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ArticleeLife2015

The transcriptional response to tumorigenic polarity loss in Drosophila.

Brandon D Bunker, Tittu T Nellimoottil, Ryan M Boileau, Anne K Classen, David Bilder

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Article in eLife, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Brandon D BunkerDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Tittu T NellimoottilUniversity of Southern California, Department of Biological Sciences, Los Angeles, United States.
Ryan M BoileauDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
Anne K ClassenDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
David BilderDepartment of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States.
University of California, Berkeley · USUniversity of Southern California · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Drosophila Tumor SuppressionR01GM090150 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BILDER, DAVID · 2010 to 2018
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM090150
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of polarity correlates with progression of epithelial cancers, but how plasma membrane misorganization drives oncogenic transcriptional events remains unclear. The polarity regulators of the Drosophila Scribble (Scrib) module are potent tumor suppressors and provide a model for mechanistic investigation. RNA profiling of Scrib mutant tumors reveals multiple signatures of neoplasia, including altered metabolism and dedifferentiation. Prominent among these is upregulation of cytokine-like Unpaired (Upd) ligands, which drive tumor overgrowth. We identified a polarity-responsive enhancer in upd3, which is activated in a coincident manner by both JNK-dependent Fos and aPKC-mediated Yki transcription. This enhancer, and Scrib mutant overgrowth in general, are also sensitive to activity of the Polycomb Group (PcG), suggesting that PcG attenuation upon polarity loss potentiates select targets for activation by JNK and Yki. Our results link epithelial organization to signaling and epigenetic regulators that control tissue repair programs, and provide insight into why epithelial polarity is tumor-suppressive.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCell PolarityCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsGene Expression ProfilingJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMembrane ProteinsMicroscopy, FluorescenceMutationNuclear ProteinsPolycomb-Group ProteinsProtein Kinase CDrosophila ProteinsJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMembrane ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPKC-3 proteinPolycomb-Group ProteinsProtein Kinase CScrib protein, DrosophilaTrans-ActivatorsTumor Suppressor ProteinsUpd3 protein, DrosophilaYAP-Signaling ProteinsYki protein, Drosophilacancerdevelopmental biologyD. melanogasterepithelial cellspolaritystem cellstranscriptometumor

Identifiers

PMID25719210
PMCPMC4369581
OpenAlexW2015907164

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