CAV1 and melanoma: Thus, it is likely that decrease in Cav-1 levels acts as an upstream event in deactivation of intrinsic Akt and ERK growth stimulatory signals in highly metastatic melanoma cells (A375 and B16F10) whereas in non-metastatic melanoma cells (B16F1) no such effect was detected (Figure 6B, C, Additional file3: Figure S2D respectively).