LCP1 and breast carcinoma: To this end, we have taken two parallel approaches: first, we have silenced L-plastin expression in two breast cancer cell lines initially expressing endogenous L-plastin and, second, we have neoexpressed L-plastin wild type or the phosphorylation variants L-plastin Ser5Ala (S5A, non-phosphorylatable) or L-plastin Ser5Glu (S5E, phosphomimetic) in breast cancer cells expressing only a low level or no endogenous L-plastin.