Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 26, Issue 21, Pages 3020-3026Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210115
Keywords
phospholipase C-gamma; tumor dissemination; lung metastases; breast carcinoma; polyoma middle T antigen; TRAMP mouse
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Phospholipase C-gamma ( PLC gamma) has been implicated in tumor cell motility required for invasiveness and metastasis. Diminished tumor dissemination has been demonstrated in xenograft models, but studies in naturally-occurring tumors are lacking, having been limited by the timing of the interventions. Therefore, we generated mice that express a doxycycline ( DOX)-inducible dominant-negative fragment of PLC gamma, PLCz; this approach avoids the in utero lethality caused by the absence of PLC gamma. As we targeted two de novo-occurring carcinomas of the mammary ( MMTV-driven polyoma middle T antigen model, PyVmT) and prostate ( TRAMP model) glands, we limited expression to these epithelial cells by driving DOX transactivator from the prostatein C3 promoter. This avoids the confounding variable of potentially abrogating motility in stromal and endothelial cells. These mice developed normally in the presence of DOX, except for limited mammary development if treated before 6 weeks and immaturity of the prostate gland if treated before 2 weeks of age. DOX-mediated induction of PLCz from age 8 to 16 weeks in PyVmT mice decreased the number of lung metastases by > 10-fold ( P < 0.06) without a detectable effect on in situ tumor cell proliferation or tumor size. Lung metastases were also significantly decreased in the TRAMP model in which the mice expressed the PLCz fragment ( P < 0.05). DOX treatment itself had no effect on tumor size or metastasis in control mice, nor did it affect tumor dissemination in nontransgenic littermates. In conclusion, abrogation of the PLC gamma signaling pathway can limit the metastatic potential of carcinomas.
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