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NATURE GENETICS
卷 40, 期 12, 页码 1436-1444出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ng.256
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- Cancer Research UK
- Wales Gene Park
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Swiss Cancer League
- EU
- MRC [G0301154] Funding Source: UKRI
- Medical Research Council [G0301154] Funding Source: researchfish
PTEN acts as a tumor suppressor in a range of tissue types and has been implicated in the regulation of intestinal stem cells. To study Pten function in the intestine, we used various conditional transgenic strategies to specifically delete Pten from the mouse intestinal epithelium. We show that Pten loss specifically within the adult or embryonic epithelial cell population does not affect the normal architecture or homeostasis of the epithelium. However, loss of Pten in the context of Apc deficiency accelerates tumorigenesis through increased activation of Akt, leading to rapid development of adenocarcinoma. We conclude that Pten is redundant in otherwise normal intestinal epithelium and epithelial stem cells but, in the context of activated Wnt signaling, suppresses progression to adenocarcinoma through modulation of activated Akt levels.
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