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Oncogene ; 32(16): 2048-57, 2013 Apr 18.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22665058

ABSTRACT

A role for WNT signalling in gastric carcinogenesis has been suggested due to two major observations. First, patients with germline mutations in adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) are susceptible to stomach polyps and second, in gastric cancer, WNT activation confers a poor prognosis. However, the functional significance of deregulated WNT signalling in gastric homoeostasis and cancer is still unclear. In this study we have addressed this by investigating the immediate effects of WNT signalling activation within the stomach epithelium. We have specifically activated the WNT signalling pathway within the mouse adult gastric epithelium via deletion of either glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) or APC or via expression of a constitutively active ß-catenin protein. WNT pathway deregulation dramatically affects stomach homoeostasis at very short latencies. In the corpus, there is rapid loss of parietal cells with fundic gland polyp (FGP) formation and adenomatous change, which are similar to those observed in familial adenomatous polyposis. In the antrum, adenomas occur from 4 days post-WNT activation. Taken together, these data show a pivotal role for WNT signalling in gastric homoeostasis, FGP formation and adenomagenesis. Loss of the parietal cell population and corresponding FGP formation, an early event in gastric carcinogenesis, as well as antral adenoma formation are immediate effects of nuclear ß-catenin translocation and WNT target gene expression. Furthermore, our inducible murine model will permit a better understanding of the molecular changes required to drive tumourigenesis in the stomach.


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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli/metabolism , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism , Stomach Neoplasms/metabolism , Wnt Proteins/metabolism , Adenomatous Polyposis Coli/genetics , Adenomatous Polyposis Coli/pathology , Animals , Cell Differentiation/physiology , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics , Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology , Disease Models, Animal , Mice , Mice, Inbred C57BL , Signal Transduction , Stomach Neoplasms/genetics , Stomach Neoplasms/pathology , Transgenes , Wnt Proteins/genetics , beta Catenin/genetics , beta Catenin/metabolism
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Oncogene ; 29(17): 2585-90, 2010 Apr 29.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-20140021

ABSTRACT

The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene encodes APC tumour suppressor protein, germline mutation of which causes familial adenomatous polyposis, an autosomal intestinal cancer syndrome. We have previously demonstrated that the proto-oncogene c-Myc is essential for all the phenotypes that occur after APC loss in the murine small intestine. One caveat to this study is that it was performed in the complete absence of c-Myc. In this study, we show that heterozygosity for Myc reduces the phenotypes of APC loss and Wnt target gene expression and slows tumourigenesis. Crucially, the levels of Myc are twofold higher than wild-type levels showing that the level of Myc induced by Wnt signalling is absolutely vital for the fate of APC-deficient cells. Taken together, this suggests that c-Myc inhibition may be a viable chemoprevention strategy for colorectal cancer.


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Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein/deficiency , Genes, myc/physiology , Intestine, Small/chemistry , Animals , Genes, APC/physiology , Mice , Phenotype , beta Catenin/physiology
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