The tumor suppressor BAP1 cooperates with BRAFV600E to promote tumor formation in cutaneous melanoma.
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
; 32(2): 269-279, 2019 03.
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| ID: mdl-30156010
ABSTRACT
The deubiquitinating enzyme BAP1 is mutated in a hereditary cancer syndrome with a high risk of mesothelioma and melanocytic tumors. Here, we show that Bap1 deletion in melanocytes cooperates with the constitutively active, oncogenic form of BRAF (BRAFV600E ) and UV to cause melanoma in mice, albeit at very low frequency. In addition, Bap1-null melanoma cells derived from mouse tumors are more aggressive and colonize and grow at distant sites more than their wild-type counterparts. Molecularly, Bap1-null melanoma cell lines have increased DNA damage measured by γH2aX and hyperubiquitination of histone H2a. Therapeutically, these Bap1-null tumors are completely responsive to BRAF- and MEK-targeted therapies. Therefore, BAP1 functions as a tumor suppressor and limits tumor progression in melanoma.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Skin Neoplasms
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Tumor Suppressor Proteins
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Ubiquitin Thiolesterase
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf
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Carcinogenesis
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Melanoma
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Mutation
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Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Pigment Cell Melanoma Res
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article