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Protein Kinase C? and Wnt/?-Catenin Signaling: Alternative Pathways to Kras/Trp53-Driven Lung Adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT: We report that mouse LSL-KrasG12D;Trp53fl/fl (KP)-mediated lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) tumorigenesis can proceed through both PKC?-dependent and PKC?-independent pathways. The predominant pathway involves PKC?-dependent transformation of bronchoalveolar stem cells (BASCs). However, KP mice harboring conditional knock out Prkci alleles (KPI mice) develop LADC tumors through PKC?-independent transformation of Axin2+ alveolar type 2 (AT2) stem cells. Transformed growth of KPI, but not KP, tumors is blocked by Wnt pathway inhibition in vitro and in vivo. Furthermore, a KPI-derived genomic signature predicts sensitivity of human LADC cells to Wnt inhibition, and identifies a distinct subset of primary LADC tumors exhibiting a KPI-like genotype. Thus, LADC can develop through both PKC?-dependent and PKC?-independent pathways, resulting in tumors exhibiting distinct oncogenic signaling and pharmacologic vulnerabilities.

SUBMITTER: Yin N

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6693680 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Protein Kinase Cι and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling: Alternative Pathways to Kras/Trp53-Driven Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Yin Ning N Liu Yi Y Khoor Andras A Wang Xue X Thompson E Aubrey EA Leitges Michael M Justilien Verline V Weems Capella C Murray Nicole R NR Fields Alan P AP

Cancer cell 20190801 2

We report that mouse LSL-KrasG12D;Trp53fl/fl (KP)-mediated lung adenocarcinoma (LADC) tumorigenesis can proceed through both PKCι-dependent and PKCι-independent pathways. The predominant pathway involves PKCι-dependent transformation of bronchoalveolar stem cells (BASCs). However, KP mice harboring conditional knock out Prkci alleles (KPI mice) develop LADC tumors through PKCι-independent transformation of Axin2+ alveolar type 2 (AT2) stem cells. Transformed grow ...[more]

PMID: 31378680

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Protein Kinase C? and Wnt/?-Catenin Signaling: Alternative Pathways to Kras/Trp53-Driven Lung Adenocarcinoma.

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Protein Kinase Cι and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling: Alternative Pathways to Kras/Trp53-Driven Lung Adenocarcinoma.

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