Publication Date:
1998-09-04
Description:
The adenomatous polyposis coli gene (APC) is a tumor suppressor gene that is inactivated in most colorectal cancers. Mutations of APC cause aberrant accumulation of beta-catenin, which then binds T cell factor-4 (Tcf-4), causing increased transcriptional activation of unknown genes. Here, the c-MYC oncogene is identified as a target gene in this signaling pathway. Expression of c-MYC was shown to be repressed by wild-type APC and activated by beta-catenin, and these effects were mediated through Tcf-4 binding sites in the c-MYC promoter. These results provide a molecular framework for understanding the previously enigmatic overexpression of c-MYC in colorectal cancers.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉He, T C -- Sparks, A B -- Rago, C -- Hermeking, H -- Zawel, L -- da Costa, L T -- Morin, P J -- Vogelstein, B -- Kinzler, K W -- CA57345/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- CA62924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM07309/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Sep 4;281(5382):1509-12.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, 424 North Bond Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9727977" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein
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Binding Sites
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Cell Line
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Colorectal Neoplasms/*genetics
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Cytoskeletal Proteins/genetics/metabolism
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*Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
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*Genes, APC
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Genes, Reporter
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*Genes, myc
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HT29 Cells
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Humans
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Mutation
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Promoter Regions, Genetic
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Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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TCF Transcription Factors
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*Trans-Activators
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Transcription Factor 7-Like 2 Protein
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Transcription Factors/metabolism
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Transcription, Genetic
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beta Catenin
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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