Dickkopf-1 is down-regulated by MYCN and inhibits neuroblastoma cell proliferation
Dickkopf-1 is down-regulated by MYCN and inhibits neuroblastoma cell proliferation
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DOI:
10.1016/j.canlet.2007.06.011
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发表时间:
2007-10-28
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9.7
通讯作者:
Valentijn, Linda J.
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作者:
Koppen, Arjen;Ait-Aissa, Rachida;Valentijn, Linda J.
Neuroblastomas are tumors of the developing peripheral sympathetic nervous system, which originates from the neural crest. Twenty percent of neuroblastomas show amplification of the MYCN oncogene, which correlates with poor prognosis. The MYCN transcription factor can activate and repress gene expression. To broaden our insight in the spectrum of Genes down -regulated by MYCN, we Generated gene expression profiles of the neuroblastoma cell lines SHEP-21N and SKNAS-NmycER, in which MYCN activity can be regulated. In this study, we show that MYCN suppresses the expression of Dickkopf-l (DKKl) in both cell lines. DKKl is a potent inhibitor of the wnt/beta-catenin signalling cascade, which is known to function in neural crest cell migration. We generated a DKKl inducible cell line, IMR32-DKK I, which showed impaired proliferation upon DKK l expression. Surprisingly, DKKl expression did not inhibit the canonical wnt/beta-catenin signalling, suggesting a role of DKKl in an alternative route of the wnt pathway. Gene expression profiling of two 1MR32DKKl clones showed that only a few genes, amongst which SYNPO2, were up-regulated by DKKl. SYNPO2 encodes an actin-binding protein and was previously found to inhibit proliferation and invasiveness of prostate cancer cells. These results Suggest that MYCN might stimulate cell proliferation by inhibiting the expression of DKKl. DKKl might exert part of its growth suppressive effect by induction of SYNPO2 expression. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.