expression (upper band) was verified by immunoblotting (H). Data are the mean SEM (error bars; n > 100 cells/experiment in 4 independent ones) (G). *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01. A

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degradation independently from its functional role in controlling Golgi-to-ER and ERGIC trafficking. Endo/exocytic trafficking has emerged as a critical regulatory step in the control of spatially restricted MT1-MMP activity [21,52]. Notably, one less investigated, possibly ancestral function of RAB2, is in the regulation of post-endocytic trafficking. Indeed, the C. elegans orthologous of RAB2, UNC-108, is required for phagosome biogenesis [53]. Whereas, in the fruit fly, active RAB2A was recently shown to be localized in late endosome, where it directly interacts with two critical components of the homotypic fusion and vacuole protein sorting (HOPS) complex, VPS39 and VPS41 involved in fusion events between late endosomes and lysosomes [54]. We therefore tested whether RAB2A might control late endosomal recycling of MT1-MMP. We initially assessed whether constitutively active, GTP-bound mammalian RAB2A, likewise its Drosophila homologue, localizes into late endosomes and affects endosomal trafficking in BC cell lines. Ectopic expression of constitutively active RAB2A-Q65L, but not the dominant-negative RAB2A-S20N, caused the formation of enlarged vesicular structures, which were positive for both RAB2A and the late endosomal markers RAB7, under conditions in which no alterations nor colocalization of RAB2A with EEA1-positive early endosome could be detected (Fig 4A and B). Notably, in normal mammary epithelial MCF10A cells, the elevation of wild-type RAB2A, which prominently localizes into Golgi-ERGIC structures, was nevertheless sufficient to cause the enlargement of late endosomes (Fig EV2C). Thus, also in mammalian cells, a fraction of RAB2A localizes into late endosomes, where it may control cargo trafficking in these structures. We tested this hypothesis by focusing on MT1-MMP. We found that RAB2A-positive late endosomes contained MT1-MMP (Fig 4C). We further analyzed the recycling of this cargo back to the plasma membranes by employing an MT1-MMP fused to a pHluorin [14]. This fluorophore emits green fluorescent only in a neutral pH environment, thus enabling us to monitor in real-time exocytic events (revealed as the transient appearance of GFPpositive, blinking PM spots) of MT1-MMP-pHluorin recycling from the acidic endosomal compartment back to the PM by total internal reflection microscopy (TIRF). In control cells, we recorded the frequent appearance of fluorescent-positive, MT1-MMP-pHluorin PM spots (Fig 4D). However, removal of RAB2A significantly

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reduced the frequency of MT1-MMP exocytic events (Fig 4D–F, and Movies EV1 and EV2). Taken together, these data indicate that mammalian RAB2A is critically involved in the trafficking of MT1-MMP from late endosomes to plasma membrane. To gain insights into the molecular pathways underpinning the post-endosomal function of RAB2A, we focus on the HOPS complex and tested whether, like in Drosophila, mammalian RAB2A directly associates with VPS39 or VPS41. We employed recombinant and purified guanine nucleotide-loaded, dominant active and dominantnegative RAB2A proteins to pull down myc-tagged VPS39 or VPS41 expressed in HEK293T cells. VPS39, but not VPS41 specifically interacted with active, GTP-loaded RAB2A under conditions in which no association with dominant-negative RAB2-S20N, was observed (Fig 5A). The relevance and specificity of the interaction between them was further confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation experiment using ectopically expressed tagged proteins to overcome the lack of efficient antibodies recognizing endogenous proteins (Fig 5B). Furthermore, the expression of EGFP-VPS39, but not VPS41, likewise RAB2A, was sufficient to induce the formation of enlarged RAB7positive late endosomes, which contained endogenous MT1-MMP (Fig 5C and D), suggesting that VPS39 is the critical RAB2A effector in the control of MT1-MMP-dependent matrix degradation activity. Consistently, silencing of VPS39, but only marginally of VPS41, severely impaired degradation activity to a similar extent as RAB2A knockdown in MCF10.DCIS.com cells (Fig 5E–I) and decreased invasion into Matrigel plugs of MDA-MB-231 cells (Fig 5J–L). Additionally and more importantly, VPS39 knockdown abrogated the increase in degradation activity caused by ectopic expression of RAB2A (Fig 5M–Q). Collectively, these results indicate that VPS39 acts as a downstream effector of RAB2A in late endosomes and that a RAB2A–VPS39 post-endocytic axis is critical for MT1-MMP-dependent ECM proteolytic and invasive activity of BC lines. RAB2A regulates cell compaction and collective invasion by independently controlling polarized Golgi trafficking of E-cadherin Invasive proteolytic programs of BC dissemination can be recapitulated in vitro by monitoring the formation of invasive outgrowth of BC lines in three-dimensional reconstituted basement membrane

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expected, in control cells, SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin was prominently localized at ER before treatment of biotin (0 min, Movie EV3 or Fig EV5A). Addition of biotin induced the synchronous release of Ecadherin from ER to perinuclear Golgi in 20 min and its subsequent trafficking to the PM. Ectopic expression of RAB2A did not affect the trafficking from ER to Golgi, but impaired the trafficking from Golgi to the PM (Movie EV3 or Fig EV5A). Contrary to what seen in control, only rarely we observed the formation of tubulo/vesicularlike structures emanating from perinuclear Golgi and extending centrifugally toward the PM (Movie EV3). This tubulation defect was accompanied by the accumulation of SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin into perinuclear Golgi compartments. Importantly, no obvious trafficking alterations were seen when other RUSH cargo, including glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI), known to follow a similar ER-to-Golgito-PM routes was monitored (Movie EV4 or Fig EV5B). Similarly, RAB2A expression did not affect the transport of the Golgi enzyme amannosidase II (Man II) from ER to Golgi (Movie EV5 or Fig EV5C). These latter findings reinforce the notion that RAB2A acts specifically on E-cadherin Golgi-to-PM transport pathway. In keeping with this latter notion, we also verified the appearance of E-cadherin at the PM by immunostaining surface SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin with anti-GFP antibody without permeabilization. Quantification of the PMlocalized anti-GFP signal intensity with respect to the total EGFPE-cadherin confirmed that RAB2A significantly reduced its translocation to the PM (Fig 7J).

Discussion Through functional screening for RAB family members, here, we identified RAB2A as a major oncogenic player in the progression of human BC via promoting a proteolytic-dependent invasive program of mesenchymal dissemination. We showed that RAB2A elevation in CNV and protein levels is a frequent occurrence in human BC and significantly associates with poor prognosis markers. Furthermore, among more than 500 BC patients, elevated expression of RAB2A is specifically associated with dramatically reduced

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recurrence-free survival and its predictive power of distant relapse events is independent of other clinical and pathological parameters. It is worth noting that while this study was in progress, RAB2A has also been shown to promote the expansion of BC stem-like cells, to increase tumorigenicity in in vivo murine models, and to be associated with increased cancer mortality [63]. The small size of human tumor samples (~65) tested in the latter study prevented, however, to assess the predictive power of RAB2A. Our analysis instead clearly indicates that elevated expression of RAB2A is a powerful and independent predictor of metastatic recurrence in human BC patients and may thus represent a useful prognosis biomarker. This latter notion is further strengthened and mirrored by the diverse roles played by RAB2A in the biology of BC that the studies by Luo et al [63] and ours reveal. Indeed, RAB2A elevation may couple increase self-renewal, inextricably linked to the expansion of stem cell features, with augmented invasiveness due to the acquisition of proteolytic, mesenchymal migratory properties. Whether these two apparently distinct functions of RAB2A represent two faces of the same coin occurring simultaneously or are temporally distinct, evolutionary stages in the course of tumor progression remains to be determined. Notably, RAB2A induction of BC stemness is accompanied by the emergence of mesenchymal features and transcriptional programs [63]. We also noticed that elevation of RAB2A promotes pericellular proteolytic activity and loss of surface Ecadherin, hallmarks of a switch to a more mesenchymal identity. However, in the BC cells we tested, RAB2A does so without any detectable changes in the transcriptional program canonically associated with EMT (Fig EV2D), but by controlling different trafficking routes. These apparently diverse results can be reconciled within the emerging notion indicating that EMT as well as the paths to the acquisition stemness and invasiveness is reversible and frequently unstable processes that cannot be captured by an “all or none” binary logic [25]. Rather, these processes are better described as an analogical spectrum of partial states. Interconversion among these states is not only achieved through alteration of transcriptional programs, but also by exploiting transient biochemical and cellular processes, including trafficking networks [25]. Thus, elevation of


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Figure 6. Silencing RAB2A promotes cell compaction and increases cell surface E-cadherin and ZO-1. Doxycycline-inducible RAB2A-shRNA MCF10.DCIS.com cells were incubated on a thick layer of Matrigel for 4 days to allow spheroid formation in the absence (CTR) or presence (shRAB2A) of doxycycline. Cells were stimulated with 5 ng/ml EGF and 20 ng/ml HGF (EGF+HGF) or left starved (STV) for 9 days. Representative phase contrast images are shown. Invasive activity of the cells was expressed by circularity (with a value of 1 representing perfect circularity = no invasion) of each acinus. Scale bar, 100 lm. Data are the mean ± SEM (n > 100 spheroids in 4 independent experiments. ***P < 0.001, NS, not significant. B–D MCF10.DCIS.com cells (104 cells) transfected with scrambled siRNA (siNC) or siRNA against RAB2A (siRAB2A) were plated onto 6-well dish. Representative phase contrast images (B) and the distribution of cell numbers per cluster of the indicated cell number (C) are shown. Efficacy of RAB2A gene silencing was verified by qPCR (D). Scale bar, 200 lm. Data are means SD of 10 fields (n > 60 cells/field) of independent 4 independent experiments. ***P < 0.001. E Doxycycline-inducible RAB2A-shRNA MCF10.DCIS.com cells were cultured in the absence (CTR) or presence (shRAB2A) of doxycycline for three days and immunostained with antibodies indicated on the top (green) and DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 10 lm. F, G MCF-10AneoT (E) and MCF10-CA1a (F) cells were transfected with scrambled siRNA (siNC) or siRNA against RAB2A, and immunostained with antibodies indicated on the top (green) and DAPI (blue). Scale bars, 10 lm. H Total cell lysates from (E, F and G) were immunoblotted with anti-E-cadherin, RAB2A, and anti-actin antibodies. A


RAB2A may, in some instance, tip the transcriptional balance toward more mesenchymal features. This transition, however, can also be achieved by rewiring membrane trafficking routes. At the molecular levels, some of these diverse functional roles, including aberrant ERK1/2 activation [63] and altered PM transport of junctional E-cadherin (our work), can be interpreted within the well-established role exerted by RAB2A in vesicular trafficking. RAB2A has been shown to control ER-to-Golgi trafficking, epitomized by its specific localization into ERGIC and its requirement for COPI-dependent transport via ERGIC [49], and for Golgi transport, as outlined by its interactions with GRASP55 a factor required for the stacking of the Golgi cisternae [36]. Through regulation of transport within ERGIC, for example, RAB2A may facilitate the activation of ERK1/2, which has also been reported to localize in this compartment [63], albeit the molecular mechanisms through which this might be achieved remain unclear. Conversely, RAB2A regulation of Golgi stacking appears critical for the maturation and subsequent plasma membrane transport of E-cadherin. Indeed, we showed that: i) RAB2A silencing fragments Golgi stacks (not shown), which are, instead, enlarged by elevation of the protein; ii) aberrant expression of RAB2A delays the trafficking to the PM of E-cadherin, which becomes entrapped in the enlarged Golgi stacks, where altered furin-mediated proteolytic processing further concurs to impair the proper surface localization of this critical

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junctional protein. What are the exact molecular players RAB2A uses to control E-cadherin trafficking remains to be investigated as none of the known RAB2A effectors that have so far been identified seem to participate in the process. While the identification of novel RAB2A effectors may shed some lights onto how this small GTPase acts in the control of E-cadherin Golgi-to-PM polarized transport, it remains possible that the structural alteration of the Golgi stacks is the critical determinant of altered E-cadherin trafficking and processing. Whatever the case, the biological consequences of the aberrant E-cadherin Golgi-to-PM transport are remarkable since they directly contribute to the loss of epithelial features, decrease cell compactness in 2D, and increase dispersal of tumor spheroid in 3D that accompanies the manipulations of RAB2A levels we performed. Our data further illuminate on an unconventional, possibly more ancestral trafficking role of RAB2A. Consistently with its function in C. elegans and more recently also in Drosophila [53,54], also mammalian RAB2A appears to be critical for the control of postendocytic cargo trafficking. A number of evidence support this contention: i) the presence of activated RAB2A in RAB7-positive late endosomes; ii) the localization of a typical, at least in cancer cell lines, late endosomal cargo, MT1-MMP, in these structures and the aberrant regulation of the exocytic transport of this metalloprotease from late endosome to the PM; iii) the physical interaction with the

Figure 7. RAB2A overexpression impairs trafficking of E-cadherin from Golgi to cell surface. A, B Doxycycline-inducible RAB2A expression MCF10.DCIS.com (A) and MCF10A (B) cells were cultured in the absence (CTR) or presence (RAB2A) of doxycycline, and immunostained with anti-RAB2A (blue), anti-E-cadherin (green), and anti-TGN46 (red) antibodies. Merged images with DAPI (magenta) are shown on the right. Scale bars, 10 lm. C CTR and RAB2A MCF10A cells (104 cells) were plated onto 6-well dish. Representative phase contrast images (left) and the distribution of cell numbers per cluster composed of the indicated number of cells are shown. Scale bar, 100 lm. Data are means SD of 10 fields (n > 20 cells/field) from 3 independent experiments. ***P < 0.001. D The circularity of CTR and RAB2A MCF10A cells and the percentage of cells with protrusive structure were quantified. Data are means SD of ten independent fields (n > 100 cells/field). n, number of cells scored for each cell population. ***P < 0.001. E Total cell lysates from (C) were immunoblotted with antibodies anti-E-cadherin, which recognize either an epitope in the cytoplasmic domain (IC), an epitope in the extracellular domain of mature E-cadherin (SHE78-7), respectively, or anti-RAB2A, and anti-actin. An arrow indicates the unprocessed form of E-cadherin. F–H MCF10A cells were transfected with scrambled siRNA (siNC) or siRNA against furin, and immunostained with anti-E-cadherin (green) and anti-TGN46 (red) antibodies. Merged images with DAPI (blue) are shown on the right (F). Scale bar, 20 lm. Total cell lysates were immunoblotted with antibodies indicated on the right (G). Efficacy of furin silencing was verified by qPCR (H). Data are the mean SEM of three independent experiments. ***P < 0.001. I Representative electron micrographs of Golgi stacks (arrows) of CTR and RAB2A MCF10.DCIS.com cells. Scale bars, 1 lm. J CTR and RAB2A MCF10A cells were transfected with Str-KDEL_SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin (green). At the indicated time points after the addition of biotin, cells were fixed and stained without permeabilization with anti-GFP antibody, followed by Alexa Fluor 568-conjugated secondary antibody (red). The cell surface and total levels of SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin at 60 min after the addition of biotin were quantified using ImageJ software on non-saturated images, and surface/total ratio was expressed as a surface GFP index (relative to control cells). Scale bar, 20 lm. Data are the mean ± SEM (n = 10 cells of 3 independent experiments). ***P < 0.001.

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HOPS complex component, VPS39 [64]; iv) the finding that downregulation of VPS39 not only mimics RAB2A loss-of-function phenotypes, but also prevents RAB2A-induced increase in MT1MMP-dependent matrix degradation activity. It is of note that the action of RAB2A is specifically restricted to the control of postendocytic transport of MT1-MMP that is internalized from PM. It must be pointed out that MT1-MMP, at the PM, is thought to be rapidly inactivated by association with tissue inhibitors of metalloproteases [65] that are particularly abundant in cancer cells [3,16]. Hence, a fraction of MT1-MMP must be constantly delivered from intracellular endosomal compartment to PM invadopodia, where its transient activity can be exerted before inhibition ensues [66]. This mode of action accounts also for the finding that total surface MT1-MMP is not affected by the loss of RAB2A, which, instead, specifically impairs endosomal recycling of the protease. Mechanistically, how RAB2 controls this step remains to be investigated. However, preliminary evidence indicates that the loss of RAB2A as well as VPS39 dramatically impairs the motility of MT1MMP-positive late endosomes, which aberrantly accumulate around the nucleus. The motility and spatial alterations of endosomal compartment caused by RAB2A silencing likely impede the delivery of MT1-MMP to invadopodia, presumably by impacting on microtubule transport as it has been recently proposed [67]: a possibility that is currently under investigation. It is also noteworthy that it is primarily activated RAB2A to be found on late endosomal structures. This suggests that some cell types may have learned to use the function of a Golgi localized key factor, such as RAB2A, for subsequent regulation of endosomal function. This unconventional function may be promoted by and eventually exploited in all those situations where aberrant elevation of RAB2A levels is selected, such as in human BC. In summary, our data reveal that RAB2A is new critical membrane trafficking players in the regulation of mesenchymal properties of normal and tumorigenic cells and a critical determinant of an invasive, proteolytic mode of BC progression. They further highlight the extraordinary flexibility of the trafficking circuitries which can be adapted to control the proper location, activity of diverse cargos, increasing tumor cells plasticity, and ultimately enhancing tumor progression.

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were designed to target human RAB2A mRNA with web-based software from RNAi Codex (cancan.cshl.edu/cgi-bin/Codex/Tools.cgi). After synthesized, the double-strand oligos were inserted to the vector pENTR/U6 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and recombined to pSLIK-hygro. Lentiviruses from the plasmids were infected to MDAMB-231 cells. Real-time PCR was performed to validate gene silencing efficiency of these shRNA after 3 days with 400 ng/ml doxycycline treatments. The double-strand oligo-DNAs with the best silencing efficiency for RAB2A were as follows: 50 -AGCGCGGAGCTTTACTAGTTTACGATTAGTGAAGCCACAGA TGTAATCGTAAACTAGTAAAGCTCCT-30 and 50 -GGCAAGGAGCTTTACTAGTTTACGATTACATCTGTGGCTTCA CTAATCGTAAACTAGTAAAGCTCCG-30 . Antibodies used were as follows: rabbit polyclonal anti-RAB2A (#15420-1-AP, Proteintech), mouse monoclonal anti-MT1-MMP (#MAB9181, R&D Systems); rabbit polyclonal anti-RAB7 (#9367, Cell Signaling Technology); goat polyclonal anti-EEA1 (N-19) (#sc6415, Santa Cruz Biotechnology, Inc.); mouse monoclonal anti-Ecadherin (#610181), GM130 (#610822), and P-cadherin (#610228) (BD Transduction Laboratories); mouse anti-actin (clone AC-74), FLAG (#F1804), a-tubulin (clone DM1A), and vinculin (clone hVIN-1) (Sigma-Aldrich); sheep polyclonal anti-TGN46 (#AHP500GT, Serotec); mouse monoclonal anti-E-cadherin (SHE78-7), rabbit polyclonal anti-ZO-1 (#PA5-21965), mouse monoclonal anti-calnexin (#MA3-027) (Thermo Fisher Scientific); mouse anti-ERGIC-53 (#ALX-804-602, Enzo Life Sciences); mouse monoclonal anti-MT1MMP (LEM-2/15.8, EMD Millipore); and mouse monoclonal anti-a5/ b1 (clone P1D6, Immunological Sciences). Mouse anti-myc (hybridoma 9E10) was produced in-house in our departmental antibody facility. Rabbit immunopurified anti-GFP was a gift from Jan Faix (Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany). The following materials were used: recombinant human HGF (PROSPEC); GM6001 (EMD Millipore); calcein AM (Corning Life Sciences); rat-tail type I collagen High Concentration, Matrigel Basement Membrane Matrix High Concentration (BD Transduction Laboratories); TRITC/FITC-phalloidin (Sigma-Aldrich); gelatin from pig skin, Oregon Green 488 Conjugate, Alexa Fluor 594 protein labeling kit, CyQUANT Cell Proliferation Assay Kit, BioCoat Matrigel Invasion Chamber with GFR Matrigel Matrix (Thermo Fisher scientific); and Cultrex 3D Spheroid Cell Invasion Assay (Trevigen). siRNA experiments

Plasmids, antibodies, and reagents The plasmids pKKACEMam1-N-EGFP-Vps39 and pKKACEMam1-NEGFP-Vps41 were gifts from K. Kontani (Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan). Str-KDEL_ManII-SBP-EGFP, StrKDEL_SBP-EGFP-GPI, and Str-KDEL_SBP-EGFP-E-cadherin were gifts from F. Perez (Institute Curie, Paris, France) based on the pIRESneo3 (Takara Bio Inc.). Murine RAB2A was amplified from mouse embryonic fibroblast cDNA and inserted into pEGFP vector (Takara Bio Inc.) or pCMV vector with FLAG tag. Constitutively, active (Q65L) and dominant-negative (S20N) RAB2A mutants were generated by PCR-mediated mutagenesis. For overexpression by lentiviral infection, FLAG-tagged mouse RAB2A was subcloned in pENTRY vector and recombined to TET ON pSLIK-hygro (Addgene). For shRNA for human RAB2A, three pairs of cDNA oligonucleotides

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All the sequences of Silencer Select siRNAs (Thermo Fisher Scientific) are shown as a table (Appendix Table S2). For all siRNA experiments, Silencer Select Negative Control No. 2 siRNA (Thermo Fisher Scientific) was used as scrambled siRNA (siNC). Cell lines BT474, BT483, HCC1954, HEK293T, HMEC, JIMT-1, MCF7, MCF10A, MDA-MB-175, MDA-MB-231, MX-1, UACC-812, and ZR75-1HeLa, HT1080, BT-20, BT-549, SUM-149, HCC-1428, HS-578T, 4T1, U937, and MDA-MB-231 cells were obtained from ATCC and grown according to ATCC specifications. MCF10.DCIS.com cells were described in [44]. MDA-MB-231 cells stably expressing MT1MMP-pHLuorin were previously described [44]. MCF10ANeoT and


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MCF10ACA1a cells were obtained from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Center (Detroit, MI, USA). Screening by matrix degradation ViewPlate-96 Black, Optically Clear Bottom (PerkinElmer) microplates were coated with 0.25 mg/ml gelatin from pig skin, Oregon Green 488 Conjugate, and cross-linked with 0.5% glutaraldehyde. MDA-MB-231 cells were reverse-transfected with siRNA (5 nM) using Lipofectamine RNAiMAX transfection reagent (Thermo Fisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer’s instructions in the presence of 20 lM GM6001. Two days after transfection, each well was replaced with fresh media without GM6001. After further one-day incubation to allow gelatin degradation, plates were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with 0.2% Triton X-100, washed in PBS, and stained with DAPI and TRITC-phalloidin. Matrix degradation assay Labeling of gelatin with the Alexa Fluor 594 dye was performed using the Alexa Fluor 594 protein labeling kit according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Glass coverslips (20 mm in diameter) were coated with 2 mg/ml Alexa Fluor 594–gelatin and cross-linked with 0.5% glutaraldehyde. Cells were plated onto matrix-coated coverslips and incubated at 37°C to allow degradation by 100 ng/ml HGF, then fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, permeabilized with 0.2% Triton X-100, washed in PBS, and stained with DAPI and FITC-phalloidin. Matrix degradation activity was measured by counting the number of cells degrading gelatin identified as dark black foci (similar results were obtained by measuring the total relative area of degradation with respect to total area of degradation in control samples normalized for the number of cells). Inverse invasion assay Inverse invasion assays were performed as described previously [46,68]. Briefly, Matrigel was diluted in an equal volume of ice-cold PBS supplemented with 25 lg/ml fibronectin. 100 ll of the diluted Matrigel mix was pipetted into a transwell inserts containing permeable support polycarbonate membrane of 8.0 lm pore size, inserted into a well of a 24-well tissue culture plate, and left to set at 37°C. The transwells were then inverted, and 4 × 104 MDA-MB-231 cells were seeded on the other side of the filter for 4 h at 37°C, covered with the lid of 24-well tissue culture plate. The transwells were inverted again, washed three times with serum-free medium, and finally placed with 600 ll of serum-free medium at the lower chamber of the plate, while 100 ll of DMEM supplemented with 10% FCS and 100 ng/ml HGF was added on top of the transwell. In this assay, cells invade upwards in Matrigel toward the gradient of serum and HGF for up to 2 days. Cells were then stained with 4 lM calcein AM for 1 h at 37°C and viewed by confocal microscopy (Leica TCS SP2 microscope). Optical sections were captured at 5-lm intervals. The resulting images were analyzed and quantified by ImageJ software. Cells in the 20 lm or 50 lm section and above were considered invasive for quantitation purposes. Data were generated from three different transwells, and optical sections were taken from three areas of each transwell.

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IHC analysis Immunohistochemical (IHC) analysis of RAB2A expression was performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue microarrays, prepared with tumor breast specimens, using a commercial rabbit anti-RAB2A antibody (Proteintech, Catalog number: 15420-1-AP) which was tested for specificity (see Appendix Fig S3A) used at a dilution of 1:500 following an antigen retrieval procedure in citrate pH 6.0. Immunocomplexes were visualized by the EnVisionTM+ HRP Rabbit (DAB+) kit (DAKO) (Catalog number: K4011), and acquired with the Aperio ScanScope system (Leica Biosystems). RAB2A high expression was initially defined as low (IHC score 0.5– 1), moderate (IHC score 1.5–2), or high (IHC score 3). Since only RAB2A high expressing tumor shows the worst prognosis, and low or moderate RAB2A expression shows overlapping Kaplan–Meier curves and no statistical differences in a univariate Cox proportional hazards model test (see Appendix Fig S3C), we categorized tumor samples in high expression and low–moderate expression and presenting data as high vs. low protein expression. P-values (Pearson) were measured by chi-square test. For univariate and multivariate analysis, hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence intervals were obtained from the Cox proportional regression method. Data analysis was performed using JMP 10.0 statistical software (SAS Institute, Inc). Quantification of secreted matrix metalloproteinase-related proteins Confluent BC cells were cultured in serum-free medium for 24 h. The conditioned medium was collected, and matrix metalloprotease-related proteins in the medium were detected with Quantibody Human MMP Array 1 (RayBiotech), a multiplexed sandwich ELISA-based array platform, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Images were acquired by GenePix 4000B Microarray Scanner and quantified by GenePix Pro 5.1 software (Molecular Devices). Flow cytometric analysis Expression of MT1-MMP or integrin at the cell surface was analyzed by flow cytometry as described previously [31]. Briefly, 5 × 105 cells were harvested and incubated with mouse anti-MT1-MMP or mouse anti-integrin a5b1 at 4°C for 1 h and then incubated with the secondary antibody at 4°C for 1 h. After fixation with 4% paraformaldehyde, fluorescence-activated cell sorting data were acquired with the FACSCanto (Becton Dickinson) flow cytometer. Analysis was performed using FlowJo version 4.6.2 (Treestar). Zymography Confluent MCF10.DCIS.com cells were cultured in serum-free medium for 24 h. The conditioned medium was harvested and mixed with non-reducing SDS gel sample buffer and applied without boiling to 8% polyacrylamide gel containing 1 mg/ml gelatin. After electrophoresis, the gels were washed twice in 100 ml of 2.5% Triton X-100 for 30 min at room temperature and incubated in developing buffer (50 mM Tris–HCl (pH 7.6), 5 mM CaCl2, 200 mM NaCl) at 37°C for 20 h. Gels were stained with Coomassie Brilliant

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Blue (CBB) and destained appropriately. The intensities of the bands in zymogram gels were quantified by ImageJ. MT1-MMP-pHLuorin exocytosis assay MDA-MB-231 cells stably expressing MT1-MMP-pHluorin were plated on 28-mm coverslips coated with 2.2 mg/ml polymerized type I collagen. Cells were incubated for 1 h at 37°C, and images were acquired for 20 min by TIRF microscopy (4 images/min). The number of exocytic events of MT1-MMP-pHluorin (i.e., GFP flashes) was manually measured per minute and per cell as described [20]. RUSH system Standard procedures using RUSH system were as previously described [62]. MCF10A cells were transiently transfected with plasmids encoding both the hook and the reporter by FuGENE HD (Promega). Cells are placed on gelatin-coated coverslips in the media containing 100 nM avidin for retention of the reporter efficiently. 40 lM D-biotin final was introduced at time 0 to release the reporter. For cell surface labeling, fixed cells without permeabilization cells are immunostained with rabbit anti-GFP followed by incubation with anti-rabbit Alexa Fluor 568conjugated antibody. Co-immunoprecipitation Standard procedures of co-immunoprecipitation were as described previously [69]. In brief, HEK293T cells were transiently transfected using Lipofectamine 2000 (Thermo Fisher Scientific) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. 48 h after transfection, cells were solubilized with 0.4 ml buffer A consisting of 40 mM Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.4), 75 mM NaCl, 15 mM NaF, 1 mM Na3VO4, 10 mM Na4P2O7, 2 mM EDTA, 1% NP-40, and Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set III, EDTA-Free (EMD Millipore). The supernatants were precleared and immunoprecipitated with Protein G Fast Flow (10 ll) conjugated with 2 lg of anti-FLAG monoclonal antibody. After incubation at 4°C for 90 min, the resin was washed three times with TBS containing 0.1% NP-40 and three more times with 100 ll buffer consisting of 75 mM Tris–HCl (pH 7.6), 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, and 0.1% NP-40. Immunoprecipitated proteins were incubated with Laemmli buffer containing b-mercaptoethanol, boiled and analyzed by SDS–PAGE for immunoblotting detection with anti-FLAG, antiGFP, and anti-a tubulin antibodies followed by incubation with secondary antibodies coupled to horseradish peroxidase (Cell Signaling). GST pull-down The association between RAB2A and myc-tagged VPS39 or VPS41 was assayed as described previously [69] with small modifications. HEK293T cells were transfected with pCMV5 that contains the cDNA encoding myc-VPS39 or VPS41. The cells were solubilized with lysis buffer containing 20 mM Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.4), 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT, 5 mM MgCl2, 15 mM NaF, 1 mM Na3VO4, 1% (3-[(3cholamidopropyl)-dimethylammonio]-1-propanesulfonate (CHAPS), and Protease Inhibitor Cocktail Set III, EDTA-Free. GST-fused RAB2A mutants were induced by isopropyl b-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside

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treatment of pGEX6P-1-transformed DH5a E. coli bacteria, and bound to glutathione Sepharose 4B (GE Healthcare Life Sciences). To prepare guanosine 50 -[c-thio] triphosphate (GTPcS)- and GDPbound forms of RAB2A, the GST-RAB2A Q65L or S20N mutants bound to resin were incubated with GTPcS or GDP (1 mM), respectively, at room temperature for 90 min in 20 mM Hepes-NaOH (pH 7.4), 100 mM NaCl, 1 mM DTT, 10 mM EDTA, and 5 mM MgCl2. The resin was washed with lysis buffer containing 1 mM GTPcS or GDP to terminate the reaction, followed by incubation with HEK293T lysates at 4°C for 2 h. The resin was washed three times with lysis buffer containing 10 lM nucleotide and another three times with lysis buffer containing 250 mM NaCl without CHAPS. Proteins bound to resin were boiled in Laemmli buffer containing bmercaptoethanol, and analyzed by SDS–PAGE for CBB staining or immunoblotting detection with anti-myc. 3D invasion assay Cultrex 3D Spheroid Cell Invasion Assay kit (Trevigen) was used for 3D invasion assay, according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Invasive activity of each spheroid was quantified as the surface area of the invasive structure by using ImageJ. 3D morphological analysis of cells embedded in Matrigel Neutralized collagen I (Vitrogen) with 0.1 M NaOH, 0.1 M HCl, and PBS was mixed with Matrigel such that the final collagen concentration is 1.6 mg/ml on ice. 50 ll of the mixed gel was spread to each 8-well chamber slide (ibidi) and incubated at 37°C to be solidified. On the thin layer of mixed gel, MCF10.DCIS.com (2.5 × 103) cells were plated with 400 ll of the medium containing 2% Matrigel solution and 5 ng/ml EGF, and incubated for 4 days to allow spheroid formation. 20 ng/ml HGF was added to each chamber to promote invasion, and images were acquired at every 2 days. Individual acini were outlined and circularity determined using ImageJ with a value of 1 representing perfect circularity. Quantitative RT–PCR Total RNA was extracted from cells with RNeasy kit (QIAGEN). 1.5 lg of total RNA was used for reverse transcription (Superscript Vilo; Thermo Fisher Scientific). GAPDH or 18S ribosomal RNA was used as internal controls. PCR experiments were performed in triplicate, and standard deviations calculated and displayed as error bars. Primer assay IDs were as follows: furin, Hs00965485_g1; GAPDH, Hs99999905_m1; MT1-MMP, Hs00237119_m1; N-WASP, Hs00187614_ m1; RAB2A, Hs00234094_m1; RAB18, Hs00222021_m1; RAB20, Hs00215134_m1; RAB23, Hs00212407_m1; RAB26, Hs00205016_ m1; RAB28, Hs01017480_m1; RAB33A, Hs00191243_m1; RAB36, Hs01016871_m1; TKS5, Hs00206037_m1; VPS39, Hs00385779_m1; and VPS41, Hs00205216_m1 (Thermo Fisher Scientific). All the data are shown as mean SD (n > 3). Image acquisition RAB GTPase screening was performed on an inverted microscope (Olympus) equipped with a 20× objective lens (LUC Plan FLN 20×/0.45, Olympus). Confocal microscopy was performed on a


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