Increased Wnt signaling triggers oncogenic conversion of human breast epithelial cells by a Notch-dependent mechanism.


Autoria(s): Ayyanan A.; Civenni G.; Ciarloni L.; Morel C.; Mueller N.; Lefort K.; Mandinova A.; Raffoul W.; Fiche M.; Dotto G.P.; Brisken C.
Data(s)

2006

Resumo

Wnt and Notch signaling have long been established as strongly oncogenic in the mouse mammary gland. Aberrant expression of several Wnts and other components of this pathway in human breast carcinomas has been reported, but evidence for a causative role in the human disease has been missing. Here we report that increased Wnt signaling, as achieved by ectopic expression of Wnt-1, triggers the DNA damage response (DDR) and an ensuing cascade of events resulting in tumorigenic conversion of primary human mammary epithelial cells. Wnt-1-transformed cells have high telomerase activity and compromised p53 and Rb function, grow as spheres in suspension, and in mice form tumors that closely resemble medullary carcinomas of the breast. Notch signaling is up-regulated through a mechanism involving increased expression of the Notch ligands Dll1, Dll3, and Dll4 and is required for expression of the tumorigenic phenotype. Increased Notch signaling in primary human mammary epithelial cells is sufficient to reproduce some aspects of Wnt-induced transformation. The relevance of these findings for human breast cancer is supported by the fact that expression of Wnt-1 and Wnt-4 and of established Wnt target genes, such as Axin-2 and Lef-1, as well as the Notch ligands, such as Dll3 and Dll4, is up-regulated in human breast carcinomas.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_AFC422D7E278

isbn:0027-8424 (Print)

pmid:16501043

doi:10.1073/pnas.0600065103

isiid:000236225300054

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en

Fonte

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 103, no. 10, pp. 3799-3804

Palavras-Chave #Animals; Breast/cytology; Breast/metabolism; Breast Neoplasms/etiology; Breast Neoplasms/metabolism; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism; Cells, Cultured; DNA Damage; Epithelial Cells/metabolism; Female; Humans; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Knockout; RNA, Messenger/genetics; RNA, Messenger/metabolism; RNA, Neoplasm/genetics; RNA, Neoplasm/metabolism; Receptors, Notch/metabolism; Signal Transduction; Wnt1 Protein/genetics; Wnt1 Protein/metabolism
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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