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Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access published online on October 5, 2005
Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddi373
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Received August 18, 2005
Accepted September 29, 2005

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Cancer development induced by graded expression of Snail in mice

Pedro Antonio Pérez-Mancera 1, María Pérez-Caro1 1, Inés González-Herrero 1, Teresa Flores 2, Alberto Orfao 3, Garcia de Herreros A 4, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Adán 5, Belén Pintado 5, Ana Sagrera 1, Manuel Sánchez-Martín 6, and Isidro Sánchez-García 1*

1 Laboratorio 13, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer (IBMCC), CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Unamuno, 37007-SALAMANCA (SPAIN)
2 Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, University of Salamanca
3 Servicio de Citometría, University of Salamanca
4 Unitat de Biologia Cel.lular i Molecular, Institut Municipal d'Investigacio Medica, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
5 Area de Reproducción Animal, Centro de Investigación y Tecnología, Ctra de la Coruña km 5.9, 28040-Madrid
6 Laboratorio 13, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer (IBMCC), CSIC/Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Unamuno, 37007-SALAMANCA (SPAIN).; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca; Departamento de Medicina, Universidad de Salamanca

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Isidro Sánchez-García, E-mail: isg{at}usal.es


  Abstract

The zinc-finger transcription factor Snail is believed to trigger epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) during cancer progression. This idea is supported by analysis of Snail-knockout mice, which uncovered crucial role of Snail in gastrulation, and of individuals with cancer, in whom Snail expression is frequently upregulated. However, these results have not shown a direct link between Snail and the pathogenesis of cancer. Here we show that mice carrying hypomorphic tetracycline-repressible Snail transgenes, that increase Snail expression to 20% above normal levels, exhibit no morphological alterations and develop both epithelial and mesenchymal tumours (leukaemias). Suppression of the Snail transgene did not rescue the malignant phenotype, indicating that alterations induced by Snail are irreversible. CombitTA-Snail murine embryonic fibroblasts show similar migratory ability to that of control MEFs. However, CombitTA-Snail-MEFs induce tumour formation in nude mice. CombitTA-Snail expression results in increased radioprotection in vivo, although it does not affect p53 regulation in response to DNA damage. In concert with these results, Snail expression is repressed following DNA damage. This regulation of Snail by DNA damage is p53-independent. Our results connect DNA damage with the requirement of a critical level of an EMT regulator and provide genetic evidence that Snail plays essential roles in cancer development in mammals and thereby influences cell fate in the genotoxic stress response.


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