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A p53 Super-tumor Suppressor Reveals a Tumor Suppressive p53-Ptpn14-Yap Axis in Pancreatic Cancer

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Mello, Stephano S., Valente, Liz J., Raj, Nitin, Seoane, Jose A., Flowers, Brittany M., McClendon, Jacob, Bieging-Rolett, Kathryn T., Lee, Jonghyeob +12 more·2017·Cancer Cell

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The p53 transcription factor is a critical barrier to pancreatic cancer progression. To unravel mechanisms of p53-mediated tumor suppression, which have remained elusive, we analyzed pancreatic cancer development in mice expressing p53 transcriptional activation domain (TAD) mutants. Surprisingly, the p53 53,54 TAD2 mutant behaves as a "super-tumor suppressor," with an enhanced capacity to both suppress pancreatic cancer and transactivate select p53 target genes, including Ptpn14. Ptpn14 encodes a negative regulator of the Yap oncoprotein and is necessary and sufficient for pancreatic cancer suppression, like p53. We show that p53 deficiency promotes Yap signaling and that PTPN14 and TP53 mutations are mutually exclusive in human cancers. These studies uncover a p53-Ptpn14-Yap pathway that is integral to p53-mediated tumor suppression.

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  • Introducing wild-type TP53 into cancer cells could alter sensitivity to treatments.

    “Introducing wild-type TP53 into cancer cells could alter sensitivity to treatments [18].”

    From Significance of TP53, CDKN2A, SMAD4 and KRAS in Pancreatic Cancer (2024) · cites this paper as [18]

    The Results section, “The p53-Ptpn14-Yap axis is altered in human cancers” (page unavailable), reports that verteporfin inhibits growth in p53-deficient human cancer cells but not p53-proficient counterparts. This supports a link between p53 status and sensitivity to a treatment, but the cited passage does not show that introducing wild-type TP53 into cancer cells changes their sensitivity. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • The p53-Ptpn14-Yap axis is a critical pathway in pancreatic cancer suppression, offering potential therapeutic avenues.

    “The p53-Ptpn14-Yap axis emerges as a critical pathway in pancreatic cancer suppression, offering potential therapeutic avenues [18].”

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Mello, S. S., Valente, L. J., Raj, N., Seoane, J. A., Flowers, B. M., McClendon, J., Bieging-Rolett, K. T., Lee, J., Ivanochko, D., Kozak, M. M., Chang, D. T., Longacre, T. A., Koong, A. C., Arrowsmith, C. H., Kim, S. K., Vogel, H., Wood, L. D., Hruban, R. H., Curtis, C., & Attardi, L. D.
Affiliations
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Attardi, Laura D.
Venue
Cancer Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-10
Volume
32
Issue
4
Pages
460-473.e6
ISSN
1535-6108 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2761908907
Cited by
179
References
11
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.96
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cancer Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  • NIH (R21 CA169673, R01 CA140875, R35 CA197591, DK10261201, CA21192701)
  • Susan G. Komen Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF16377256)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Hippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Keywords
p53, PTPN14, YAP, pancreatic cancer, tumor suppression, YAP signaling, p53 target genes, TP53 mutation, mutual exclusivity, mouse model
MeSH terms
Animals, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Humans, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Pancreatic Neoplasms, Transcription Factors, Signal Transduction, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cell Cycle Proteins, Gene Expression Profiling, Cell Proliferation, Mice, Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Non-Receptor

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