ReviewSeminars in cell & developmental biology2018
Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying planar cell polarity pathway contributions to cancer malignancy.
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- Complex aberrant expression of planar nuclear polarity factors in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm of the pancreas.Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology · 2026Article
- VANGL1 links angiogenesis-stemness programs and tumor microenvironment remodeling: a pan-cancer, multi-omics study with translational validation.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- PRICKLE3 protects VANGL proteins from CK1-mediated phosphorylation and RNF43-mediated degradation.Communications biology · 2025Article
- Coupling mathematical modeling with a novel human intestinal stem cell system to understand feedback regulation during planar cell polarity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Evolutionary conservation and cancer implications of the WNT signaling pathway.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Loss of RNF41 promotes bladder cancer metastasis through increasing NUDC stability to enhance tubulin polymerization.Cell death & disease · 2025Article
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- Ladinin-1 in actin arcs of oral squamous cell carcinoma is involved in cell migration and epithelial phenotype.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Stearoylation cycle regulates the cell surface distribution of the PCP protein Vangl2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- VEGF-induced Nrdp1 deficiency in vascular endothelial cells promotes cancer metastasis by degrading vascular basement membrane.Oncogene · 2024Article
- ROR2/Wnt5a Signaling Regulates Directional Cell Migration and Early Tumor Cell Invasion in Ovarian Cancer.Molecular cancer research : MCR · 2024Article
- Planar Cell Polarity Signaling: Coordinated Crosstalk for Cell Orientation.Journal of developmental biology · 2024Review
- The role of MAPK, notch and Wnt signaling pathways in papillary thyroid cancer: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analyzing microarray datasets employing bioinformatics knowledge and literature.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2024Article
- Cell polarity changes in cancer initiation and progression.The Journal of cell biology · 2024Review
- Cancer-associated fibroblasts influence Wnt/PCP signaling in gastric cancer cells by cytoneme-based dissemination of ROR2.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- A complex of Wnt/planar cell polarity signaling components Vangl1 and Fzd7 drives glioblastoma multiforme malignant properties.Cancer letters · 2023Article
- Zebrafish crocc2 mutants exhibit divergent craniofacial shape, misregulated variability, and aberrant cartilage morphogenesis.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2023Article
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Abstract
While the mutational activation of oncogenes drives tumor initiation and growth by promoting cellular transformation and proliferation, increasing evidence suggests that the subsequent re-engagement of largely dormant developmental pathways contributes to cellular phenotypes associated with the malignancy of solid tumors. Genetic studies from a variety of model organisms have defined many of the components that maintain epithelial planar cell polarity (PCP), or cellular polarity in the axis orthogonal to the apical-basal axis. These same components comprise an arm of non-canonical Wnt signaling that mediates cell motility events such as convergent extension movements essential to proper development. In this review, we summarize the increasing evidence that the Wnt/PCP signaling pathway plays active roles in promoting the proliferative and migratory properties of tumor cells, emphasizing the importance of subcellular localization of PCP components and protein-protein interactions in regulating cellullar properties associated with malignancy. Specifically, we discuss the increased expression of Wnt/PCP pathway components in cancer and the functional consequences of aberrant pathway activation, focusing on Wnt ligands, Frizzled (Fzd) receptors, the tetraspanin-like proteins Vangl1 and Vangl2, and the Prickle1 (Pk1) scaffold protein. In addition, we discuss negative regulation of the Wnt/PCP pathway, with particular emphasis on the Nrdp1 E3 ubiquitin ligase. We hypothesize that engagement of the Wnt/PCP pathway after tumor initiation drives malignancy by promoting cellular proliferation and invasiveness, and that the ability of Wnt/PCP signaling to supplant oncogene addiction may contribute to tumor resistance to oncogenic pathway-directed therapeutic agents.
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