Analysis of Golgi Secretory Functions in Cancer

Methods Mol Biol. 2023:2557:785-810. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2639-9_47.

Abstract

Cancer cells utilize secretory pathways for paracrine signaling and extracellular matrix remodeling to facilitate directional cell migration, invasion, and metastasis. The Golgi apparatus is a central secretory signaling hub that is often deregulated in cancer. Here we described technologies that utilize microscopic, biochemical, and proteomic approaches to analyze Golgi secretory functions in genetically heterogeneous cancer cell lines.

Keywords: Cancer; Confocal microscopy; Golgi apparatus; Live-cell imaging; Proteomics; Quantitative image analysis; Secretion; Subcellular fractionation; Vesicle trafficking.

MeSH terms

  • Golgi Apparatus / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms* / pathology
  • Proteomics*
  • Secretory Pathway
  • Signal Transduction