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MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 1786-1793Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0196
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR017698, P20 RR17698] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [P30 GM103336] Funding Source: Medline
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Colorectal cancer risk is increased in shift workers with presumed circadian disruption. Intestinal epithelial cell proliferation is gated throughout each day by the circadian clock. Period 2 (Per2) is a key circadian clock gene. Pert mutant (Per2(m/m)) mice show an increase in lymphomas and deregulated expression of cyclin D and c-Myc genes that are key to proliferation control. We asked whether Pert clock gene inactivation would accelerate intestinal and colonic tumorigenesis. The effects of PER2 on cell proliferation and beta-catenin were studied in colon cancer cell lines by its down-regulation following RNA interference. The effects of Pert inactivation in vivo on beta-catenin and on intestinal and colonic polyp formation were studied in mice with Pert mutation alone and in combination with an Apc mutation using polyp-prone Apc(Min/+) mice. Down-regulation of PER2 in colon cell lines (HCT116 and SW480) increases beta-catenin, cyclin D, and cell proliferation. Down-regulation of beta-catenin along with Pert blocks the increase in cyclin D and cell proliferation. Per2(m/m) mice develop colonic polyps and show an increase in small intestinal mucosa beta-catenin and cyclin D protein levels compared with wild-type mice. Apc(Min/+)Per(2m/m) m mice develop twice the number of small intestinal and colonic polyps, with more severe anemia and splenomegaly, compared with Apc(Min/+) mice. These data suggest that Pert gene product suppresses tumorigenesis in the small intestine and colon by down-regulation of beta-catenin and beta-catenin target genes, and this circadian core clock gene may represent a novel target for colorectal cancer prevention and control. (Mol Cancer Res 2008;6(11):1786-93)
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