PTEN positively regulates UVB-induced DNA damage repair.
PTEN positively regulates UVB-induced DNA damage repair.
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DOI：
10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-4614
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发表时间：
2011-08-01
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影响因子：
11.2
通讯作者：
He YY
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作者：
Ming M;Feng L;Shea CR;Soltani K;Zhao B;Han W;Smart RC;Trempus CS;He YY
Non-melanoma skin cancer is the most common cancer in the U.S., where DNA-damaging UVB radiation from the sun remains the major environmental risk factor. However, the critical genetic targets of UVB radiation are undefined. Here we show that attenuating PTEN in epidermal keratinocytes is a predisposing factor for UVB-induced skin carcinogenesis in mice. In skin papilloma and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), levels of PTEN were reduced compared to skin lacking these lesions. Likewise, there was a reduction in PTEN levels in human premalignant actinic keratosis and malignant SCC, supporting a key role for PTEN in human skin cancer formation and progression. PTEN downregulation impaired the capacity of global genomic nucleotide excision repair (GG-NER), a critical mechanism for removing UVB-induced mutagenic DNA lesions. In contrast to the response to ionizing radiation, PTEN downregulation prolonged UVB-induced growth arrest and increased the activation of the Chk1 DNA damage pathway in an AKT-independent manner, likely due to reduced DNA repair. PTEN loss also suppressed expression of the key GG-NER protein xeroderma pigmentosum C (XPC) through the AKT/p38 signaling axis. Reconstitution of XPC levels in PTEN-inhibited cells restored GG-NER capacity. Taken together, our findings define PTEN as an essential genomic gatekeeper in the skin, through its ability to positively regulate XPC-dependent GG-NER following DNA damage.
