TSPAN6 is a suppressor of Ras-driven cancer

Autor: Patrick O, Humbert, Tamara Zoranovic, Pryjda, Blanka, Pranjic, Andrew, Farrell, Kohei, Fujikura, Ricardo, de Matos Simoes, Rezaul, Karim, Ivona, Kozieradzki, Shane J F, Cronin, G Gregory, Neely, Thomas F, Meyer, Astrid, Hagelkruys, Helena E, Richardson, Josef M, Penninger
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Oncogene. 41(14)
ISSN: 1476-5594
Popis: Oncogenic mutations in the small GTPase RAS contribute to ~30% of human cancers. In a Drosophila genetic screen, we identified novel and evolutionary conserved cancer genes that affect Ras-driven tumorigenesis and metastasis in Drosophila including confirmation of the tetraspanin Tsp29Fb. However, it was not known whether the mammalian Tsp29Fb orthologue, TSPAN6, has any role in RAS-driven human epithelial tumors. Here we show that TSPAN6 suppressed tumor growth and metastatic dissemination of human RAS activating mutant pancreatic cancer xenografts. Whole-body knockout as well as tumor cell autonomous inactivation using floxed alleles of Tspan6 in mice enhanced Kras
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