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Dissecting the signaling pathways associated with the oncogenic activity of MLK3 P252H mutation

ABSTRACT: MLK3 gene mutations were described to occur in about 20% of microsatellite unstable gastrointestinal cancers and to harbor oncogenic activity. In particular, mutation P252H, located in the kinase domain, was found to have a strong transforming potential, and to promote the growth of highly invasive tumors when subcutaneously injected in nude mice. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanism underlying the oncogenic activity of P252H mutant remained elusive.In this work, we performed Illumina Whole Genome arrays on three biological replicas of human HEK293 cells stably transfected with the wild-type MLK3, the P252H mutation and with the empty vector (Mock) in order to identify the putative signaling pathways associated with P252H Our results showed that mutant MLK3 exerts its oncogenic effects by deregulating several important colorectal cancer- associated signaling pathways such as WNT, MAPK, NOTCH, TGF-M-NM-2 and P53. A more detailed analysis of the alterations affecting the WNT signaling pathway revealed a down-regulation of molecules involved in the canonical pathway, such as DVL2, LEF1, CCND1 and c-Myc, and an up- regulation of DKK, a well-known negative regulator of canonical WNT signaling, in MLK3 mutant cells. Additionally, FZD6 and FZD10 genes, known to act as negative regulators of the canonical WNT signaling cascade and as positive regulators of the planar cell polarity (PCP) pathway, a non-canonic WNT pathway, were found to be up-regulated in P252H cells. 9 samples, 2 conditions with 3 biological replicates per condition

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Danilo Licastro

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-54611 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Dissecting the signaling pathways associated with the oncogenic activity of MLK3 P252H mutation.

Velho Sérgia S Pinto Ana A Licastro Danilo D Oliveira Maria José MJ Sousa Filipa F Stupka Elia E Seruca Raquel R

BMC cancer 20140314

<h4>Background</h4>MLK3 gene mutations were described to occur in about 20% of microsatellite unstable gastrointestinal cancers and to harbor oncogenic activity. In particular, mutation P252H, located in the kinase domain, was found to have a strong transforming potential, and to promote the growth of highly invasive tumors when subcutaneously injected in nude mice. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanism underlying the oncogenic activity of P252H mutant remained elusive.<h4>Methods</h4>In this wo ...[more]

PMID: 24628919

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