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In vivo and in vitro models for the therapeutic targeting of Wnt signaling using a Tet-OΔN89β-catenin system

Jarde, Thierry, Evans, Rebecca Jane, McQuillan, Karina, Parry, Lee ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4467-9196, Feng, Gui Jie, Alvares, B., Clarke, Alan Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4281-426X and Dale, Trevor Clive ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4880-9963 2013. In vivo and in vitro models for the therapeutic targeting of Wnt signaling using a Tet-OΔN89β-catenin system. Oncogene 32 (7) , pp. 883-893. 10.1038/onc.2012.103

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Abstract

Although significant progress has been made in understanding the importance of Wnt signaling in the initiation of colorectal cancer, less is known about responses that accompany the reversal of oncogenic Wnt signaling. The aim of this study was to analyze in vivo and in vitro responses to an ‘ideal’ Wnt pathway inhibitor as a model for the therapeutic targeting of the pathway. A tetracycline-inducible transgenic mouse model expressing truncated β-catenin (ΔN89β-catenin) that exhibited a strong intestinal hyperplasia was analyzed during the removal of oncogenic β-catenin expression both in 3D ‘crypt culture’ and in vivo. Oncogenic Wnt signaling was rapidly and completely reversed. The strongest inhibition of Wnt target gene expression occurred within 24 h of doxycycline removal at which time the target genes Ascl2, Axin2 and C-myc were downregulated to levels below that in the control intestine. In vitro, the small molecule Wnt inhibitor CCT036477 induced a response within 4 h of treatment. By 7 days following doxycycline withdrawal, gene expression, cell proliferation and tissue morphology were undistinguishable from control animals.In conclusion, these results demonstrate that the reversal of Wnt signaling by inhibitors should ideally be studied within hours of treatment. The reversible system described, involving medium throughput in vitro approaches and rapid in vivo responses, should allow the rapid advance of early stage compounds into efficacy models that are more usually considered later in the drug discovery pipeline.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Biosciences
European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute (ECSCRI)
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Wnt pathway; reversal; colorectal cancer; crypt culture; organoids
Additional Information: Advanced online publication
Publisher: Nature Publishing
ISSN: 0950-9232
Funders: Breast Cancer Campaign, Cancer Research UK
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2022 09:07
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/33620

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