Cited by 60Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancerLiver physiology and pathologyHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

The transforming growth factor-α and cyclin D1 genes are direct targets of β-catenin signaling in hepatocyte proliferation

Torre, Cyril, Benhamouche, Samira, Mitchell, Claudia, Godard, Cécile, Veber, Philippe, Letourneur, Franck, Cagnard, Nicolas, Jacques, Sébastien +3 more·2011·Journal of Hepatology

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Background & aims β-Catenin is an oncogene frequently mutated in hepatocellular carcinoma. In this study, we investigated target genes of β-catenin signaling in hepatocyte proliferation. Methods We studied transgenic mice displaying either inactivation or activation of the β-catenin pathway, focusing on analysis of liver proliferation due to aberrant β-catenin activation, and on the regeneration process during which β-catenin signaling is transiently activated. We localized in situ the various partners involved in proliferation or identified as targets of β-catenin in these transgenic and regenerating livers. We also performed comparative transcriptome analyses, using microarrays. Finally, we extracted, from deep-sequencing data, both the DNA regulatory elements bound to the β-catenin/Tcf nuclear complex and the expression levels of critical targets identified in microarrays. Results β-Catenin activation during liver regeneration occurred during G1/S cell cycle progression and allowed zonal extension of the normal territory of active β-catenin and panlobular proliferation. We found that β-catenin controlled both cell-autonomous and non-cell-autonomous hepatocyte proliferation, through direct transcriptional and complex control of cyclin D1 gene expression and of the expression of a new target gene, Tgfα. Conclusions We propose that β-catenin controls panlobular hepatocyte proliferation partly by controlling, together with its Tcf4 nuclear partner, expression of the pro-prolif…

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Authors
Torre, C., Benhamouche, S., Mitchell, C., Godard, C., Veber, P., Letourneur, F., Cagnard, N., Jacques, S., Finzi, L., Perret, C., & Colnot, S.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Colnot, Sabine
Venue
Journal of Hepatology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-07
Volume
55
Issue
1
Pages
86-95
ISSN
0168-8278 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1986528418
Cited by
60
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FWCI
1.95
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
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  • Journal of Hepatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
Keywords
β-catenin signaling, hepatocyte proliferation, cyclin D1, transforming growth factor-alpha, TCF4, liver regeneration, hepatocellular carcinoma, transcriptional regulation, oncogenic signaling, liver transcriptome
MeSH terms
Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Cycle, DNA, Liver, Liver Regeneration, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Transgenic, Models, Biological, Molecular Sequence Data, Signal Transduction, Transforming Growth Factor alpha, Mice, Knockout, Genes, bcl-1, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Gene Expression Profiling, Hepatocytes, Cell Proliferation, beta Catenin, Mice

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