Loss of protein phosphatase 6 in mouse keratinocytes enhances K-rasG12D -driven tumor promotion

Cancer Science
Koreyuki KurosawaHiroshi Shima

Abstract

Here, we address the function of protein phosphatase 6 (PP6) loss on K-ras-initiated tumorigenesis in keratinocytes. To do so, we developed tamoxifen-inducible double mutant (K-rasG12D -expressing and Ppp6c-deficient) mice in which K-rasG12D expression is driven by the cytokeratin 14 (K14) promoter. Doubly-mutant mice showed early onset tumor formation in lips, nipples, external genitalia, anus and palms, and had to be killed by 3 weeks after induction by tamoxifen, while comparably-treated K-rasG12D -expressing mice did not. H&E-staining of lip tumors before euthanasia revealed that all were papillomas, some containing focal squamous cell carcinomas. Immunohistochemical analysis of lips of doubly-mutant vs K-rasG12D mice revealed that cell proliferation and cell size increased approximately 2-fold relative to K-rasG12D -expressing mutants, and epidermal thickness of lip tissue greatly increased relative to that seen in K-rasG12D -only mice. Moreover, AKT phosphorylation increased in K-rasG12D -expressing/Ppp6c-deficient cells, as did phosphorylation of the downstream effectors 4EBP1, S6 and GSK3, suggesting that protein synthesis and survival signals are enhanced in lip tissues of doubly-mutant mice. Finally, increased numbers...Continue Reading

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Oct 14, 2020·JCI Insight·Ru-Pin Alicia ChiFrancesco J DeMayo
Mar 21, 2020·Cancer Discovery·Hitomi SakamotoChristine A Iacobuzio-Donahue
Mar 21, 2021·Cancer Science·Kosuke KanazawaHiroshi Shima

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