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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY
卷 185, 期 5, 页码 1457-1470出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2015.01.011
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- Integrative Research on Cancer Microenvironment Network [22112002]
- Global Center of Excellence Program (Integrative Life Science Based on the Study of Biosignaling Mechanisms) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, Japan
- Takeda Science Foundation
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [22700967]
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists [24-3881]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22112002, 22112001] Funding Source: KAKEN
Cancer progression involves a rare population of undifferentiated cancer-initiating cells that have stem cell-like properties for self-renewal capacity and high tumorigenicity. We investigated how maintenance of pancreatic cancer-initiating cells is influenced by Smad4, which is frequently deleted or mutated in pancreatic cancers cells. Smad4 silencing up-regulated the expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase 1A1 (ALDH1A1) mRNA, whereas forced expression of Smad4 in pancreatic cancer cells down-regulated it. Smad4 and ALDH1 expression inversely correlated in some human clinical pancreatic adenocarcinoma tissues, suggesting that ALDH1 in pancreatic cancer cells was associated with decreased Smad4 expression. We then examined whether ALDH1 served as a marker of pancreatic cancer-initiating cells. Pancreatic cancer cells contained ALDH1(hi) cells in 3% to 10% of total cells, with high tumorigenic potential. Because Smad4 is a major mediator of transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta family signaling, we investigated the regulatory mechanism of ALDH activity by TGF-beta and bone morphogenetic proteins. Treatment with TGF-beta attenuated ALDH1(hi) cells in several pancreatic cancer cells, whereas bone morphogenetic protein-4 was not as potent. Biochemical experiments revealed that TGF-beta regulated ALDH1A1 mRNA transcription through binding of Smad4 to its regulatory sequence. It appears that TGF-beta negatively regulates ALDH1 expression in pancreatic cancer cells in a Smad-dependent manner and in turn impairs the activity of pancreatic cancer initiating cells.
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