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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 518-+出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ncb3513
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- German Research Foundation [SFB850/A4, SFB850/B2, SFB850/Z1, DFG BR 1399/9-1, DFG 1399/10-1, DFG BR4145/1-1]
- German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK)
Metastasis is the major cause of cancer-associated death. Partial activation of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition program (partial EMT) was considered a major driver of tumour progression from initiation to metastasis. However, the role of EMT in promoting metastasis has recently been challenged, in particular concerning effects of the Snail and Twist EMT transcription factors (EMT-TFs) in pancreatic cancer. In contrast, we show here that in the same pancreatic cancer model, driven by Pdx1-cre-mediated activation of mutant Kras and p53 (KPC model), the EMT-TF Zeb1 is a key factor for the formation of precursor lesions, invasion and notably metastasis. Depletion of Zeb1 suppresses stemness, colonization capacity and in particular phenotypic/metabolic plasticity of tumour cells, probably causing the observed in vivo effects. Accordingly, we conclude that different EMT-TFs have complementary subfunctions in driving pancreatic tumour metastasis. Therapeutic strategies should consider these potential specificities of EMT-TFs to target these factors simultaneously.
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