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Journal Article
Loss of Cell Adhesion Increases Tumorigenic Potential of Polarity Deficient Scribble Mutant Cells
2016
Overview
Epithelial polarity genes are important for maintaining tissue architecture, and regulating growth. The Drosophila neoplastic tumor suppressor gene scribble (scrib) belongs to the basolateral polarity complex. Loss of scrib results in disruption of its growth regulatory functions, and downregulation or mislocalization of Scrib is correlated to tumor growth. Somatic scribble mutant cells (scrib-) surrounded by wild-type cells undergo apoptosis, which can be prevented by introduction of secondary mutations that provide a growth advantage. Using genetic tools in Drosophila, we analyzed the phenotypic effects of loss of scrib in different growth promoting backgrounds. We investigated if a central mechanism that regulates cell adhesion governs the growth and invasive potential of scrib mutant cells. Here we show that increased proliferation, and survival abilities of scrib- cells in different genetic backgrounds affect their differentiation, and intercellular adhesion. Further, loss of scrib is sufficient to cause reduced cell survival, activation of the JNK pathway and a mild reduction of cell adhesion. Our data show that for scrib cells to induce aggressive tumor growth characterized by loss of differentiation, cell adhesion, increased proliferation and invasion, cooperative interactions that derail signaling pathways play an essential role in the mechanisms leading to tumorigenesis. Thus, our study provides new insights on the effects of loss of scrib and the modification of these effects via cooperative interactions that enhance the overall tumorigenic potential of scrib deficient cells.
Publisher
Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subject
Adherens Junctions - metabolism
/ Adhesion
/ Analysis
/ Animals
/ Cancer
/ Cloning
/ Drosophila melanogaster - cytology
/ Drosophila melanogaster - genetics
/ Drosophila melanogaster - growth & development
/ Drosophila Proteins - genetics
/ Drosophila Proteins - metabolism
/ Epithelial Cells - metabolism
/ Insects
/ JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases - metabolism
/ Kinases
/ Medicine and Health Sciences
/ Mutation
/ Polarity
/ Proteins
/ Research and Analysis Methods
/ Survival
/ Tumor Suppressor Proteins - genetics
/ Tumors
