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FASEB JOURNAL
Volume 26, Issue 12, Pages 5002-5013Publisher
FEDERATION AMER SOC EXP BIOL
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-209247
Keywords
polycomb; stemness; self-renewal; Jagged-1
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- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Korean Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology (MEST) [2011K000803]
- Bio and Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation
- MEST [2011-0027836]
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Mel-18 has been proposed as a negative regulator of Bmi-1, a cancer stem cell (CSC) marker, but it is still unclear whether Mel-18 is involved in CSC regulation. Here, we examined the effect of Mel-18 on the stemness of human breast CSCs. In Mel-18 small hairpin RNA (shRNA)-transduced MCF-7 cells, side population (SP) cells and breast CSC surface marker (CD44(+)/CD24(-)/ESA(+))-expressing cells, which imply a CSC population, were enriched. Moreover, the self-renewal of CSCs was enhanced by Mel-18 knockdown, as measured by the ability for tumorsphere formation in vitro and tumor-initiating capacity in vivo. Similarly, Mel-18 overexpression inhibited the number and self-renewal activity of breast CSCs in SK-BR-3 cells. Furthermore, our data showed that Mel-18 blockade up-regulated the expression of the Wnt/TCF target Jagged-1, a Notch ligand, and consequently activated the Notch pathway. Pharmacologic inhibition of the Notch and Wnt pathways abrogated Mel-18 knockdown-mediated tumorsphere formation ability. Taken together, our findings suggest that Mel-18 is a novel negative regulator of breast CSCs that inhibits the stem cell population and in vitro and in vivo self-renewal through the inactivation of Wnt-mediated Notch signaling.-Won, H.-Y., Lee, J.-Y., Shin, D.-H., Park, J.-H., Nam, J.-S., Kim, H.-C., Kong, G. Loss of Mel-18 enhances breast cancer stem cell activity and tumorigenicity through activating Notch signaling mediated by the Wnt/TCF pathway. FASEB J. 26, 5002-5013 (2012). www.fasebj.org
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