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CANCER RESEARCH
Volume 69, Issue 19, Pages 7603-7611Publisher
AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-2066
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- National Cancer Institute [CA084136-12, CA115160]
- V-Foundation
- American Lung Association/LUNGevity
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Protein kinase C iota (PKC iota) is an oncogene required for maintenance of the transformed phenotype of non-small cell lung cancer cells. However, the role of PKC iota, in lung tumor development has not been investigated. To address this question, we established a mouse model in which oncogenic Kras(G12D) is activated by Cre-mediated recombination in the lung with or without simultaneous genetic loss of the mouse PKC iota gene, Prkci. Genetic loss of Prkci dramatically inhibits Kras-initiated hyperplasia and subsequent lung tumor formation in vivo. This effect correlates with a defect in the ability of Prkci-deficient bronchioalveolar stem cells to undergo Kras-mediated expansion and morphologic transformation in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, the small molecule PKC iota inhibitor aurothiomalate inhibits Kras-mediated bronchioalveolar stem cell expansion and lung tumor growth in vivo. Thus, Prkci is required for oncogene-induced expansion and transformation of tumor-initiating lung stem cells. Furthermore, aurothiomalate is an effective antitumor agent that targets the tumor-initiating stem cell niche in vivo. These data have important implications for PKC iota as a therapeutic target and for the clinical use of aurothiomalate for lung cancer treatment. [Cancer Res 2009;69(19):7603-11]
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