title: Overexpression of a constitutively active form of c-src in skin epidermis increases sensitivity to tumor promotion by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
abstract: Transgenic mice were developed to study the role of c-src in epithelial tumorigenesis through targeted expression of a constitutively active form of murine c-src (src(529)). Src(529) was targeted to the interfollicular epidermis with the human keratin 1 (HK1) promoter. The skin phenotype of these mice was characterized by exaggerated epidermal hyperplasia and hyperkeratosis within the first week after birth. The severity of this phenotype correlated with overall src kinase activity, both of which subsided with age. Treatment of adult HK1.src(529) transgenic mice with the phorbol ester tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate resulted in an increase in epidermal hyperplasia and labeling index significantly greater than that seen in nontransgenic littermates. In addition, HK1.src(529) transgenic mice developed papillomas earlier and in significantly greater numbers compared with nontransgenic littermates in a standard initiation-promotion experiment. The data support the hypothesis that activation of c-src kinase plays a role in skin tumor promotion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, Smithville, Texas 78957, USA.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Jianghong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiguchi
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carbajal
authors.forename: Okkyung
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rho
authors.forename: Irma
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gimenez-Conti
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Beltrán
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: DiGiovanni
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens; D004817:Epidermis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D006965:Hyperplasia; D007633:Keratins / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src) / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D007633:Keratins; D016392:Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src); D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate