Reversible Tumorigenesis Induced by Deficiency of Vasodilator-Stimulated Phosphoprotein
Autor: | Keyi Liu, Limin Li, Stanley N. Cohen, Joel A. Jessee, Chris Gruber, Paul E. Nisson |
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Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Complementary Cell division Molecular Sequence Data Mice Nude macromolecular substances Biology Transfection Mice Transformation Genetic Neoplasms Sense (molecular biology) Animals RNA Antisense Neoplastic transformation RNA Messenger Promoter Regions Genetic Cell Growth and Development Molecular Biology Base Sequence Microfilament Proteins Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein Contact inhibition 3T3 Cells Cell Biology Phosphoproteins Molecular biology Clone Cells Antisense RNA Cell biology Phenotype Gene Expression Regulation Phosphoprotein Cell Adhesion Molecules Gene Deletion |
Zdroj: | Molecular and Cellular Biology. 19:3696-3703 |
ISSN: | 1098-5549 |
Popis: | Random homozygous knockout (RHKO) is an antisense RNA strategy capable of identifying genes whose homozygous functional inactivation yields a selectable phenotype in cells growing in culture. Using this approach, we isolated NIH 3T3 fibroblast clones that showed the ability to form colonies on 0.5% agar and tumors in nude mice. The gene inactivated in one of these clones was found to encode VASP (vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein), a previously identified protein that binds to components of the cadherin-catenin junctional complex and has been implicated in cell-cell interactions, the formation of actin filaments, and the transmission of signals at the cytoskeleton-membrane interface. Fibroblasts made deficient in VASP by RHKO showed loss of contact inhibition, and consequently, continued cell division past confluence. Restoration of VASP function by reversal of RHKO yielded cells that had lost the neoplastic capabilities acquired during RHKO. Overproduction of VASP mRNA in the sense or antisense orientation from expression constructs introduced by transfection into naive NIH 3T3 fibroblasts also resulted in neoplastic transformation, implying that normal cell growth may require the maintenance of VASP expression within a narrow range. Our results implicate VASP in tumorigenesis and/or cancer progression. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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