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    DMRT1 prevents female reprogramming in the postnatal mammalian testis (2011)
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
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    Publication Date: 2011-07-22
    Description: Sex in mammals is determined in the fetal gonad by the presence or absence of the Y chromosome gene Sry, which controls whether bipotential precursor cells differentiate into testicular Sertoli cells or ovarian granulosa cells. This pivotal decision in a single gonadal cell type ultimately controls sexual differentiation throughout the body. Sex determination can be viewed as a battle for primacy in the fetal gonad between a male regulatory gene network in which Sry activates Sox9 and a female network involving WNT/beta-catenin signalling. In females the primary sex-determining decision is not final: loss of the FOXL2 transcription factor in adult granulosa cells can reprogram granulosa cells into Sertoli cells. Here we show that sexual fate is also surprisingly labile in the testis: loss of the DMRT1 transcription factor in mouse Sertoli cells, even in adults, activates Foxl2 and reprograms Sertoli cells into granulosa cells. In this environment, theca cells form, oestrogen is produced and germ cells appear feminized. Thus Dmrt1 is essential to maintain mammalian testis determination, and competing regulatory networks maintain gonadal sex long after the fetal choice between male and female. Dmrt1 and Foxl2 are conserved throughout vertebrates and Dmrt1-related sexual regulators are conserved throughout metazoans. Antagonism between Dmrt1 and Foxl2 for control of gonadal sex may therefore extend beyond mammals. Reprogramming due to loss of Dmrt1 also may help explain the aetiology of human syndromes linked to DMRT1, including disorders of sexual differentiation and testicular cancer.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150961/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3150961/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Matson, Clinton K -- Murphy, Mark W -- Sarver, Aaron L -- Griswold, Michael D -- Bardwell, Vivian J -- Zarkower, David -- GM59152/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 GM059152/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- R01 HD010808/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 HD010808-34/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Jul 20;476(7358):101-4. doi: 10.1038/nature10239.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Developmental Biology Center and Department of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21775990" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Aging/physiology ; Animals ; Animals, Newborn ; Cell Transdifferentiation ; Female ; Feminization/genetics ; Forkhead Transcription Factors/biosynthesis/metabolism ; Gene Expression Regulation ; Granulosa Cells/cytology/metabolism ; Male ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Ovary/cytology/metabolism ; RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism ; SOX9 Transcription Factor/metabolism ; Sertoli Cells/cytology/metabolism ; *Sex Characteristics ; Sex Determination Processes/genetics/*physiology ; Sex Differentiation/genetics/*physiology ; Testis/cytology/*metabolism ; Theca Cells/metabolism ; Transcription Factors/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma (2012)
    Nature Publishing Group (NPG)
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    Publication Date: 2012-02-22
    Description: Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant paediatric brain tumour, arises in the cerebellum and disseminates through the cerebrospinal fluid in the leptomeningeal space to coat the brain and spinal cord. Dissemination, a marker of poor prognosis, is found in up to 40% of children at diagnosis and in most children at the time of recurrence. Affected children therefore are treated with radiation to the entire developing brain and spinal cord, followed by high-dose chemotherapy, with the ensuing deleterious effects on the developing nervous system. The mechanisms of dissemination through the cerebrospinal fluid are poorly studied, and medulloblastoma metastases have been assumed to be biologically similar to the primary tumour. Here we show that in both mouse and human medulloblastoma, the metastases from an individual are extremely similar to each other but are divergent from the matched primary tumour. Clonal genetic events in the metastases can be demonstrated in a restricted subclone of the primary tumour, suggesting that only rare cells within the primary tumour have the ability to metastasize. Failure to account for the bicompartmental nature of metastatic medulloblastoma could be a major barrier to the development of effective targeted therapies.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3288636/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3288636/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Wu, Xiaochong -- Northcott, Paul A -- Dubuc, Adrian -- Dupuy, Adam J -- Shih, David J H -- Witt, Hendrik -- Croul, Sidney -- Bouffet, Eric -- Fults, Daniel W -- Eberhart, Charles G -- Garzia, Livia -- Van Meter, Timothy -- Zagzag, David -- Jabado, Nada -- Schwartzentruber, Jeremy -- Majewski, Jacek -- Scheetz, Todd E -- Pfister, Stefan M -- Korshunov, Andrey -- Li, Xiao-Nan -- Scherer, Stephen W -- Cho, Yoon-Jae -- Akagi, Keiko -- MacDonald, Tobey J -- Koster, Jan -- McCabe, Martin G -- Sarver, Aaron L -- Collins, V Peter -- Weiss, William A -- Largaespada, David A -- Collier, Lara S -- Taylor, Michael D -- K01CA122183/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- NS055089/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA108622/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA113636/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA148699/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA148699-03/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS055089/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01CA148699/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada -- England -- Nature. 2012 Feb 15;482(7386):529-33. doi: 10.1038/nature10825.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Center, Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22343890" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Clonal Evolution/*genetics ; CpG Islands/genetics ; DNA Methylation ; DNA Transposable Elements/genetics ; Disease Models, Animal ; Genes, p53/genetics ; Germ-Line Mutation/genetics ; Humans ; Li-Fraumeni Syndrome/complications/genetics ; Medulloblastoma/complications/*genetics/*pathology ; Mice ; Mutagenesis, Insertional ; Neoplasm Metastasis/*genetics/*pathology ; Survival Rate
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    The deubiquitinase USP9X suppresses pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2012-06-16
    Description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains a lethal malignancy despite much progress concerning its molecular characterization. PDA tumours harbour four signature somatic mutations in addition to numerous lower frequency genetic events of uncertain significance. Here we use Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon-mediated insertional mutagenesis in a mouse model of pancreatic ductal preneoplasia to identify genes that cooperate with oncogenic Kras(G12D) to accelerate tumorigenesis and promote progression. Our screen revealed new candidate genes for PDA and confirmed the importance of many genes and pathways previously implicated in human PDA. The most commonly mutated gene was the X-linked deubiquitinase Usp9x, which was inactivated in over 50% of the tumours. Although previous work had attributed a pro-survival role to USP9X in human neoplasia, we found instead that loss of Usp9x enhances transformation and protects pancreatic cancer cells from anoikis. Clinically, low USP9X protein and messenger RNA expression in PDA correlates with poor survival after surgery, and USP9X levels are inversely associated with metastatic burden in advanced disease. Furthermore, chromatin modulation with trichostatin A or 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine elevates USP9X expression in human PDA cell lines, indicating a clinical approach for certain patients. The conditional deletion of Usp9x cooperated with Kras(G12D) to accelerate pancreatic tumorigenesis in mice, validating their genetic interaction. We propose that USP9X is a major tumour suppressor gene with prognostic and therapeutic relevance in PDA.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376394/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3376394/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Perez-Mancera, Pedro A -- Rust, Alistair G -- van der Weyden, Louise -- Kristiansen, Glen -- Li, Allen -- Sarver, Aaron L -- Silverstein, Kevin A T -- Grutzmann, Robert -- Aust, Daniela -- Rummele, Petra -- Knosel, Thomas -- Herd, Colin -- Stemple, Derek L -- Kettleborough, Ross -- Brosnan, Jacqueline A -- Li, Ang -- Morgan, Richard -- Knight, Spencer -- Yu, Jun -- Stegeman, Shane -- Collier, Lara S -- ten Hoeve, Jelle J -- de Ridder, Jeroen -- Klein, Alison P -- Goggins, Michael -- Hruban, Ralph H -- Chang, David K -- Biankin, Andrew V -- Grimmond, Sean M -- Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative -- Wessels, Lodewyk F A -- Wood, Stephen A -- Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine A -- Pilarsky, Christian -- Largaespada, David A -- Adams, David J -- Tuveson, David A -- 13031/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- 2P50CA101955/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA106610/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA122183/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA128920/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA62924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- K01 CA122183/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- K01 CA122183-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50 CA101955/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50CA62924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2012 Apr 29;486(7402):266-70. doi: 10.1038/nature11114.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Li Ka Shing Centre, Cambridge Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Cambridge CB2 0RE, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22699621" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Anoikis/genetics ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/*enzymology/genetics/pathology ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Disease Models, Animal ; Endopeptidases ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Gene Knockdown Techniques ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/*enzymology/genetics/pathology ; U937 Cells ; Ubiquitin Thiolesterase/*genetics/*metabolism
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    A transposon-based genetic screen in mice identifies genes altered in colorectal cancer (2009)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2009-03-03
    Description: Human colorectal cancers (CRCs) display a large number of genetic and epigenetic alterations, some of which are causally involved in tumorigenesis (drivers) and others that have little functional impact (passengers). To help distinguish between these two classes of alterations, we used a transposon-based genetic screen in mice to identify candidate genes for CRC. Mice harboring mutagenic Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposons were crossed with mice expressing SB transposase in gastrointestinal tract epithelium. Most of the offspring developed intestinal lesions, including intraepithelial neoplasia, adenomas, and adenocarcinomas. Analysis of over 16,000 transposon insertions identified 77 candidate CRC genes, 60 of which are mutated and/or dysregulated in human CRC and thus are most likely to drive tumorigenesis. These genes include APC, PTEN, and SMAD4. The screen also identified 17 candidate genes that had not previously been implicated in CRC, including POLI, PTPRK, and RSPO2.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743559/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2743559/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Starr, Timothy K -- Allaei, Raha -- Silverstein, Kevin A T -- Staggs, Rodney A -- Sarver, Aaron L -- Bergemann, Tracy L -- Gupta, Mihir -- O'Sullivan, M Gerard -- Matise, Ilze -- Dupuy, Adam J -- Collier, Lara S -- Powers, Scott -- Oberg, Ann L -- Asmann, Yan W -- Thibodeau, Stephen N -- Tessarollo, Lino -- Copeland, Neal G -- Jenkins, Nancy A -- Cormier, Robert T -- Largaespada, David A -- R01 CA113636/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA113636-01A1/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2009 Mar 27;323(5922):1747-50. doi: 10.1126/science.1163040. Epub 2009 Feb 26.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, Center for Genome Engineering, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. star0044@umn.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19251594" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenocarcinoma/genetics/pathology ; Adenoma/genetics/pathology ; Animals ; Carcinoma in Situ/genetics/pathology ; Colorectal Neoplasms/*genetics/pathology ; Crosses, Genetic ; *DNA Transposable Elements ; Gene Amplification ; Gene Deletion ; *Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Genes, APC ; *Genes, Neoplasm ; Genetic Testing ; Humans ; Mice ; Mice, Transgenic ; Monte Carlo Method ; *Mutation ; Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis ; PTEN Phosphohydrolase/genetics ; Smad4 Protein/genetics
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    A Sleeping Beauty transposon-mediated screen identifies murine susceptibility genes for adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc)-dependent intestinal tumorigenesis (2011)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2011-03-21
    Print ISSN: 0027-8424
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    A Sleeping Beauty transposon-mediated screen identifies murine susceptibility genes for adenomatous polyposis coli (Apc)-dependent intestinal tumorigenesis [Medical Sciences] (2011)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2011-04-06
    Description: It is proposed that a progressive series of mutations and epigenetic events leads to human colorectal cancer (CRC) and metastasis. Furthermore, data from resequencing of the coding regions of human CRC suggests that a relatively large number of mutations occur in individual human CRC, most at low frequency. The functional role of these low-frequency mutations in CRC, and specifically how they may cooperate with high-frequency mutations, is not well understood. One of the most common rate-limiting mutations in human CRC occurs in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene. To identify mutations that cooperate with mutant APC, we performed a forward genetic screen in mice carrying a mutant allele of Apc (ApcMin) using Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon-mediated mutagenesis. ApcMin SB-mutagenized mice developed three times as many polyps as mice with the ApcMin allele alone. Analysis of transposon common insertion sites (CIS) identified the Apc locus as a major target of SB-induced mutagenesis, suggesting that SB insertions provide an efficient route to biallelic Apc inactivation. We also identified an additional 32 CIS genes/loci that may represent modifiers of the ApcMin phenotype. Five CIS genes tested for their role in proliferation caused a significant change in cell viability when message levels were reduced in human CRC cells. These findings demonstrate the utility of using transposon mutagenesis to identify low-frequency and cooperating cancer genes; this approach will aid in the development of combinatorial therapies targeting this deadly disease.
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    Genome-wide analysis of DNA binding and transcriptional regulation by the mammalian Doublesex homolog DMRT1 in the juvenile testis (2010)
    National Academy of Sciences
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    Publication Date: 2010-07-07
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