Altered regulation of c-jun and its involvement in anchorage-independent growth of human lung cancers.
Oncogene
; 25(2): 271-7, 2006 Jan 12.
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ABSTRACT
The c-jun oncogene is frequently overexpressed in non-small-cell lung cancers (NSCLC), but its functional involvement in lung cancer development has not been clearly elucidated. In this study, we found that among the immediate-early serum responsible genes, exemplified by c-jun, c-fos and c-myc, induction of c-jun in a human bronchial epithelial cell line, BEAS-2B, was dependent on anchorage, in contrast to clear induction of c-fos and c-myc under both anchorage-dependent and -independent conditions. In fact, forced expression of c-jun in BEAS-2B cells significantly increased cell viability and colony formation in soft agar. Furthermore, we also found that such anchorage-dependent regulation of c-jun was lost in a significant fraction of human lung cancer cell lines. Interestingly, suppressed anchorage-independent but not anchorage-dependent growth was noted by constitutive expression of a dominant-negative c-jun mutant in a lung cancer cell line showing dysregulated and sustained c-jun expression in the absence of anchorage. These findings suggest that dysregulated c-jun expression may be involved in the acquisition of anchorage independence in the process of human lung carcinogenesis.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Brônquios
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Adesão Celular
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Regulação da Expressão Gênica
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-jun
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Proliferação de Células
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Células Epiteliais
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Neoplasias Pulmonares
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
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Article