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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) overexpression coupled with activated Ras is fully sufficient to oncogenically transform primary keratinocytes. To determine the Ras effector pathways that represent the minimal essential contribution to full oncogenic transformation in this context, we evaluated the cooperativity of different Ras effector mutants with overexpressed ODC in an in vivo tracheal xenotransplantation assay for epithelial cell invasiveness. Primary keratinocytes, isolated from either K6/ODC transgenic mouse skin (expressing increased ODC) or from normal littermate skin were infected with retrovirus producing an activated RasV12 or partial loss-of-function effector mutants of RasV12 that selectively induce only the Raf/ERK, RalGDS, or the PI3-kinase signaling pathway. Whereas keratinocytes expressing a fully activated RasV12 are not invasive in tracheal xenotransplants, ODC-overexpressing keratinocytes acquire an invasive phenotype with additional expression of either RasV12 or activation of the Raf/ERK pathway. Independent of a mutated ras, elevated levels of ODC activate the Akt/mTOR signaling pathway as well as the Rho/Rac pathway in primary keratinocytes. Thus, Raf/ERK signaling is sufficient to cooperate with increased ODC activity in the conversion of normal keratinocytes to invasive cells. In order to promote invasiveness in keratinocytes, elevated levels of ODC may cooperate with Raf/ERK via activation of the Akt and Rho/Rac signaling pathway.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
9
pubmed:volume
25
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1543-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Ornithine Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Polyamines, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-rac GTP-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-raf Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-ral Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, pubmed-meshheading:16278677-rho GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Elevated levels of ornithine decarboxylase cooperate with Raf/ERK activation to convert normal keratinocytes into invasive malignant cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural