Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis.
Dysregulated cell-cell adhesion plays a critical role in epithelial cancer development. Studies of human and mouse cancers have indicated that loss of adhesion complexes known as adherens junctions contributes to tumor progression and metastasis. In contrast, little is known regarding the role of th...
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| author | Veronica G Beaudry Dadi Jiang Rachel L Dusek Eunice J Park Stevan Knezevich Katie Ridd Hannes Vogel Boris C Bastian Laura D Attardi |
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| description | Dysregulated cell-cell adhesion plays a critical role in epithelial cancer development. Studies of human and mouse cancers have indicated that loss of adhesion complexes known as adherens junctions contributes to tumor progression and metastasis. In contrast, little is known regarding the role of the related cell-cell adhesion junction, the desmosome, during cancer development. Studies analyzing expression of desmosome components during human cancer progression have yielded conflicting results, and therefore genetic studies using knockout mice to examine the functional consequence of desmosome inactivation for tumorigenesis are essential for elucidating the role of desmosomes in cancer development. Here, we investigate the consequences of desmosome loss for carcinogenesis by analyzing conditional knockout mice lacking Perp, a p53/p63 regulated gene that encodes an important component of desmosomes. Analysis of Perp-deficient mice in a UVB-induced squamous cell skin carcinoma model reveals that Perp ablation promotes both tumor initiation and progression. Tumor development is associated with inactivation of both of Perp's known functions, in apoptosis and cell-cell adhesion. Interestingly, Perp-deficient tumors exhibit widespread downregulation of desmosomal constituents while adherens junctions remain intact, suggesting that desmosome loss is a specific event important for tumorigenesis rather than a reflection of a general change in differentiation status. Similarly, human squamous cell carcinomas display loss of PERP expression with retention of adherens junctions components, indicating that this is a relevant stage of human cancer development. Using gene expression profiling, we show further that Perp loss induces a set of inflammation-related genes that could stimulate tumorigenesis. Together, these studies suggest that Perp-deficiency promotes cancer by enhancing cell survival, desmosome loss, and inflammation, and they highlight a fundamental role for Perp and desmosomes in tumor suppression. An understanding of the factors affecting cancer progression is important for ultimately improving the diagnosis, prognostication, and treatment of cancer. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-693419627b644e96adabff8564c09e922025-08-20T02:01:54ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042010-10-01610e100116810.1371/journal.pgen.1001168Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis.Veronica G BeaudryDadi JiangRachel L DusekEunice J ParkStevan KnezevichKatie RiddHannes VogelBoris C BastianLaura D AttardiDysregulated cell-cell adhesion plays a critical role in epithelial cancer development. Studies of human and mouse cancers have indicated that loss of adhesion complexes known as adherens junctions contributes to tumor progression and metastasis. In contrast, little is known regarding the role of the related cell-cell adhesion junction, the desmosome, during cancer development. Studies analyzing expression of desmosome components during human cancer progression have yielded conflicting results, and therefore genetic studies using knockout mice to examine the functional consequence of desmosome inactivation for tumorigenesis are essential for elucidating the role of desmosomes in cancer development. Here, we investigate the consequences of desmosome loss for carcinogenesis by analyzing conditional knockout mice lacking Perp, a p53/p63 regulated gene that encodes an important component of desmosomes. Analysis of Perp-deficient mice in a UVB-induced squamous cell skin carcinoma model reveals that Perp ablation promotes both tumor initiation and progression. Tumor development is associated with inactivation of both of Perp's known functions, in apoptosis and cell-cell adhesion. Interestingly, Perp-deficient tumors exhibit widespread downregulation of desmosomal constituents while adherens junctions remain intact, suggesting that desmosome loss is a specific event important for tumorigenesis rather than a reflection of a general change in differentiation status. Similarly, human squamous cell carcinomas display loss of PERP expression with retention of adherens junctions components, indicating that this is a relevant stage of human cancer development. Using gene expression profiling, we show further that Perp loss induces a set of inflammation-related genes that could stimulate tumorigenesis. Together, these studies suggest that Perp-deficiency promotes cancer by enhancing cell survival, desmosome loss, and inflammation, and they highlight a fundamental role for Perp and desmosomes in tumor suppression. An understanding of the factors affecting cancer progression is important for ultimately improving the diagnosis, prognostication, and treatment of cancer.https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1001168&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Veronica G Beaudry Dadi Jiang Rachel L Dusek Eunice J Park Stevan Knezevich Katie Ridd Hannes Vogel Boris C Bastian Laura D Attardi Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. PLoS Genetics |
| title | Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. |
| title_full | Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. |
| title_fullStr | Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. |
| title_short | Loss of the p53/p63 regulated desmosomal protein Perp promotes tumorigenesis. |
| title_sort | loss of the p53 p63 regulated desmosomal protein perp promotes tumorigenesis |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1001168&type=printable |
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