| Autor: |
Ahmed Benhasouna, Mohammad Ilyas, Abdulkader M. Albasri, Rashmi Seth, Abdolrahman S. Nateri, Roger W. Chapman, Simon Crook, Darryl Jackson |
| Rok vydání: |
2008 |
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| Zdroj: |
The Journal of Pathology. 218:57-65 |
| ISSN: |
0022-3417 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/path.2508 |
| Popis: |
The Tensin gene family encodes proteins thought to modulate integrin function. C-terminal Tensin-like (CTEN) is a member of the Tensin gene family which lacks the N-terminus actin-binding domain. Cten is reported to have both oncogenic and tumour-suppressor functions. We investigated the role that Cten may play in colorectal cancer (CRC). By quantitative RT-PCR CTEN is up-regulated (i.e. > two-fold increase) in 62% of cell lines and 69% of tumours compared with normal mucosa, consistent with CTEN being a possible oncogene. Stable transfection of HCT116 and SW480 (CRC cell lines with low endogenous Cten expression) with a Cten expression vector gave identical results in both cell lines. Forced Cten expression did not cause change in cell numbers, although it did confer resistance to staurosporine-induced apoptosis (p < 0.005). Cten also induced epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in tumour cells accompanied by a significant increase in both cell migration (transwell migration and cell wounding assays, p < 0.001 and p < 0.05, respectively) and cell invasion (invasion through Matrigel, p < 0.001). Given the observed EMT, we investigated the levels of E-cadherin. Cten induction was associated with a reduction in E-cadherin protein expression but not levels of E-cadherin mRNA. These data suggest that CTEN is an oncogene in CRC which stimulates EMT, cell migration and invasion and may therefore have a role in tumour invasion/spread. Furthermore, Cten induction is associated with post-transcriptional repression of E-cadherin. |
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OpenAIRE |
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