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- Title
The Rac1 splice form Rac1b promotes K-ras-induced lung tumorigenesis.
- Authors
Zhou, C; Licciulli, S; Avila, J L; Cho, M; Troutman, S; Jiang, P; Kossenkov, A V; Showe, L C; Liu, Q; Vachani, A; Albelda, S M; Kissil, J L
- Abstract
Rac1b, an alternative splice form of Rac1, has been previously shown to be upregulated in colon and breast cancer cells, suggesting an oncogenic role for Rac1b in these cancers. Our analysis of NSCLC tumor and matched normal tissue samples indicates Rac1b is upregulated in a significant fraction of lung tumors in correlation with mutational status of K-ras. To directly assess the oncogenic potential of Rac1b in vivo, we employed a mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma, in which the expression of Rac1b can be conditionally activated specifically in the lung. Although expression of Rac1b alone is insufficient to drive tumor initiation, the expression of Rac1b synergizes with an oncogenic allele of K-ras resulting in increased cellular proliferation and accelerated tumor growth. Finally, we show that in contrast to our previous findings demonstrating a requirement for Rac1 in K-ras-driven cell proliferation, Rac1b is not required in this context. Given the partially overlapping spectrum of downstream effectors regulated by Rac1 and Rac1b, our findings further delineate the signaling pathways downstream of Rac1 that are required for K-ras driven tumorigenesis.
- Subjects
LUNG cancer; CARCINOGENESIS; RAS oncogenes; CANCER cell proliferation; LABORATORY mice; GENE expression; CELLULAR signal transduction; ADENOCARCINOMA
- Publication
Oncogene, 2013, Vol 32, Issue 7, p903
- ISSN
0950-9232
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/onc.2012.99