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A dual, non-redundant, role for LIF as a regulator of development and STAT3-mediated cell death in mammary gland
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STAT3 is the key mediator of apoptosis in mammary gland. We demonstrate here that LIF is the physiological activator of STAT3, because in involuting mammary glands of Lif-;/-; mice, pSTAT3 is absent and the STAT3 target, C/EBPδ, is not upregulated. Similar to Stat3knockouts, Lif-;/-; mammary glands exhibit delayed involution, reduced apoptosis and elevated levels of p53. Significantly, Lif-;/-; glands display precocious development during pregnancy, when pSTAT3 is not normally detected. We show that pERK1/2 is significantly reduced in Lif-;/-; glands at this time,suggesting that at this stage LIF mediates its effects through pERK1/2. Inhibition of LIF-mediated ERK1/2 phosphorylation potentiates the proapoptotic effects of STAT3. LIF therefore signals alternately through ERK1/2, then STAT3, to regulate mammary growth and apoptosis.
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- Kritikou, E. A., Sharkey, A., Abell, K., Came, P. J., Anderson, E., Clarkson, R. W. E., & Watson, C. J.
- Venue
- Development
- Publisher
- The Company of Biologists
- Published
- 2003-08-01
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- 130
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 3459-3468
- ISSN
- 0950-1991 (ISSN-L)
- 1477-9129
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- W2099203843
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- 201
- References
- 2
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- 4.29
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- closed
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