title: LATS1 tumor suppressor regulates G2/M transition and apoptosis.
abstract: The LATS1 gene is a mammalian member of the novel lats tumor suppressor family. Both lats mosaic flies and LATS1 deficient mice spontaneously develop tumors. Our previous studies have shown that inactivation of Drosophila lats leads to up-regulation of cyclin A in the fly, and the human LATS1 protein associates with CDC2 in early mitosis in HeLa cells, suggesting that the lats gene family may negatively regulate cell proliferation by modulating CDC2/Cyclin A activity. We demonstrate here that transduction of the human breast cancer cell MCF-7 with recombinant LATS1 adenovirus (Ad-LATS1), but not with EGFP adenovirus (Ad-EGFP), inhibits in vitro cell proliferation. Ectopic expression of LATS1 in MCF-7 cells specifically down-regulates Cyclin A and Cyclin B protein levels and dramatically reduces CDC2 kinase activity, leading to a G2/M blockade. Furthermore, Ad-LATS1 suppresses anchorage-independent growth of MCF-7 cells in soft agar and tumor formation in athymic nude mice. We also demonstrate that ectopic expression of LATS1 in MCF-7 cells and human lung cancer cell H460 up-regulates the level of BAX proteins and induces apoptosis. Finally, we show that LATS1 kinase activity is required for its ability to inhibit cell growth and induce apoptosis. The results indicate that the LATS1 tumor suppressor may play an important role in the control of human tumor development and that LATS1 suppresses tumorigenesis by negatively regulating cell proliferation and modulating cell survival.
authors.affiliation: Stem Cell Institute, Cancer Center, Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Huilin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.forename: Yunfang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pei
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barton
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blackstad
authors.forename: Tian
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Wufan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tao
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D019925:Cyclin A / Q000378:metabolism; D019926:Cyclin B / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016195:G2 Phase; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008938:Mitosis; D011494:Protein Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein
chemical_list: C494826:BAX protein, human; C494827:Bax protein, mouse; C503698:CycB protein, Drosophila; D019925:Cyclin A; D019926:Cyclin B; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D051028:bcl-2-Associated X Protein; D011494:Protein Kinases; C092745:LATS1 protein, human; C490501:Lats1 protein, mouse; C093503:wts protein, Drosophila; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase