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- Title
Id2, Id3 and Id4 overcome a Smad7-mediated block in tumorigenesis, generating TGF-β-independent melanoma.
- Authors
DiVito, Kyle A.; Simbulan-Rosenthal, Cynthia M.; Chen, You-Shin; Trabosh, Valerie A.; Rosenthal, Dean S.
- Abstract
The role for the inhibitors of differentiation (Ids) proteins in melanomagenesis has been poorly explored. In other cell types, Ids have been shown to contribute to cell proliferation, migration and angiogenesis and, along with a number of other genes, are direct downstream targets of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β pathway. Expression of Smad7, which suppress TGF-β signaling, or synthetic TGF-β inhibitors, was shown to potently suppress melanomagenesis. We found that endogenous Id2, Id3 and Id4 expression was elevated in 1205Lu versus 1205Lu cells constitutively expressing Smad7, indicating Ids may play a role in melanomagenesis. Therefore, the effects of Tet-inducible expression of Id2, Id3 or Id4 along with Smad7 in TGF-β-dependent 1205Lu human melanoma cells were explored in vitro and in vivo. 1205Lu cells formed subcutaneous tumors in athymic mice, whereas cells expressing Smad7 failed to form tumors. However, 1205Lu cells expressing Smad7 along with doxycycline-induced Id2, Id3 or Id4 were able to overcome the potent tumorigenic block mediated by S7, to varying degrees. Conversely, Id small interfering RNA knockdown suppressed anchorage-independent growth of melanoma. Histology of tumors from 1205Lu cells expressing Smad7 + Id4 revealed an average of 31% necrosis, compared with 5.2% in tumors from 1205Lu with vector only. Downstream, Ids suppressed cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and re-upregulated invasion and metastasis-related genes matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2), MMP9, CXCR4 and osteopontin, shown previously to be downregulated in response to Smad7. This study shows that Id2, Id3 and Id4 are each able to overcome TGF-β dependence, and establish a role for Ids as key mediators of TGF-β melanomagenesis. Suppression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p15Ink4b and upregulation of the tumor invasion and metastasis genes MMP2, MMP9, CXCR4 and osteopontin by Id2, Id3 or Id4 contribute to melanomagenesis.
- Subjects
CARCINOGENESIS; SMAD proteins; TRANSFORMING growth factors; MELANOMA; CELL proliferation; CELL migration; NEOVASCULARIZATION; LABORATORY mice; PREVENTION
- Publication
Carcinogenesis, 2014, Vol 35, Issue 4, p951
- ISSN
0143-3334
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/carcin/bgt479