Myc: a weapon of mass destruction.
Growth and proliferation potentiated by deregulated myc oncogene expression is balanced by myc-induced apoptosis. Abrogation of this apoptotic pathway in Myc overexpressing cells leads to cancer progression. Recent work has shown that cell clones in the Drosophila wing disc with higher dMyc expression levels act as supercompetitors to potentiate the programmed death of surrounding normal cells. Yet another paper identifies dE2F1 as a critical component of pathways that normally restrict the ability of growth perturbing genes like dMyc to cause organ overgrowth.
Secombe
Julie
J
Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.
Pierce
Sarah B
SB
Eisenman
Robert N
RN
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002455:Cell Division / Q000235:genetics; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; C102284:Myc protein, Drosophila; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D014157:Transcription Factors