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Oliveira C, Huang J, Onar A, Robinson GW, Gajjar A, Merchant TE. Dose-Effect of Proton and Photon Craniospinal Irradiation on Vertebral Growth in Pediatric Patients with Medulloblastoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:S77-S78. [PMID: 37784571 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.06.393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE(S) Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) directly damages vertebral growth plates causing skeletal dysplasia leading to reduced height in pediatric long-term survivors. The objective of this study is to quantify the adjusted effect of CSI on standing and sitting height by radiation dose and modality in children. MATERIALS/METHODS Two hundred sixty-five patients (M/F 169/96) were treated at a single institution on a clinical and molecular risk-directed trial for medulloblastoma (NCT01878617) using proton or photon therapy. Three CSI dose regimens were evaluated: 15 Gy (n = 31), 23.4 Gy (n = 103), ≥36 Gy (n = 131). Vertebral body dose was limited to 18-20 CGE for 23.4 Gy or 36 Gy proton therapy. All patients received post-CSI protocol-specified chemotherapy. Non-parametric tests were applied for baseline patient comparison. Changes in growth over time were calculated using random coefficients models using patient-specific intercepts and slopes. Dose-effects were modeled for ages 5, 10, and 18 years. RESULTS Age at CSI and race were similar between the three dose levels. Females most often received 23.4 Gy and males ≥36 Gy (p = 0.001). Higher CSI doses were associated with photon therapy (p<0.001). Median follow-up was 3 years (range 0.1-7.1). Annual growth rate was significantly different between 15 Gy (3.66 cm/year) and the higher dose levels of 23.4 Gy (2.81 cm/year, p = 0.0389) and ≥36 Gy (2.46 cm/year, p = 0.0032). Lower annual growth rate in females (vs. males, p = 0.0331) was observed in models for those aged 5 (-0.17 cm/year), 10 (-0.35 cm/year), and 18 years (-0.62 cm/year). In multivariate analysis, modelled annual growth rate was dose-dependent at ages 5 and 10 years. The differences were, respectively, 1.68 cm/year between 15 and 23.4 Gy (p = 0.0005) and 0.98 cm/year between 23.4 and ≥36 Gy (p = 0.0002), and 1.13 cm/year between 15 and 23.4 Gy (p = 0.0002) and 0.68 cm/year between 23.4 and ≥36 Gy (p = 0.0003). Radiation modality did not impact standing height over time significantly. Annual sitting height growth was 2.34, 1.67 and 1.1 cm/year for the three dose levels (p<0.0001-0.001). In the multivariate model, a 5-year-old receiving 15 or 23.4 Gy had similar annual sitting height growth, but not when 23.4 Gy was compared to ≥36 Gy (0.83 cm/year, p<0.0001). In a separate model for a patient aged 10 years, there was a difference comparing all CSI regimens (0.81 cm/year, p<0.0001, 15 vs 23.4 Gy; 0.54 cm/year, p = 0.0002, 23.4 vs ≥36 Gy). Sitting height growth was affected by CSI dose at age 18 years, with a difference of 2.2 cm/year between 15 vs 23.4 Gy (p = 0.0013), and no difference between 23.4 and ≥36 Gy. CONCLUSION Annual growth rates show a dose-response relationship, independent of treatment modality. A dose-response in sitting height growth rate is seen at any age, while the annual standing height growth rate was only affected by CSI dose in 5- and 10-year-olds. While all CSI doses had a significant impact on the annual standing height, sitting height growth rates approximated normal values for those treated with a low CSI dose.
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- C Oliveira
- Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN
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Villarino AV, Sciumè G, Davis FP, Iwata S, Zitti B, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L, Kanno Y, O'Shea JJ. Subset- and tissue-defined STAT5 thresholds control homeostasis and function of innate lymphoid cells. J Exp Med 2017; 214:2999-3014. [PMID: 28916644 PMCID: PMC5626390 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20150907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2015] [Revised: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) patrol environmental interfaces to defend against infection and protect barrier integrity. Using a genetic tuning model, we demonstrate that the signal-dependent transcription factor (TF) STAT5 is critical for accumulation of all known ILC subsets in mice and reveal a hierarchy of STAT5 dependency for populating lymphoid and nonlymphoid tissues. We apply transcriptome and genomic distribution analyses to define a STAT5 gene signature in natural killer (NK) cells, the prototypical ILC subset, and provide a systems-based molecular rationale for its key functions downstream of IL-15. We also uncover surprising features of STAT5 behavior, most notably the wholesale redistribution that occurs when NK cells shift from tonic signaling to acute cytokine-driven signaling, and genome-wide coordination with T-bet, another key TF in ILC biology. Collectively, our data position STAT5 as a central node in the TF network that instructs ILC development, homeostasis, and function and provide mechanistic insights on how it works at cellular and molecular levels.
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- Alejandro V Villarino
- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Villarino A, Laurence A, Robinson GW, Bonelli M, Dema B, Afzali B, Shih HY, Sun HW, Brooks SR, Hennighausen L, Kanno Y, O'Shea JJ. Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) paralog dose governs T cell effector and regulatory functions. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 26999798 PMCID: PMC4856466 DOI: 10.7554/elife.08384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The transcription factor STAT5 is fundamental to the mammalian immune system. However, the relationship between its two paralogs, STAT5A and STAT5B, and the extent to which they are functionally distinct, remain uncertain. Using mouse models of paralog deficiency, we demonstrate that they are not equivalent for CD4+ 'helper' T cells, the principal orchestrators of adaptive immunity. Instead, we find that STAT5B is dominant for both effector and regulatory (Treg) responses and, therefore, uniquely necessary for immunological tolerance. Comparative analysis of genomic distribution and transcriptomic output confirm that STAT5B has fargreater impact but, surprisingly, the data point towards asymmetric expression (i.e. paralog dose), rather than distinct functional properties, as the key distinguishing feature. Thus, we propose a quantitative model of STAT5 paralog activity whereby relative abundance imposes functional specificity (or dominance) in the face of widespread structural homology. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08384.001 The immune system in mammals is one of the most complex networks in the animal kingdom. One way that its many components communicate is via proteins called cytokines, which are released by cells and detected by receptors on the surface of other cells. This leads to the activation of signals inside the responding cells that alter the activity of genes and, ultimately, direct how they behave. STAT5 is a signal protein that is activated when certain cytokines bind to receptors on the cell surface. Consequently, it is an attractive target for drug therapies that seek to alter immune responses and there is keen interest in understanding how it works. It is an unusual protein in that there are two versions – termed STAT5A and STAT5B – that are produced by two separate genes. Together, STAT5A and STAT5B are fundamental to the immune system but there is considerable debate about whether they perform the same job or have distinct roles. Villarino et al. used a combination of genetic and genomic approaches to investigate how both versions of STAT5 work in mice. The experiments show that STAT5B plays a much bigger role in immune cells than STAT5A. Unexpectedly, the experiments indicate that the disparity is not due to differences in protein activity, but is caused by differences in the amount of these proteins in cells. Villarino et al.’s findings resolve longstanding questions about the relationship between STAT5A and STAT5B within the immune system. A logical next step is to find the molecular mechanisms responsible for causing different amounts of STAT5A and STAT5B to be produced in immune cells. Future work will also compare the roles of STAT5A and STAT5B in non-immune cells and explore whether it might be possible to develop therapies that specifically target one version and not the other. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.08384.002
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- Alejandro Villarino
- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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Yoo KH, Oh S, Kang K, Hensel T, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Loss of EZH2 results in precocious mammary gland development and activation of STAT5-dependent genes. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:8774-89. [PMID: 26250110 PMCID: PMC4605299 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Establishment and differentiation of mammary alveoli during pregnancy are controlled by prolactin through the transcription factors STAT5A and STAT5B (STAT5), which also regulate temporal activation of mammary signature genes. This study addressed the question whether the methyltransferase and transcriptional co-activator EZH2 controls the differentiation clock of mammary epithelium. Ablation of Ezh2 from mammary stem cells resulted in precocious differentiation of alveolar epithelium during pregnancy and the activation of mammary-specific STAT5 target genes. This coincided with enhanced occupancy of these loci by STAT5, EZH1 and RNA Pol II. Limited activation of differentiation-specific genes was observed in mammary epithelium lacking both EZH2 and STAT5, suggesting a modulating but not mandatory role for STAT5. Loss of EZH2 did not result in overt changes in genome-wide and gene-specific H3K27me3 profiles, suggesting compensation through enhanced EZH1 recruitment. Differentiated mammary epithelia did not form in the combined absence of EZH1 and EZH2. Transplantation experiments failed to demonstrate a role for EZH2 in the activity of mammary stem and progenitor cells. In summary, while EZH1 and EZH2 serve redundant functions in the establishment of H3K27me3 marks and the formation of mammary alveoli, the presence of EZH2 is required to control progressive differentiation of milk secreting epithelium during pregnancy.
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- Kyung Hyun Yoo
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Department of Nanobiomedical Science and BK21 PLUS NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institutes of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Yoo KH, Kang K, Feuermann Y, Jang SJ, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. The STAT5-regulated miR-193b locus restrains mammary stem and progenitor cell activity and alveolar differentiation. Dev Biol 2014; 395:245-54. [PMID: 25236432 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2014] [Revised: 08/06/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The transcription factor STAT5 mediates prolactin signaling and controls functional development of mammary tissue during pregnancy. This study has identified the miR-193b locus, also encoding miRNAs 365-1 and 6365, as a STAT5 target in mammary epithelium. While the locus was characterized by active histone marks in mammary tissue, STAT5 binding and expression during pregnancy, it was silent in most non-mammary cells. Inactivation of the miR-193b locus in mice resulted in elevated mammary stem/progenitor cell activity as judged by limiting dilution transplantation experiments of primary mammary epithelial cells. Colonies formed by mutant cells were larger and contained more Ki-67 positive cells. Differentiation of mammary epithelium lacking the miR-193b locus was accelerated during puberty and pregnancy, which coincided with the loss of Cav3 and elevated levels of Elf5. Normal colony development was partially obtained upon ectopically expressing Cav3 or upon siRNA-mediated reduction of Elf5 in miR-193b-null primary mammary epithelial cells. This study reveals a previously unknown link between the mammary-defining transcription factor STAT5 and a microRNA cluster in controlling mammary epithelial differentiation and the activity of mammary stem and progenitor cells.
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- Kyung Hyun Yoo
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Department of Microbiology, Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Robinson GW, Kang K, Yoo KH, Tang Y, Zhu BM, Yamaji D, Colditz V, Jang SJ, Gronostajski RM, Hennighausen L. Coregulation of genetic programs by the transcription factors NFIB and STAT5. Mol Endocrinol 2014; 28:758-67. [PMID: 24678731 DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Mammary-specific genetic programs are activated during pregnancy by the common transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 5. More than one third of these genes carry nuclear factor I/B (NFIB) binding motifs that coincide with STAT5 in vivo binding, suggesting functional synergy between these two transcription factors. The role of NFIB in this governance was investigated in mice from which Nfib had been inactivated in mammary stem cells or in differentiating alveolar epithelium. Although NFIB was not required for alveolar expansion, the combined absence of NFIB and STAT5 prevented the formation of functional alveoli. NFIB controlled the expression of mammary-specific and STAT5-regulated genes and chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing established STAT5 and NFIB binding at composite regulatory elements containing histone H3 lysine dimethylation enhancer marks and progesterone receptor binding. By integrating previously published chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing data sets, the presence of NFIB-STAT5 modules in other cell types was investigated. Notably, genomic sites bound by NFIB in hair follicle stem cells were also occupied by STAT5 in mammary epithelium and coincided with enhancer marks. Many of these genes were under NFIB control in both hair follicle stem cells and mammary alveolar epithelium. We propose that NFIB-STAT5 modules, possibly in conjunction with other transcription factors, control cell-specific genetic programs.
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology (G.W.R., K.K., K.H.Y., Y.T., D.Y., V.C., S.J.J., L.H.), National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892; Department of Microbiology (K.K.), Dankook University, Cheonan 330-714, Republic of Korea; Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Y.T.), Chengdu 610072, Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Acupuncture and Medicine (B.-M.Z.), Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, Republic of China; and New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (R.M.G.), Department of Biochemistry, Developmental Genomics Group, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14203
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Feuermann Y, Kang K, Shamay A, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. MiR-21 is under control of STAT5 but is dispensable for mammary development and lactation. PLoS One 2014; 9:e85123. [PMID: 24497923 PMCID: PMC3907398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 11/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Development of mammary alveolar epithelium during pregnancy is controlled by prolactin, through the transcription factors STAT5A/B that activate specific sets of target genes. Here we asked whether some of STAT5's functions are mediated by microRNAs. The miR-21 promoter sequence contains a bona-fide STAT5 binding site and miR-21 levels increased in HC11 mammary cells upon prolactin treatment. In vivo miR-21 was abundantly expressed in mammary epithelium at day 6 of pregnancy. Analysis of mice lacking miR-21 revealed that their mammary tissue developed normally during pregnancy and dams were able to nurse their pups. Our study demonstrated that although expression of miR-21 is under prolactin control through the transcription factors STAT5A/B its presence is dispensable for mammary development and lactation.
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- Yonatan Feuermann
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Animal Science Departments, The Volcani Center, The Ministry of Agriculture, Bet Dagan, Israel
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Feuermann Y, Kang K, Gavrilova O, Haetscher N, Jang SJ, Yoo KH, Jiang C, Gonzalez FJ, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. MiR-193b and miR-365-1 are not required for the development and function of brown fat in the mouse. RNA Biol 2013; 10:1807-14. [PMID: 24356587 DOI: 10.4161/rna.27239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Generating heat and maintaining body temperature is the primary function of brown adipose tissue (BAT). Previous studies have implicated microRNAs, including miR-193b and miR-365-1, in BAT differentiation. We used mouse genetics to further understand the specific contributions of these two miRs. BAT function in mice with an inactivated miR-193b-365-1 locus, as determined by their response to the selective β3 adrenergic receptor agonist CL316.243 and their tolerance to cold exposure, was normal and expression of genes associated with functional BAT, including Prdm16 and Ucp1, was unaffected. In addition, genome-wide expression profiles of miRNAs and mRNAs in BAT in the presence and absence of miR-193b-365-1 were determined. In summary, these data demonstrate, in contrast to earlier work, that the development, differentiation, and function of BAT do not require the presence of miR-193b and miR-365-1.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology; NIDDK, NIH; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology; NIDDK, NIH; Bethesda, MD USA; Georg-Speyer-Haus, Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy and LOEWE Center for Cell and Gene Therapy Frankfurt and Department of Hematology/Oncology; Goethe University; Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology; NIDDK, NIH; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, NCI; NIH; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Metabolism, Center for Cancer Research, NCI; NIH; Bethesda, MD USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology; NIDDK, NIH; Bethesda, MD USA
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Kang K, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Comprehensive meta-analysis of Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STAT) genomic binding patterns discerns cell-specific cis-regulatory modules. BMC Genomics 2013; 14:4. [PMID: 23324445 PMCID: PMC3564941 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-14-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2012] [Accepted: 01/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Cytokine-activated transcription factors from the STAT (Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription) family control common and context-specific genetic programs. It is not clear to what extent cell-specific features determine the binding capacity of seven STAT members and to what degree they share genetic targets. Molecular insight into the biology of STATs was gained from a meta-analysis of 29 available ChIP-seq data sets covering genome-wide occupancy of STATs 1, 3, 4, 5A, 5B and 6 in several cell types. RESULTS We determined that the genomic binding capacity of STATs is primarily defined by the cell type and to a lesser extent by individual family members. For example, the overlap of shared binding sites between STATs 3 and 5 in T cells is greater than that between STAT5 in T cells and non-T cells. Even for the top 1,000 highly enriched STAT binding sites, ~15% of STAT5 binding sites in mouse female liver are shared by other STATs in different cell types while in T cells ~90% of STAT5 binding sites are co-occupied by STAT3, STAT4 and STAT6. In addition, we identified 116 cis-regulatory modules (CRM), which are recognized by all STAT members across cell types defining a common JAK-STAT signature. Lastly, in liver STAT5 binding significantly coincides with binding of the cell-specific transcription factors HNF4A, FOXA1 and FOXA2 and is associated with cell-type specific gene transcription. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that genomic binding of STATs is primarily determined by the cell type and further specificity is achieved in part by juxtaposed binding of cell-specific transcription factors.
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- Keunsoo Kang
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0822, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0822, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD, 20892-0822, USA
- National Department of Nanobiomedical Science and WCU Research Center of Nanobiomedical Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Chungnam, 330-714, Republic of Korea
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Yamaji D, Kang K, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Sequential activation of genetic programs in mouse mammary epithelium during pregnancy depends on STAT5A/B concentration. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 41:1622-36. [PMID: 23275557 PMCID: PMC3561979 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The transcription factors Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) 5A/B mediate prolactin-induced mammary development during pregnancy. However, it is not clear how the different processes, expansion and maturation of alveolar precursor cells and the differential induction of milk protein genes are regulated on a molecular level. We have used mouse genetics and genome-wide analyses to determine how altering concentrations of STAT5A and STAT5B impacts mammary epithelial development during pregnancy and the regulation of target genes. The presence of only a single Stat5a or Stat5b allele was sufficient for the establishment of histologically undifferentiated alveolar units and two alleles permitted the execution of a differentiation program similar to that found with all four alleles. While one copy of Stat5 induced limited expression of target genes, two copies activated a lactation-like gene signature. Using ChIP-seq analyses on intact tissue under physiological conditions, we found that highly expressed and regulated genes were bound by STAT5 in their promoter proximal regions, whereas upstream binding had minor biological consequences. Remarkably, 80% of the genes bound by STAT5 in vivo were not under STAT5 control. RNA polymerase II intensity was directly proportional to STAT5 concentration only on STAT5 regulated genes providing mechanistic insight by which STAT5 activates mammary specific genes.
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- Daisuke Yamaji
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20815, USA
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Tam WF, Hähnel PS, Schüler A, Lee BH, Okabe R, Zhu N, Pante SV, Raffel G, Mercher T, Wernig G, Bockamp E, Sasca D, Kreft A, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L, Gilliland DG, Kindler T. STAT5 is crucial to maintain leukemic stem cells in acute myelogenous leukemias induced by MOZ-TIF2. Cancer Res 2012; 73:373-84. [PMID: 23149921 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-0255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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MOZ-TIF2 is a leukemogenic fusion oncoprotein that confers self-renewal capability to hematopoietic progenitor cells and induces acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) with long latency in bone marrow transplantation assays. Here, we report that FLT3-ITD transforms hematopoietic cells in cooperation with MOZ-TIF2 in vitro and in vivo. Coexpression of FLT3-ITD confers growth factor independent survival/proliferation, shortens disease latency, and results in an increase in the number of leukemic stem cells (LSC). We show that STAT5, a major effector of aberrant FLT3-ITD signal transduction, is both necessary and sufficient for this cooperative effect. In addition, STAT5 signaling is essential for MOZ-TIF2-induced leukemic transformation itself. Lack of STAT5 in fetal liver cells caused rapid differentiation and loss of replating capacity of MOZ-TIF2-transduced cells enriched for LSCs. Furthermore, mice serially transplanted with Stat5(-/-) MOZ-TIF2 leukemic cells develop AML with longer disease latency and finally incomplete penetrance when compared with mice transplanted with Stat5(+/+) MOZ-TIF2 leukemic cells. These data suggest that STAT5AB is required for the self-renewal of LSCs and represents a combined signaling node of FLT3-ITD and MOZ-TIF2 driven leukemogenesis. Therefore, targeting aberrantly activated STAT5 or rewired downstream signaling pathways may be a promising therapeutic option.
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- Winnie F Tam
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Feuermann Y, Robinson GW, Zhu BM, Kang K, Raviv N, Yamaji D, Hennighausen L. The miR-17/92 cluster is targeted by STAT5 but dispensable for mammary development. Genesis 2012; 50:665-71. [PMID: 22389215 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2012] [Revised: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 02/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Genome wide analysis revealed the miR-17/92 cluster as a STAT5 target. This cluster encodes six microRNAs, which predictably target genes that play a role in mammary gland development. In this study, we have deleted the miR-17/92 cluster in mammary stem cells and evaluated in the mouse its function during mammary gland development. Loss of the miR-17/92 cluster did not affect mammary development from prepuberty to lactation. Our studies demonstrated that, while expression of the miR-17/92 cluster is under control of the key mammary transcription factor STAT5, its presence is not required for normal mammary development or lactation.
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- Yonatan Feuermann
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. MMTV-Cre transgenes can adversely affect lactation: considerations for conditional gene deletion in mammary tissue. Anal Biochem 2011; 412:92-5. [PMID: 21255551 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2010] [Revised: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 01/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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CRE-loxP-mediated inactivation and activation of genes in mouse mammary epithelium have been widely used to study genetic pathways in normal development and neoplastic transformation in vivo. In 1997, we generated three distinct mouse lines carrying an identical MMTV-Cre transgene (lines A, D, and F). Because the presence of CRE recombinase can adversely affect the physiology of nonmammary cells, we explored whether transgenic females display lactational defects. Whereas dams from line D nurse their pups and display overtly normal mammary development, line A shows some impairment during lactation and females from line F completely fail to nurse their litters. The ability to nurse a litter correlates with the extent of alveolar development and differentiation. This study demonstrates the importance of including appropriate "Cre-only" controls and provides guidelines to avoid problems in data interpretation.
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Yu JH, Zhu BM, Wickre M, Riedlinger G, Chen W, Hosui A, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. The transcription factors signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A (STAT5A) and STAT5B negatively regulate cell proliferation through the activation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2b (Cdkn2b) and Cdkn1a expression. Hepatology 2010; 52:1808-18. [PMID: 21038417 PMCID: PMC3152209 DOI: 10.1002/hep.23882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/07/2022]
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UNLABELLED Although the cytokine-inducible transcription factor signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 (STAT5) promotes proliferation of a wide range of cell types, there are cell-specific and context-specific cases in which loss of STAT5 results in enhanced cell proliferation. Here, we report that loss of STAT5 from mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) leads to enhanced proliferation, which was linked to reduced levels of the cell cycle inhibitors p15(INK4B) and p21(CIP1). We further demonstrate that growth hormone, through the transcription factor STAT5, enhances expression of the Cdkn2b (cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2B) gene and that STAT5A binds to interferon-gamma-activated sequence sites within the promoter. We recently demonstrated that ablation of STAT5 from liver results in hepatocellular carcinoma upon CCl₄ treatment. We now establish that STAT5, like in MEFs, activates expression of the Cdkn2b gene in liver tissue. Loss of STAT5 led to diminished p15(INK4B) and increased hepatocyte proliferation. CONCLUSION This study for the first time demonstrates that cytokines, through STAT5, induce the expression of a key cell cycle inhibitor. These experiments therefore shed mechanistic light on the context-specific role of STAT5 as tumor suppressor.
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- Ji Hoon Yu
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Genomics Core Laboratory, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kimura 木村丹香子 A, Martin C, Robinson GW, Simone JM, Chen W, Wickre MC, O'Shea JJ, Hennighausen L. The gene encoding the hematopoietic stem cell regulator CCN3/NOV is under direct cytokine control through the transcription factors STAT5A/B. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:32704-32709. [PMID: 20720003 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.141804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cytokines control the biology of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and progenitor cells in part through the transcription factors STAT5A/B. To investigate the target genes of STAT5A/B activated by cytokines in HSCs and progenitors, we performed microarray analyses using Lineage(-) Sca-1(+) c-Kit(+) (KSL) cells in the presence and absence of STAT5A/B. Stimulation with a mixture containing IL-3, IL-6, stem cell factor, thrombopoietin, and Flt3 ligand induced Ccn3/Nov mRNA over 100-fold in WT (control) but not Stat5a/b-null KSL cells. CCN3/NOV is a positive regulator of human HSC self-renewal and development of committed blood cells. Without stimulation, the Ccn3/Nov signal level was low in control KSL cells similar to Stat5a/b-null KSL cells. To determine which cytokine activates the Ccn3/Nov gene, we analyzed Lineage(-) c-Kit(+) (KL) and 32D cells using quantitative PCR and ChIP assays. Although stimulation with a mixture lacking IL-3 prevented the induction of Ccn3/Nov in control KL cells, IL-3 alone could induce Ccn3/Nov mRNA in control KL and 32D cells. ChIP assays using 32D cells revealed IL-3-induced binding of STAT5A/B to a γ-interferon-activated sequences site in the Ccn3/Nov gene promoter. This is the first report that Ccn3/Nov is directly induced by cytokines through STAT5A/B.
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- Akiko Kimura 木村丹香子
- From the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
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- From the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- From the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Flow Cytometry Section, Office of Science and Technology, NIAMS, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Microarray Core Facility with the Genomic Core Laboratory, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- From the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, NIAMS, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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- From the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Fleming GR, Morris JM, Robbins RJ, Woolfe GJ, Thistlethwaite PJ, Robinson GW. Nonexponential fluorescence decay of aqueous tryptophan and two related peptides by picosecond spectroscopy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 75:4652-6. [PMID: 16592569 PMCID: PMC336174 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.75.10.4652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy of tryptophan and two related dipeptides, tryptophylalanine and alanyltryptophan, has been carried out on the subnanosecond time scale by using picosecond exciting pulses at a wavelength of 264 nm. Detection was with an ultrafast streak camera coupled to an optical multichannel analyzer. The zwitterions of these molecules show a definite nonexponential fluorescence decay which can be analyzed in terms of two exponentials. The two decay rates increase strongly with increasing temperature, as does the weight of the faster component. In tryptophan at pH 11, where the amino group is deprotonated, there remains only a single temperature-dependent exponential. The results are interpreted in terms of two kinds of trapped conformers in the excited state that interconvert no quicker than the time scale of the fluorescence. A model is suggested in which the nonradiative processes in one conformer approximate those in the bare indole moiety. The nonradiative decay rate of the other conformer is substantially faster. It is believed that the process responsible for this fast decay is intramolecular electron transfer from the indole to the amino acid side chain. The predilection for this electron transfer depends on steric relationships as well as on the electron-attracting power of the carbonyl group. This picture is consistent with earlier fluorescence quantum yield results. In fact, a self-consistent picture emerges from the temporal and yield data that quantitatively explains most important facets of tryptophan photochemistry in aqueous solution.
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- G R Fleming
- Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville 3052, Victoria, Australia
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Burland DM, Robinson GW. Is the breakdown of the born-oppenheimer approximation responsible for internal conversion in large molecules? Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 66:257-64. [PMID: 16591837 PMCID: PMC283037 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.66.2.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Vibronic radiationless transitions in large polyatomic molecules can be thought of as a process whereby the molecule, initially prepared in a discrete quasistationary state, makes a transition to an adjoining vibronic continuum belonging to a lower electronic state of the same multiplicity. In many instances the transition is analogous to penetration through a barrier between two "nested" potential sheets far away from an actual intersection of the sheets. Simultaneous distortions of vibrational and electronic parts of the wavefunction are required for such a tunneling process. The vibrational distortion manifests itself in the familiar Franck-Condon effect. The electronic distortion can be caused by nontotally symmetric vibrations of the molecule either because of the displaced nuclear configuration, to which the electrons instantly respond (Herzberg-Teller effect), or because of the protracted response of the electrons to the kinetic energy of nuclear motion (nonadiabatic effect or the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation). It is found here that Herzberg-Teller coupling is more effective in causing radiationless transitions than the breakdown of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation when the potential surfaces involved are not close to an intersection.
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- D M Burland
- ARTHUR A. NOYES LABORATORY OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, PASADENA
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Yamaji D, Na R, Feuermann Y, Pechhold S, Chen W, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Development of mammary luminal progenitor cells is controlled by the transcription factor STAT5A. Genes Dev 2009; 23:2382-7. [PMID: 19833766 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1840109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mammary alveologenesis is abrogated in the absence of the transcription factors STAT5A/5B, which mediate cytokine signaling. To reveal the underlying causes for this developmental block, we studied mammary stem and progenitor cells. While loss of STAT5A/5B did not affect the stem cell population and its ability to form mammary ducts, luminal progenitors were greatly reduced and unable to form alveoli during pregnancy. Temporally controlled expression of transgenic STAT5A in mammary epithelium lacking STAT5A/5B restored the luminal progenitor population and rescued alveologenesis in a reversible fashion in vivo. Thus, STAT5A is necessary and sufficient for the establishment of luminal progenitor cells.
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- Daisuke Yamaji
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Yamaji D, Robinson GW, Muller WJ, Hennighausen L. Deletion of STAT5 prevents HER2/Neu/ErbB2-induced mammary tumor development. Cancer Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.sabcs-3045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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HER2 (ErbB2/Neu in rodents) is overexpressed in a number of breast cancers and it activates several intracellular signaling pathways by recruiting adaptor proteins. Among them, Shc or Gab2 signaling mediates ErbB2/Neu-induced mammary tumor progression. HER2 activates the transcription factors STAT5A/B but their contribution to the etiology of breast cancer remains to be elucidated. STAT5 mediates signals from a wide variety of cytokine receptors, including the EGFR and ErbB4. Further, constitutive activation of STAT5 has been observed in human breast cancer, leukemia and many solid tumors. To address whether STAT5 mediates HER2/ErbB2/Neu-induced breast cancer progression, both Stat5 genes were deleted specifically in ErbB2/Neu oncogene (known as HER2 in human)-expressing mammary epithelial cells in mice. Briefly, transgenic mice carrying floxed Stat5 alleles (Stat5fl/fl mice) were mated with transgenic MMTV/NIC mice expressing both activated Neu/ErbB2 and Cre recombinase from the same bicistronic transcript due to the presence of an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) between the two cDNA sequences (NIC) under the control of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) long terminal repeat. Whole mount staining of mammary tissue of MMTV/NIC mice demonstrated that mammary glands of control virgin NIC mice (MMTV/NIC;Stat5+/+) exhibited hyperplastic lesions at 5 months of age, while no lesions were detected in NIC mice that lacked STAT5 (MMTV/NIC;Stat5fl/fl). Histological analysis revealed the absence of hyperplastic or neoplastic lesions in MMTV/NIC;Stat5fl/fl mammary glands. These results indicate that inactivation of Stat5 results in the absence of hyperplasias in spite of overexpression of ErbB2/Neu in mammary epithelium and suggest that activation of STAT5 contributes to the development of HER2-induced breast cancer.
Citation Information: Cancer Res 2009;69(2 Suppl):Abstract nr 3045.
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- D Yamaji
- 1 Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 1 Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- 2 Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- 1 Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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Notch signals mediate a wide range of activities in development and cancer. A report in this issue of Cell Stem Cell (Bouras et al., 2008) demonstrates that Notch serves as a switch that controls cell fate and tissue homeostasis in mammary epithelium.
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Lee JY, Muenzberg H, Gavrilova O, Reed JA, Berryman D, Villanueva EC, Louis GW, Leinninger GM, Bertuzzi S, Seeley RJ, Robinson GW, Myers MG, Hennighausen L. Loss of cytokine-STAT5 signaling in the CNS and pituitary gland alters energy balance and leads to obesity. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1639. [PMID: 18286195 PMCID: PMC2237899 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 12/20/2007] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) are critical components of cytokine signaling pathways. STAT5A and STAT5B (STAT5), the most promiscuous members of this family, are highly expressed in specific populations of hypothalamic neurons in regions known to mediate the actions of cytokines in the regulation of energy balance. To test the hypothesis that STAT5 signaling is essential to energy homeostasis, we used Cre-mediated recombination to delete the Stat5 locus in the CNS. Mutant males and females developed severe obesity with hyperphagia, impaired thermal regulation in response to cold, hyperleptinemia and insulin resistance. Furthermore, central administration of GM-CSF mediated the nuclear accumulation of STAT5 in hypothalamic neurons and reduced food intake in control but not in mutant mice. These results demonstrate that STAT5 mediates energy homeostasis in response to endogenous cytokines such as GM-CSF.
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- Ji-Yeon Lee
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Mouse Metabolic Core Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Mammalian Development Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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Mammary glands become functional only in adult life but their development starts in the embryo. Initiation of the epithelial bud and ductal outgrowth are coordinated through short-range signals between epithelium and mesenchyme. Studies of natural and induced mouse mutants in which early mammary development is perturbed have identified genetic networks that regulate specific steps in these processes. Some of these signals contribute to aberrant mammary development in humans and are deregulated in cancer.
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Building 8, Room 101, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-20822, USA.
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Frech MS, Torre KM, Robinson GW, Furth PA. Loss of cyclin D1 in concert with deregulated estrogen receptor alpha expression induces DNA damage response activation and interrupts mammary gland morphogenesis. Oncogene 2007; 27:3186-93. [PMID: 18071314 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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We have previously shown that increased and deregulated estrogen receptor alpha expression in the mammary gland leads to the development of proliferative disease and cancer. To address the importance of cyclin D1 in ERalpha-mediated mammary tumorigenesis, we crossed ERalpha-overexpressing mice with cyclin D1 knockout mice. Mammary gland morphogenesis was completely interrupted in the ERalpha-overexpressing cyclin D1-deficient triple transgenic mice. In addition to a highly significant reduction in mammary epithelial cell proliferation, cyclin E was upregulated resulting in DNA damage checkpoint activation and apoptosis. This imbalance between proliferative and apoptotic rates in conjunction with remarkable structural defects and cellular disorganization in the terminal end buds interrupted ductal morphogenesis. Interestingly, the structure of the mammary fat pad was fundamentally altered by the consequences of overexpressing ERalpha in the epithelial cells in the absence of cyclin D1 illustrating how alterations in the epithelial compartment can impact surrounding stromal composition. Transplantation of embryonic ERalpha-overexpressing and cyclin D1-deficient mammary epithelium into the cleared fat pad of wild-type mice did not rescue the aberrant mammary gland phenotype indicating that it was intrinsic to the mammary epithelial cells. In conclusion, although cyclin D1 is not essential for proliferation of normal mammary epithelial cells, ERalpha-overexpressing cells are absolutely dependent on cyclin D1 for proliferation. This differential requirement for cyclin D1 in normal vs abnormal mammary epithelial cells supports the application of cyclin D1 inhibitors as therapeutic interventions in ERalpha-overexpressing breast cancers.
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- M S Frech
- Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20007, USA
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Cui Y, Hosui A, Sun R, Shen K, Gavrilova O, Chen W, Cam MC, Gao B, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Loss of signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 leads to hepatosteatosis and impaired liver regeneration. Hepatology 2007; 46:504-13. [PMID: 17640041 DOI: 10.1002/hep.21713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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UNLABELLED Growth hormone controls many facets of a cell's biology through the transcription factors Stat5a and Stat5b (Stat5). However, whole body deletion of these genes from the mouse does not provide portentous information on cell-specific cytokine signaling. To explore liver-specific functions of Stat5, the entire Stat5 locus was deleted in hepatocytes using Cre-mediated recombination. Notably, Stat5-mutant mice developed fatty livers and displayed impaired proliferation of hepatocytes upon partial hepatectomy (PHx). Loss of Stat5 led to molecular consequences beyond the reduced expression of Stat5 target genes, such as those encoding suppressor of cytokine signaling 2 (SOCS2), Cish, and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1). In particular, circulating growth hormone levels were increased and correlated with insulin resistance and increased insulin levels. Aberrant growth hormone (GH)-induced activation of the transcription factors Stat1 and Stat3 was observed in mutant livers. To test whether some of the defects observed in liver-specific Stat5 deficient mice were due to aberrant Stat1 expression and activation, we generated Stat1(-/-) mice with a hepatocyte-specific deletion of Stat5. Concomitant loss of both Stat5 and Stat1 restored cell proliferation upon PHx but did not reverse fatty liver development. Thus the molecular underpinnings of some defects observed in the absence of Stat5 are the consequence of a deregulated activation of other signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) family members. CONCLUSION Aberrant cytokine-Stat5 signaling in hepatocytes alters their physiology through increased activity of Stat1 and Stat3. Such cross-talk between different pathways could add to the complexity of syndromes observed in disease.
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- Yongzhi Cui
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892-0822, USA
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Robinson GW, Pacher-Zavisin M, Zhu BM, Yoshimura A, Hennighausen L. Socs 3 modulates the activity of the transcription factor Stat3 in mammary tissue and controls alveolar homeostasis. Dev Dyn 2007; 236:654-61. [PMID: 17205581 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5 and 3 (Stat5 and Stat3) control pregnancy-mediated mammary development and involution-dependent remodeling, respectively. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 (Socs3) has been implicated in the modulation of both Stat3 and Stat5 activity. To explore the biology of Socs3 in mammary tissue, the gene was deleted using Cre-mediated recombination. Deletion of the Socs3 gene from mammary stem or early progenitor cells did not grossly alter pregnancy-mediated mammary development but resulted in impaired lactation due to attenuated proliferation. Loss of Socs3 from differentiated luminal cells did not interfere with glandular function during lactation, but resulted in accelerated tissue remodeling upon weaning. Loss of Socs3 led to enhanced and precocious Stat3 activation. Thus, Socs3 serves as a modulator of Stat3 activity to ensure controlled proliferation and apoptosis in pregnancy and involution, respectively.
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-0822, USA.
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Garin É, Lemieux M, Coulombe Y, Robinson GW, Jeannotte L. Stromal Hoxa5 function controls the growth and differentiation of mammary alveolar epithelium. Dev Dyn 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Lee JY, Gavrilova O, Davani B, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. The transcription factors Stat5a/b are not required for islet development but modulate pancreatic beta-cell physiology upon aging. Biochim Biophys Acta 2007; 1773:1455-61. [PMID: 17599554 PMCID: PMC2695665 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2007] [Revised: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/03/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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In insulinoma cell lines proliferation and insulin gene transcription are stimulated by growth hormone and prolactin, which convey their signals through the transcription factors Stat5a and 5b (referred to as Stat5). However, the contribution of Stat5 to the physiology of beta-cells in vivo could not be assessed directly since Stat5-null mice die perinataly. To explore the physiological role of Stat5 in the mouse, the corresponding gene locus targeted with loxP sites was inactivated in beta-cells using two lines of Cre recombinase expressing transgenic mice. While the RIP-Cre transgene is active in pancreatic beta-cells and the hypothalamus, the Pdx1-Cre transgene is active in precursor cells of the endocrine and exocrine pancreas. Mice carrying two floxed Stat5alleles and a RIP-Cre transgene developed mild obesity, were hyperglycemic and exhibited impaired glucose tolerance. Since RIP-Cre transgenic mice by themselves display some glucose intolerance, the significance of these data is unclear. In contrast, mice, in which the Stat5 locus had been deleted with the Pdx1-Cre transgene, developed functional islets and were glucose tolerant. Mild glucose intolerance occurred with age. We conclude that Stat5 is not essential for islet development but may modulate beta-cell function.
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- Ji-Yeon Lee
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Mouse Metabolic Core Facility, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Yao Z, Kanno Y, Kerenyi M, Stephens G, Durant L, Watford WT, Laurence A, Robinson GW, Shevach EM, Moriggl R, Hennighausen L, Wu C, O'Shea JJ. Nonredundant roles for Stat5a/b in directly regulating Foxp3. Blood 2007; 109:4368-75. [PMID: 17227828 PMCID: PMC1885496 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2006-11-055756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 446] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Accepted: 01/08/2007] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Stats (signal transducers and activators of transcription) regulate multiple aspects of T-cell fate. T regulatory (Treg) cells are a critical subset that limits immune responses, but the relative importance of Stat5a/b versus Stat3 for Treg cell development has been contentious. We observed that peripheral CD25(+)CD4(+) T cells were reduced in Stat5(DeltaN) mice; however, the levels of Foxp3, a transcription factor that is critical for Treg cells, were normal in splenic CD4(+) T cells even though they were reduced in the thymus. In contrast, complete deletion of Stat5a/b (Stat5(-/-)) resulted in dramatic reduction in CD25- or Foxp3-expressing CD4(+) T cells. An intrinsic requirement was demonstrated by reduction of Stat5a/b in CD4-expressing cells and by stem cell transplantation using Stat5(-/-) fetal liver cells. Stat5a/b were also required for optimal induction of Foxp3 in vitro and bound directly to the Foxp3 gene. Reduction of Stat3 in T cells did not reduce the numbers of Treg cells in the thymus or spleen; however, Stat3 was required for IL-6-dependent down-regulation of Foxp3. Therefore, we conclude that Stat5a/b have an essential, nonredundant role in regulating Treg cells, and that Stat3 and Stat5a/b appear to have opposing roles in the regulation of Foxp3.
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- Zhengju Yao
- Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1820, USA
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Hens JR, Dann P, Zhang JP, Harris S, Robinson GW, Wysolmerski J. BMP4 and PTHrP interact to stimulate ductal outgrowth during embryonic mammary development and to inhibit hair follicle induction. Development 2007; 134:1221-30. [PMID: 17301089 DOI: 10.1242/dev.000182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The mammary glands develop initially as buds arising from the ventral embryonic epidermis. Recent work has shed light on signaling pathways leading to the patterning and formation of the mammary placodes and buds in mouse embryos. Relatively little is known of the signaling pathways that initiate branching morphogenesis and the formation of the ducts from the embryonic buds. Previous studies have shown that parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP; also known as parathyroid hormone-like peptide, Pthlh) is produced by mammary epithelial cells and acts on surrounding mesenchymal cells to promote their differentiation into a mammary-specific dense mesenchyme. As a result of PTHrP signaling, the mammary mesenchyme supports mammary epithelial cell fate, initiates ductal development and patterns the overlying nipple sheath. In this report, we demonstrate that PTHrP acts, in part, by sensitizing mesenchymal cells to BMP signaling. PTHrP upregulates BMP receptor 1A expression in the mammary mesenchyme, enabling it to respond to BMP4, which is expressed within mesenchymal cells underlying the ventral epidermis during mammary bud formation. We demonstrate that BMP signaling is important for outgrowth of normal mammary buds and that BMP4 can rescue outgrowth of PTHrP(-/-) mammary buds. In addition, the combination of PTHrP and BMP signaling is responsible for upregulating Msx2 gene expression within the mammary mesenchyme, and disruption of the Msx2 gene rescues the induction of hair follicles on the ventral surface of mice overexpressing PTHrP in keratinocytes (K14-PTHrP). Our data suggest that PTHrP signaling sensitizes the mammary mesenchyme to the actions of BMP4, triggering outgrowth of the mammary buds and inducing MSX2 expression, which, in turn, leads to lateral inhibition of hair follicle formation within the developing nipple sheath.
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- Julie R Hens
- Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8020, USA
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Garin E, Lemieux M, Coulombe Y, Robinson GW, Jeannotte L. Stromal Hoxa5 function controls the growth and differentiation of mammary alveolar epithelium. Dev Dyn 2006; 235:1858-71. [PMID: 16607641 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent progress has enlightened the involvement of Hox genes in organogenesis. Several Hox genes are expressed in normal and neoplastic mammary glands. Using Hoxa5 mutant mice, we showed that Hoxa5-/- females present nursing defects. Characterization of the Hoxa5-/- mammary gland phenotype reveals changes in proliferation and differentiation of the epithelium of nulliparous and pregnant Hoxa5-/- females that precede the abnormal secretory activity at parturition. These defects likely underlie the incapacity of Hoxa5-/- dams to properly feed their pups. Hoxa5 expression is restricted to the mammary stroma at specific stages of mammary gland development. The loss of Hoxa5 function causes accelerated lobuloalveolar epithelium development, a phenotype that can be rescued upon grafting of mutant mammary epithelium into wild-type fat pads. Conversely, reciprocal grafting experiments demonstrate that Hoxa5-/- stroma cannot support normal proliferation of wild-type mammary epithelium. These data establish the essential contribution of Hoxa5 to mammary epithelium instruction by means of mesenchymal-epithelial crosstalk.
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- Elisabeth Garin
- Centre de recherche en cancérologie de l'Université Laval, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec, Québec, Canada
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Sun Y, Boyd K, Xu W, Ma J, Jackson CW, Fu A, Shillingford JM, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L, Hitzler JK, Ma Z, Morris SW. Acute myeloid leukemia-associated Mkl1 (Mrtf-a) is a key regulator of mammary gland function. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:5809-26. [PMID: 16847333 PMCID: PMC1592762 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00024-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Transcription of immediate-early genes--as well as multiple genes affecting muscle function, cytoskeletal integrity, apoptosis control, and wound healing/angiogenesis--is regulated by serum response factor (Srf). Extracellular signals regulate Srf in part via a pathway involving megakaryoblastic leukemia 1 (Mkl1, also known as myocardin-related transcription factor A [Mrtf-a]), which coactivates Srf-responsive genes downstream of Rho GTPases. Here we investigate Mkl1 function using gene targeting and show the protein to be essential for the physiologic preparation of the mammary gland during pregnancy and the maintenance of lactation. Lack of Mkl1 causes premature involution and impairs expression of Srf-dependent genes in the mammary myoepithelial cells, which control milk ejection following oxytocin-induced contraction. Despite the importance of Srf in multiple transcriptional pathways and widespread Mkl1 expression, the spectrum of abnormalities associated with Mkl1 absence appears surprisingly restricted.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Apoptosis
- Child
- Failure to Thrive
- Female
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Targeting
- Heart/anatomy & histology
- Heart/embryology
- Humans
- Infant
- Lactation/physiology
- Leukemia, Megakaryoblastic, Acute
- Male
- Mammary Glands, Animal/abnormalities
- Mammary Glands, Animal/anatomy & histology
- Mammary Glands, Animal/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Milk
- Myocytes, Cardiac/pathology
- Myocytes, Cardiac/ultrastructure
- Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
- Oxytocin/metabolism
- Pregnancy
- Prolactin/metabolism
- STAT3 Transcription Factor
- Serum Response Factor/genetics
- Serum Response Factor/metabolism
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
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- Yi Sun
- Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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- G W Robinson
- GATES AND CRELLIN LABORATORIES OF CHEMISTRY, CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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Buono KD, Robinson GW, Martin C, Shi S, Stanley P, Tanigaki K, Honjo T, Hennighausen L. The canonical Notch/RBP-J signaling pathway controls the balance of cell lineages in mammary epithelium during pregnancy. Dev Biol 2006; 293:565-80. [PMID: 16581056 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2006] [Revised: 02/16/2006] [Accepted: 02/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mammary alveoli are composed of luminal (secretory) and basal (myoepithelial) cells, which are descendants of a common stem cell. This study addressed the role of RBP-J-dependent Notch signaling in the formation, maintenance and cellular composition of alveoli during pregnancy. For this purpose, the genes encoding RBP-J, the shared transcriptional mediator of Notch receptors, and Pofut1, a fucosyltransferase required for the activity of Notch receptors, were deleted in mammary progenitor cells in the mouse using Cre-mediated recombination. Loss of RBP-J and Pofut1 led to an accumulation of basal cell clusters characterized by the presence of cytokeratins (K5) and K14 and smooth muscle actin (SMA) during pregnancy. Hormonal stimulation of mutant tissue induced the expression of the basal cell transcription factor p63 in luminal cells and excessive proliferation of basal cells. A transient enrichment of K6-positive luminal cells was observed upon hormonal treatment suggesting a temporary arrest at an immature stage prior to transdifferentiation and expansion as basal cells. Despite the extensive proliferation of RBP-J-null basal cells during pregnancy, hormonal withdrawal during involution resulted in complete remodeling and the restoration of normal tissue architecture. We propose that the Notch-RBP-J pathway regulates alveolar development during pregnancy by maintaining luminal cell fate and preventing uncontrolled basal cell proliferation.
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- Krista D Buono
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Unique developmental features during puberty, pregnancy, lactation and post-lactation make the mammary gland a prime object to explore genetic circuits that control the specification, proliferation, differentiation, survival and death of cells. Steroids and simple peptide hormones initiate and carry out complex developmental programmes, and reverse genetics has been used to define the underlying mechanistic connections.
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- Lothar Hennighausen
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Le Provost F, Miyoshi K, Vilotte JL, Bierie B, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. SOCS3 promotes apoptosis of mammary differentiated cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 338:1696-701. [PMID: 16289036 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.10.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/21/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Growth and function of the mammary gland is regulated by cytokines and modulated by suppressor of cytokine signalling (SOCS) proteins. In vitro experiments demonstrated that SOCS3 can inhibit PRL induction of milk protein gene expression and STAT5 activation. We explored the SOCS3 expression pattern during mouse mammary development and its regulation by PRL and GH in wild-type and STAT5a-null mammary tissue. Our results suggest that, in vivo, PRL stimulates SOCS3 expression in stromal adipocytes, independently of STAT5a stimulation. In mammary epithelial cells, SOCS3 expression appears to be related to STAT3 activation. Together, our results are consistent with a role of SOCS3 in the mammary gland by promoting apoptosis of differentiated cells (adipocytes during gestation and epithelial cells during involution).
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- Fabienne Le Provost
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Cui Y, Riedlinger G, Miyoshi K, Tang W, Li C, Deng CX, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Inactivation of Stat5 in mouse mammary epithelium during pregnancy reveals distinct functions in cell proliferation, survival, and differentiation. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:8037-47. [PMID: 15340066 PMCID: PMC515028 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.18.8037-8047.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study explored the functions of the signal transducers and activators of transcription 5a and 5b (referred to as Stat5 here) during different stages of mouse mammary gland development by using conditional gene inactivation. Mammary gland morphogenesis includes cell specification, proliferation and differentiation during pregnancy, cell survival and maintenance of differentiation throughout lactation, and cell death during involution. Stat5 is activated by prolactin, and its presence is mandatory for the proliferation and differentiation of mammary epithelium during pregnancy. To address the question of whether Stat5 is also necessary for the maintenance and survival of the differentiated epithelium, the two genes were deleted at different time points. The 110-kb Stat5 locus in the mouse was bracketed with loxP sites, and its deletion was accomplished by using two Cre-expressing transgenic lines. Loss of Stat5 prior to pregnancy prevented epithelial proliferation and differentiation. Deletion of Stat5 during pregnancy, after mammary epithelium had entered Stat5-mediated differentiation, resulted in premature cell death, indicating that at this stage epithelial cell proliferation, differentiation, and survival require Stat5.
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- Yongzhi Cui
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0822, USA
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Zhao L, Hart S, Cheng J, Melenhorst JJ, Bierie B, Ernst M, Stewart C, Schaper F, Heinrich PC, Ullrich A, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Mammary gland remodeling depends on gp130 signaling through Stat3 and MAPK. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:44093-100. [PMID: 15292206 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313131200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The interleukin-6 (IL6) family of cytokines signals through the common receptor subunit gp130, and subsequently activates Stat3, MAPK, and PI3K. Stat3 controls cell death and tissue remodeling in the mouse mammary gland during involution, which is partially induced by IL6 and LIF. However, it is not clear whether Stat3 activation is mediated solely through the gp130 pathway or also through other receptors. This question was explored in mice carrying two distinct mutations in the gp130 gene; one that resulted in the complete ablation of gp130 and one that led to the loss of Stat3 binding sites (gp130Delta/Delta). Deletion of gp130 specifically from mammary epithelium resulted in a complete loss of Stat3 activity and resistance to tissue remodeling comparable to that seen in the absence of Stat3. A less profound delay of mammary tissue remodeling was observed in gp130Delta/Delta mice. Stat3 tyrosine and serine phosphorylation was still detected in these mice suggesting that Stat3 activation could be the result of gp130 interfacing with other receptors. Experiments in primary mammary epithelial cells and transfected COS-7 cells revealed a p44/42 MAPK and EGFR-dependent Stat3 activation. Moreover, the gp130-dependent EGFR activation was independent of EGF ligands, suggesting a cytoplasmic interaction and cross-talk between these two receptors. These experiments establish that two distinct Stat3 signaling pathways emanating from gp130 are utilized in mammary tissue.
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- Ling Zhao
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bry C, Maass K, Miyoshi K, Willecke K, Ott T, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Loss of connexin 26 in mammary epithelium during early but not during late pregnancy results in unscheduled apoptosis and impaired development. Dev Biol 2004; 267:418-29. [PMID: 15013803 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2003.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2003] [Revised: 11/07/2003] [Accepted: 11/24/2003] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Gap junctions are intercellular channels that are formed by the protein family of connexins (Cxs). In mammary tissue, Cx26 and Cx32 are present in the secretory epithelium and Cx43 is localized in the myoepithelium. The expression of Cx26 and Cx32 is induced during pregnancy and lactation, respectively, thus suggesting unique roles for them in the functional development of the gland. The requirement for these connexins was explored using several strains of genetically altered mice: mice with an inactivated Cx32 gene, mice in which the Cx43 gene had been replaced with the Cx32 gene (Cx43KI32 mice) and mice in which the Cx26 gene was specifically ablated in mammary epithelium at different stages of development using Cre-loxP-based recombination. Normal mammary development was obtained in Cx32-null mice and in Cx43KI32 mammary tissue. In contrast, loss of Cx26 in mammary epithelium before puberty resulted in abrogated lobulo-alveolar development and increased cell death during pregnancy, which was accompanied by impaired lactation. Loss of Cx26 in mammary epithelium during the later part of pregnancy did not adversely interfere with functional mammary development. These results demonstrate that the presence of Cx26 is critical during early stages but not during the end of pregnancy when the tissue has completed functional differentiation. Cx26 is considered a tumor suppressor gene and Cx26-null mammary tissue was evaluated after five pregnancies. No hyperproliferation or hyperplasia was observed, suggesting that Cx26 does not function as a tumor suppressor.
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- Céline Bry
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Robinson GW. Identification of signaling pathways in early mammary gland development by mouse genetics. Breast Cancer Res 2004; 6:105-8. [PMID: 15084230 PMCID: PMC400673 DOI: 10.1186/bcr776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2004] [Accepted: 02/18/2004] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The mammary gland develops as an appendage of the ectoderm. The prenatal stage of mammary development is hormone independent and is regulated by sequential and reciprocal signaling between the epithelium and the mesenchyme. A number of recent studies using human and mouse genetics, in particular targeted gene deletion and transgenic expression, have identified some of the signals that control specific steps in development. This process involves cell specification and proliferation, reciprocal tissue interactions and cell migration. Since some of these events are recapitulated during tumorigenesis, an understanding of these signaling pathways may contribute to the development of targeted therapies and novel drugs.
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- Gertraud W Robinson
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes, and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Evarts JL, Rasweiler JJ, Behringer RR, Hennighausen L, Robinson GW. A morphological and immunohistochemical comparison of mammary tissues from the short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) and the mouse. Biol Reprod 2004; 70:1573-9. [PMID: 14749297 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.022988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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In the present study, mammary tissues from the fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) and mouse (Mus musculus) were compared using histological and immunohistochemical methods. Because the female bat exhibits greater reproductive similarities to humans, it might provide a useful animal model for studying mammary physiology and disease with relevance to our own species. In lactating and recently lactating specimens, bat tissue had significantly fewer adipocytes and more collagenous connective tissue compared to the mouse. The proteins Stat5a, keratin 5, Npt2b, and E-cadherin were all similarly localized in mouse and bat mammary tissues taken from lactating animals. The present study demonstrates that whereas the epithelial compartment and the presence of differentiation markers are conserved between the mouse and bat, differences exist in the stromal compartment.
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- Jennifer L Evarts
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Bierie B, Nozawa M, Renou JP, Shillingford JM, Morgan F, Oka T, Taketo MM, Cardiff RD, Miyoshi K, Wagner KU, Robinson GW, Hennighausen L. Activation of beta-catenin in prostate epithelium induces hyperplasias and squamous transdifferentiation. Oncogene 2003; 22:3875-87. [PMID: 12813461 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway is critical for normal mammalian development, the specification of epidermal cells and neoplastic transformation of intestinal epithelium. However, precise molecular information regarding cell-specific responses to beta-catenin signaling has been limited. This question was addressed using a mouse model in which exon 3 of the beta-catenin gene was deleted in several cell types with loxP-mediated recombination utilizing a Cre transgene under control of the mouse mammary tumor virus-long terminal repeat (MMTV-LTR). The stabilization of beta-catenin in prostate epithelium resulted in hyperplasias and extensive transdifferentiation into epidermal-like structures, which expressed keratins 1 and 6, filaggrin, loricrin and involucrin. The cell-specific loss of NKCC1 protein and reduced nuclear Stat5a is further suggestive of a loss of prostate epithelial characteristics. In addition to the prostate, hyperplasias and squamous metaplasias were detected in epithelia of the epididymis, vas deferens, coagulating gland, preputial gland and salivary gland. However, and in contrast to a recent study, no lesions reminiscent of high-grade prostate intraepithelial neoplasia were detected. Since beta-catenin was activated in several cell types and impinged upon the viability of these mice, it was not possible to evaluate the cumulative effect over more than 3 months. To assess long-term consequences of beta-catenin activation, mutant and control prostate tissues were transplanted into the mammary fat pads of wild-type males. Notably, squamous metaplasias, intra-acinous hyperplasia and possible neoplastic transformation were observed after a total of 18 weeks of beta-catenin stimulation. This suggests that the transdifferentiation into squamous metaplasias is an early response of endoderm-derived cells to beta-catenin, and that the development of intra-acinous hyperplasias or neoplastic foci is a later event.
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- Brian Bierie
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Shillingford JM, Miyoshi K, Robinson GW, Bierie B, Cao Y, Karin M, Hennighausen L. Proteotyping of mammary tissue from transgenic and gene knockout mice with immunohistochemical markers: a tool to define developmental lesions. J Histochem Cytochem 2003; 51:555-65. [PMID: 12704203 DOI: 10.1177/002215540305100501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Through the use of transgenic and gene knockout mice, several studies have identified specific genes required for the functional development of mammary epithelium. Although histological and milk protein gene analyses can provide useful information regarding functional differentiation, they are limited in their ability to precisely define the molecular lesions. For example, mice that carry a mutation in one of the subunits of the IkappaB kinase, IKKalpha, cannot lactate despite the presence of histologically normal alveolar compartment and the expression of milk protein genes. To further define and understand such lesions on a molecular level, we sought evidence for proteins that are differentially expressed during mammary gland development with a view to generating a tissue proteotype. Using database screens and immunohistochemical analyses, we have identified three proteins that exhibit distinct profiles. Here, using mouse models as test biological systems, we demonstrate the development and application of mammary tissue proteotyping and its use in the elucidation of specific developmental lesions. We propose that the technique of proteotyping will have wide applications in the analyses of defects in other mouse models.
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- Jonathan M Shillingford
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Kumaraswamy E, Carlson BA, Morgan F, Miyoshi K, Robinson GW, Su D, Wang S, Southon E, Tessarollo L, Lee BJ, Gladyshev VN, Hennighausen L, Hatfield DL. Selective removal of the selenocysteine tRNA [Ser]Sec gene (Trsp) in mouse mammary epithelium. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:1477-88. [PMID: 12588969 PMCID: PMC151713 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.5.1477-1488.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mice homozygous for an allele encoding the selenocysteine (Sec) tRNA [Ser]Sec gene (Trsp) flanked by loxP sites were generated. Cre recombinase-dependent removal of Trsp in these mice was lethal to embryos. To investigate the role of Trsp in mouse mammary epithelium, we deleted this gene by using transgenic mice carrying the Cre recombinase gene under control of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) long terminal repeat or the whey acidic protein promoter. While both promoters target Cre gene expression to mammary epithelium, MMTV-Cre is also expressed in spleen and skin. Sec tRNA [Ser]Sec amounts were reduced by more than 70% in mammary tissue with either transgene, while in skin and spleen, levels were reduced only with MMTV-Cre. The selenoprotein population was selectively affected with MMTV-Cre in breast and skin but not in the control tissue, kidney. Moreover, within affected tissues, expression of specific selenoproteins was regulated differently and often in a contrasting manner, with levels of Sep15 and the glutathione peroxidases GPx1 and GPx4 being substantially reduced. Expression of the tumor suppressor genes BRCA1 and p53 was also altered in a contrasting manner in MMTV-Cre mice, suggesting greater susceptibility to cancer and/or increased cell apoptosis. Thus, the conditional Trsp knockout mouse allows tissue-specific manipulation of Sec tRNA and selenoprotein expression, suggesting that this approach will provide a useful tool for studying the role of selenoproteins in health.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- Blotting, Western
- Breast/metabolism
- Chromatography
- Crosses, Genetic
- Epithelium/metabolism
- Gene Deletion
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genes, p53/genetics
- Genetic Vectors
- Glutathione Peroxidase/metabolism
- Heterozygote
- Kidney/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism
- Recombination, Genetic
- Selenoproteins
- Tissue Distribution
- Transgenes
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- Easwari Kumaraswamy
- Section on Molecular Biology of Selenium, Basic Research Laboratory, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Miyoshi K, Meyer B, Gruss P, Cui Y, Renou JP, Morgan FV, Smith GH, Reichenstein M, Shani M, Hennighausen L, Robinson GW. Mammary epithelial cells are not able to undergo pregnancy-dependent differentiation in the absence of the helix-loop-helix inhibitor Id2. Mol Endocrinol 2002; 16:2892-901. [PMID: 12456807 DOI: 10.1210/me.2002-0128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mammary alveolar development during pregnancy is triggered by hormone signals. The prolactin receptor/Jak2/signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) 5 signal transduction pathway is the principal mediator of these cues and alveolar development is abrogated in its absence. The loss of the basic helix-loop-helix protein inhibitor of differentiation (Id)2 results in a similar defect. To investigate the role of Id2 in mammary epithelium, we performed structural and molecular analyses. Id2-null mammary epithelial cells were unable to form alveoli; the epithelial architecture was disorganized and dissimilar from early stages of alveologenesis in wild-type glands. The epithelial cells retained the ductal marker Na-K-Cl cotransporter (NKCC)1. Nuclear localization of Stat5a and down-regulation of NKCC1 was observed in some areas, indicating a limited response to pregnancy signals. The differentiation status of Id2-null tissue at term was further characterized with cDNA microarrays enriched in mammary specific sequences (mammochip). Some of the early differentiation markers for mammary epithelium were expressed in the Id2-null tissue, whereas genes that are expressed at later stages of pregnancy were not induced. From these results, we conclude that, in the absence of Id2, mammary epithelial development is arrested at an early stage of pregnancy.
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- Keiko Miyoshi
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases/NIH, Building 8, Room 101, 8 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Sonic Hedgehog (Shh) is a secreted morphogen that directs patterning and cellular differentiation through binding to its receptor Patched (Ptc). It is required for the development of skin-derived organs, such as hair, whiskers, and teeth. The mammary gland is a skin-derived organ that develops mainly during adult life in which Shh is expressed from puberty to lactation. We have investigated the role of Shh in mammary gland morphogenesis and differentiation by two transplantation approaches. Since Shh-null fetuses die at late embryogenesis, we transplanted Shh-null mammary anlagen into cleared fat pads and under the renal capsule of wild type host mice. Pregnancy-mediated functional differentiation of Shh-null mammary epithelium was indistinguishable from wild type transplants, while hair follicles derived from cotransplanted skin only developed in wild type transplants. Transplants of Ihh-null anlagen also developed normally. To assess the molecular consequences of Shh deletion in mammary tissue, we compared mRNA levels of patched 1, a target gene of Hedgehog signaling, in Shh-null and wild type mammary epithelial transplants. No reduction of Ptc1 transcripts was observed in Shh-null mammary tissues. Our results demonstrate that neither Shh nor Ihh is required for mammary gland morphogenesis and functional differentiation, suggesting that the two members of the Hedgehog family may have redundant function in activating the Ptc1 signaling pathway during mammary gland development.
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- Marta I Gallego
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Li G, Robinson GW, Lesche R, Martinez-Diaz H, Jiang Z, Rozengurt N, Wagner KU, Wu DC, Lane TF, Liu X, Hennighausen L, Wu H. Conditional loss of PTEN leads to precocious development and neoplasia in the mammary gland. Development 2002; 129:4159-70. [PMID: 12163417 DOI: 10.1242/dev.129.17.4159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PTEN tumor suppressor is frequently mutated in human cancers, including breast cancers. Female patients with inherited PTEN mutations suffer from virginal hypertrophy of the breast with high risk of malignant transformation. However, the exact mechanisms of PTEN in controlling mammary gland development and tumorigenesis are unclear. In this study, we generated mice with a mammary-specific deletion of the Pten gene. Mutant mammary tissue displayed precocious lobulo-alveolar development, excessive ductal branching, delayed involution and severely reduced apoptosis. Pten null mammary epithelial cells were disregulated and hyperproliferative. Mutant females developed mammary tumors early in life. Similar phenotypes were observed in Pten-null mammary epithelia that had been transplanted into wild-type stroma, suggesting that PTEN plays an essential and cell-autonomous role in controlling the proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis of mammary epithelial cells.
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- Gang Li
- Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA School of Medicine, 650 Circle Drive South, 90095-1735, USA
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Miyoshi K, Rosner A, Nozawa M, Byrd C, Morgan F, Landesman-Bollag E, Xu X, Seldin DC, Schmidt EV, Taketo MM, Robinson GW, Cardiff RD, Hennighausen L. Activation of different Wnt/beta-catenin signaling components in mammary epithelium induces transdifferentiation and the formation of pilar tumors. Oncogene 2002; 21:5548-56. [PMID: 12165853 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2002] [Revised: 05/13/2002] [Accepted: 05/20/2002] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway controls cell fate and neoplastic transformation. Expression of an endogenous stabilized beta-catenin (DeltaE3 beta-catenin) in mammary epithelium leads to the transdifferentiation into epidermis- and pilar-like structures. Signaling molecules in the canonical Wnt pathway upstream from beta-catenin induce glandular tumors but it is not clear whether they also cause squamous transdifferentiation. To address this question we have now investigated mammary epithelium from transgenic mice that express activating molecules of the Wnt pathway: Wnt10b, Int2/Fgf3, CK2alpha, DeltaE3 beta-catenin, Cyclin D1, and dominant negative (dn) GSK3beta. Cytokeratin 5 (CK5), which is expressed in both mammary myoepithelium and epidermis, and the epidermis-specific CK1 and CK6 were used as differentiation markers. Extensive squamous metaplasias and widespread expression of CK1 and CK6 were observed in DeltaE3 beta-catenin transgenic mammary tissue. Wnt10b and Int2 transgenes also induced squamous metaplasias, but expression of CK1 and CK6 was sporadic. While CK5 expression in Wnt10b transgenic tissue was still confined to the lining cell layer, its expression in Int2 transgenic tissue was completely disorganized. In contrast, cytokeratin expression in CK2alpha, dnGSK3beta and Cyclin D1 transgenic mammary tissues was similar to that in DeltaE3 beta-catenin tissue. In support of transdifferentiation, expression of hard keratins specific for hair and nails was observed in pilar tumors. These results demonstrate that the activation of Wnt signaling components in mammary epithelium induces not only glandular tumors but also squamous differentiation, possibly by activating LEF-1, which is expressed in normal mammary epithelium.
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- Keiko Miyoshi
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892, USA
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