期刊
GENES
卷 9, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes9090439
关键词
colorectal cancer; conditional gene inactivation; epithelium; gut; organoids; TCF7L2; tumorigenesis; Wnt signaling
资金
- Czech Science Foundation [15-25100S]
- Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) [LO1419]
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic [RVO 68378050, ASCR L200521751]
- ASCR [L200521751]
- Grant Agency of Charles University in Prague [274815]
- CCP [LM2015040]
- MEYS [LM2015062]
- OPPK [CZ.2.16/3.1.00/21547]
- [OP RDI CZ.1.05/2.1.00/19.0395]
T-cell factor 4 (TCF4), together with beta-catenin coactivator, functions as the major transcriptional mediator of the canonical wingless/integrated (Wnt) signaling pathway in the intestinal epithelium. The pathway activity is essential for both intestinal homeostasis and tumorigenesis. To date, several mouse models and cellular systems have been used to analyze TCF4 function. However, some findings were conflicting, especially those that were related to the defects observed in the mouse gastrointestinal tract after Tcf4 gene deletion, or to a potential tumor suppressive role of the gene in intestinal cancer cells or tumors. Here, we present the results obtained using a newly generated conditional Tcf4 allele that allows inactivation of all potential Tcf4 isoforms in the mouse tissue or small intestinal and colon organoids. We also employed the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system to disrupt the TCF4 gene in human cells. We showed that in adult mice, epithelial expression of Tcf4 is indispensable for cell proliferation and tumor initiation. However, in human cells, the TCF4 role is redundant with the related T-cell factor 1 (TCF1) and lymphoid enhancer-binding factor 1 (LEF1) transcription factors.
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