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Title: | A carcinogenic trigger to study the function of tumor suppressor genes in Schmidtea mediterranea | Authors: | VAN ROTEN, Andromeda Barakat, Amal Zohir Abo-Zeid WOUTERS, Annelies Tran, Thao Anh Mouton, Stijn NOBEN, Jean-Paul GENTILE, Luca SMEETS, Karen |
Issue Date: | 2018 | Source: | Disease Models & Mechanisms, 11(9) (Art N° 11: dmm032573) | Abstract: | Planarians have been long known for their regenerative ability, which hinges on pluripotency. Recently, however, the planarian model has been successfully established for routine toxicological screens aimed to assess overproliferation, mutagenicity and tumorigenesis. In this study, we focused on planarian tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) and their role during chemically induced carcinogenic stress in Schmidtea mediterranea. Combining in silico and proteomic screens with exposure to human carcinogen type 1A agent cadmium (Cd), we showed that many TSGs have a function in stem cells and that, in general, exposure to Cd accelerated the onset and increased the severity of the observed phenotype. This suggested that the interaction between environmental and genetic factors plays an important role in tumor development in S. mediterranea. Therefore, we further focused on the synergistic effects of Cd exposure and p53 knockdown (KD) at the cellular and molecular levels. Cd also produced a specific proteomic landscape in homeostatic animals, with 172 proteins differentially expressed, 43 of which were downregulated. Several of these proteins have tumor suppressor function in human and other animals, namely Wilms Tumor 1 Associated Protein (WT1), Heat Shock Protein 90 (HSP90), Glioma Pathogenesis-Related Protein 1 (GLIPR1) and Matrix Metalloproteinase B (Smed-MMPB). Both Glipr1 and MmpB KD produced large outgrowths, epidermal lesions and epidermal blisters. The epidermal blisters that formed as a consequence of Smed-MmpB KD were populated by smedwi1+ cells, many of which were actively proliferating, while large outgrowths contained ectopically differentiated structures, such as photoreceptors, nervous tissue and a small pharynx. In conclusion, Smed-MmpB is a planarian TSG that prevents stem cell proliferation and differentiation outside the proper milieu. | Notes: | Gentile, L (reprint author), Max Planck Inst Mol Biomed, Planarian Stem Cell Lab, von Esmarch Str 54, D-48149 Munster, Germany. mckind75@gmail.com | Keywords: | Planarian; Cadmium; Carcinogens; Matrix-metalloproteinases; Stem cells; Tumor suppressor genes | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/27366 | ISSN: | 1754-8403 | e-ISSN: | 1754-8411 | DOI: | 10.1242/dmm.032573 | ISI #: | 000446093700003 | Rights: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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