An Essential Role of Maspin in Embryogenesis and Tumor Suppression.
Cancer Res
; 77(4): 886-896, 2017 02 15.
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| ID: mdl-27923833
Maspin (SerpinB5) is an epithelial-specific tumor suppressor gene product that displays context-dependent cellular functions. Maspin-deficient mouse models created to date have not definitively established maspin functions critical for cancer suppression. In this study, we generated a mouse strain in which exon 4 of the Maspin gene was deleted, confirming its essential role in development but also enabling a breeding scheme to bypass embryonic lethality. Phenotypic characterization of this viable strain established that maspin deficiency was associated with a reduction in maximum body weight and a variety of context-dependent epithelial abnormalities. Specifically, maspin-deficient mice exhibited pulmonary adenocarcinoma, myoepithelial hyperplasia of the mammary gland, hyperplasia of luminal cells of dorsolateral and anterior prostate, and atrophy of luminal cells of ventral prostate and stratum spinosum of epidermis. These cancer phenotypes were accompanied by increased inflammatory stroma. These mice also displayed the autoimmune disorder alopecia aerate. Overall, our findings defined context-specific tumor suppressor roles for maspin in a clinically relevant model to study maspin functions in cancer and other pathologies. Cancer Res; 77(4); 886-96. ©2017 AACR.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Serpinas
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Proteínas Supresoras de Tumor
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Desarrollo Embrionario
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Animals
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En
Revista:
Cancer Res
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos