A novel aspartic proteinase-like gene expressed in stratified epithelia and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
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A novel aspartic proteinase-like gene expressed in stratified epithelia and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. / Rhiemeier, Verena; Breitenbach, Ute; Richter, Karl Hartmut; Gebhardt, Christoffer; Vogt, Ingeborg; Hartenstein, Bettina; Fürstenberger, Gerhard; Mauch, Cornelia; Hess, Jochen; Angel, Peter.
in: AM J PATHOL, Jahrgang 168, Nr. 4, 04.2006, S. 1354-64.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - A novel aspartic proteinase-like gene expressed in stratified epithelia and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin
AU - Rhiemeier, Verena
AU - Breitenbach, Ute
AU - Richter, Karl Hartmut
AU - Gebhardt, Christoffer
AU - Vogt, Ingeborg
AU - Hartenstein, Bettina
AU - Fürstenberger, Gerhard
AU - Mauch, Cornelia
AU - Hess, Jochen
AU - Angel, Peter
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - Homeostasis of stratified epithelia, such as the epidermis of the skin, is a sophisticated process that represents a tightly controlled balance between proliferation and differentiation. Alterations of this balance are associated with common human diseases including cancer. Here, we report the cloning of a novel cDNA sequence, from mouse back skin, that is induced by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and codes for a hitherto unknown aspartic proteinase-like protein (Taps). Taps represents a potential AP-1 target gene because TPA-induced expression in epidermal keratinocytes critically depends on c-Fos, and co-treatment with dexamethasone, a potent inhibitor of AP-1-mediated gene regulation, resulted in impaired activation of Taps expression. Taps mRNA and protein are restricted to stratified epithelia in mouse embryos and adult tissues, implicating a crucial role for this aspartic proteinase-like gene in differentiation and homeostasis of multilayered epithelia. During chemically induced carcinogenesis, transient elevation of Taps mRNA and protein levels was detected in benign skin tumors. However, its expression is negatively associated with dedifferentiation and malignant progression in squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. Similar expression was observed in squamous skin tumors of patients, suggesting that detection of Taps levels represents a novel strategy to discriminate the progression state of squamous skin cancers.
AB - Homeostasis of stratified epithelia, such as the epidermis of the skin, is a sophisticated process that represents a tightly controlled balance between proliferation and differentiation. Alterations of this balance are associated with common human diseases including cancer. Here, we report the cloning of a novel cDNA sequence, from mouse back skin, that is induced by the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) and codes for a hitherto unknown aspartic proteinase-like protein (Taps). Taps represents a potential AP-1 target gene because TPA-induced expression in epidermal keratinocytes critically depends on c-Fos, and co-treatment with dexamethasone, a potent inhibitor of AP-1-mediated gene regulation, resulted in impaired activation of Taps expression. Taps mRNA and protein are restricted to stratified epithelia in mouse embryos and adult tissues, implicating a crucial role for this aspartic proteinase-like gene in differentiation and homeostasis of multilayered epithelia. During chemically induced carcinogenesis, transient elevation of Taps mRNA and protein levels was detected in benign skin tumors. However, its expression is negatively associated with dedifferentiation and malignant progression in squamous cell carcinomas of the skin. Similar expression was observed in squamous skin tumors of patients, suggesting that detection of Taps levels represents a novel strategy to discriminate the progression state of squamous skin cancers.
KW - Amino Acid Sequence
KW - Animals
KW - Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases
KW - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
KW - Cell Differentiation
KW - Cell Line, Tumor
KW - Dexamethasone
KW - Epidermis
KW - Epithelium
KW - Female
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
KW - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
KW - Genes, fos
KW - Humans
KW - Mice
KW - Mice, Inbred C57BL
KW - Molecular Sequence Data
KW - Skin
KW - Skin Neoplasms
KW - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
KW - Transcription Factor AP-1
KW - Journal Article
KW - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
U2 - 10.2353/ajpath.2006.050871
DO - 10.2353/ajpath.2006.050871
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 16565508
VL - 168
SP - 1354
EP - 1364
JO - AM J PATHOL
JF - AM J PATHOL
SN - 0002-9440
IS - 4
ER -