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Wwox inactivation enhances mammary tumorigenesis

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2011-04-18
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Abdeen, SK
Salah, Z
Maly, B
Smith, Y
Tufail, R
Abu-Odeh, M
Zanesi, N
Croce, CM
Nawaz, Z
Aqeilan, RI
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Abstract
Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women worldwide. Expression of the WWOX tumor suppressor is absent or reduced in a large proportion of breast tumors suggesting that loss of WWOX may contribute to breast tumorigenesis. Wwox-deficient mice die by 3–4 weeks of age precluding adult tumor analysis. To evaluate the effect of WWOX-altered expression on mammary tumor formation, the Wwox-heterozygous allele was back crossed onto the C3H mammary tumor-susceptible genetic background (WwoxC3Hþ/ ) and incidence of mammary tumor formation was evaluated. Although 50% of the female WwoxC3Hþ/ mice developed mammary carcinomas, only 7% of WwoxC3Hþ/þ mice did. Intriguingly, mammary tumors in WwoxC3Hþ/ mice frequently lost WWOX protein expression suggesting a genetic predisposition toward mammary tumorigenesis. Immunohistochemical staining of hormone receptors revealed loss of estrogen receptor-a (ER) and progesterone receptor in the majority of these tumors. In vitro, depletion ofWWOX in MCF7 ER-positive cells led to reduced ER expression and reduced sensitivity to tamoxifen and estrogen treatment and was associated with enhanced survival and anchorageindependent growth. Finally, cDNA array analyses of murine normal mammary epithelial cells and mammary tumors identified 163 significantly downreguated and 129 upregulated genes in the tumors. The majority of differentially expressed genes were part of pathways involved in cellular movement, cell-to-cell signaling and interaction, cellular development, cellular growth and proliferation and cell death. These changes in gene expression of mouse mammary tumors in WwoxC3Hþ/ mice resemble, at least in part, human breast cancer development. Our findings demonstrate the critical role that the WWOX tumor suppressor gene has in preventing tumorigenesis in breast cancer.
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