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Loss of integrin ?3 prevents skin tumor formation by promoting epidermal turnover and depletion of slow-cycling cells.

ABSTRACT: Progression through the various stages of skin tumorigenesis is correlated with an altered expression of the integrin ?3?1, suggesting that it plays an important role in the tumorigenic process. Using epidermis-specific Itga3 KO mice subjected to the 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA)/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate two-stage skin carcinogenesis protocol, we demonstrate that efficient tumor development is critically dependent on the presence of ?3?1. In the absence of ?3?1, tumor initiation is dramatically decreased because of increased epidermal turnover, leading to a loss of DMBA-initiated label-retaining keratinocytes. Lineage tracing revealed emigration of ?3-deficient keratinocytes residing in the bulge of the hair follicle toward the interfollicular epidermis. Furthermore, tumor growth and cell proliferation were strongly reduced in mice with an epidermis-specific deletion of Itga3. However, the rate of progression of ?3?1-null squamous cell carcinomas to undifferentiated, invasive carcinomas was increased. Therefore, ?3?1 critically affects skin carcinogenesis with opposing effects early and late in tumorigenesis.

SUBMITTER: Sachs N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3535625 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Loss of integrin α3 prevents skin tumor formation by promoting epidermal turnover and depletion of slow-cycling cells.

Sachs Norman N Secades Pablo P van Hulst Laura L Kreft Maaike M Song Ji-Ying JY Sonnenberg Arnoud A

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20121210 52

Progression through the various stages of skin tumorigenesis is correlated with an altered expression of the integrin α3β1, suggesting that it plays an important role in the tumorigenic process. Using epidermis-specific Itga3 KO mice subjected to the 7,12-dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA)/12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate two-stage skin carcinogenesis protocol, we demonstrate that efficient tumor development is critically dependent on the presence of α3β1. In the absence of α3β1, tumor initiation ...[more]

PMID: 23236172

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Loss of integrin ?3 prevents skin tumor formation by promoting epidermal turnover and depletion of slow-cycling cells.

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Loss of integrin α3 prevents skin tumor formation by promoting epidermal turnover and depletion of slow-cycling cells.

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