Early events of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) tumorigenesis are triggered by inappropriate activation of SHH signaling, via the loss of Patched1 (Ptch1) or by activating mutations of Smoothened (Smo). TBX1 is a key regulator of pharyngeal development, mainly through expression in multipotent progenitor cells of the cardiopharyngeal lineage. This transcription factor is connected to several major signaling systems, such as FGF, WNT, and SHH, and it has been linked to cell proliferation and to the regulation of cell shape and cell dynamics. Here, we show that TBX1 was expressed in all of the 51 BCC samples that we have tested, while in healthy human skin it was only expressed in the hair follicle. Signal intensity and distribution was heterogeneous among tumor samples. Experiments performed on a cellular model of mouse BCC showed that Tbx1 is downstream to GLI2, a factor in the SHH signaling, and that, in turn, it regulates the expression of Dvl2, which encodes an adaptor protein that is necessary for the transduction of WNT signaling. Consistently, Tbx1 depletion in the cellular model significantly reduced cell migration. These results suggest that TBX1 is part of a core transcription network that promotes BCC tumorigenesis.

TBX1 and Basal Cell Carcinoma: Expression and Interactions with Gli2 and Dvl2 Signaling / Caprio, Cinzia; Varricchio, Silvia; Bilio, Marchesa; Feo, Federica; Ferrentino, Rosa; Russo, Daniela; Staibano, Stefania; Alfano, Daniela; Missero, Caterina; Ilardi, Gennaro; Baldini, Antonio. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 21:2(2020), p. 607. [10.3390/ijms21020607]

TBX1 and Basal Cell Carcinoma: Expression and Interactions with Gli2 and Dvl2 Signaling

Varricchio, Silvia;FEO, FEDERICA;Russo, Daniela;Staibano, Stefania;Missero, Caterina;Ilardi, Gennaro
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Baldini, Antonio
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2020

Abstract

Early events of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) tumorigenesis are triggered by inappropriate activation of SHH signaling, via the loss of Patched1 (Ptch1) or by activating mutations of Smoothened (Smo). TBX1 is a key regulator of pharyngeal development, mainly through expression in multipotent progenitor cells of the cardiopharyngeal lineage. This transcription factor is connected to several major signaling systems, such as FGF, WNT, and SHH, and it has been linked to cell proliferation and to the regulation of cell shape and cell dynamics. Here, we show that TBX1 was expressed in all of the 51 BCC samples that we have tested, while in healthy human skin it was only expressed in the hair follicle. Signal intensity and distribution was heterogeneous among tumor samples. Experiments performed on a cellular model of mouse BCC showed that Tbx1 is downstream to GLI2, a factor in the SHH signaling, and that, in turn, it regulates the expression of Dvl2, which encodes an adaptor protein that is necessary for the transduction of WNT signaling. Consistently, Tbx1 depletion in the cellular model significantly reduced cell migration. These results suggest that TBX1 is part of a core transcription network that promotes BCC tumorigenesis.
2020
TBX1 and Basal Cell Carcinoma: Expression and Interactions with Gli2 and Dvl2 Signaling / Caprio, Cinzia; Varricchio, Silvia; Bilio, Marchesa; Feo, Federica; Ferrentino, Rosa; Russo, Daniela; Staibano, Stefania; Alfano, Daniela; Missero, Caterina; Ilardi, Gennaro; Baldini, Antonio. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. - ISSN 1422-0067. - 21:2(2020), p. 607. [10.3390/ijms21020607]
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