title: Interplay between Numb and Notch in epithelial cancers: role for dual oxidase maturation factor.
abstract: Numb and Notch signalling pathways are vitally important in cell fate and differentiation. The outcome of these signalling processes is determined by a delicate balance between opposing effects of Notch and Numb. Imbalance in Numb/Notch regulation was implicated in aberrant differentiation programme and epithelial cancer progression and metastasis. Recent identification of Numb-interacting protein (NIP), which is also known as dual oxidase maturation factor, and was shown to associate with Numb and DUOX and promote their translocation, sheds a new light on how Numb/Notch network may be coordinated in epithelial cancers. Here, a possible link between Numb, Notch and Dual oxidase maturation factor is examined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. eostrakh@uwo.ca
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Ostrakhovitch
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology; D054338:Cell Transdifferentiation / Q000502:physiology; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor / Q000502:physiology*; D016158:Genes, p53 / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000378:metabolism*; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051881:Receptor, Notch1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C513411:DUOXA2 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C497761:NOTCH1 protein, human; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C113026:NUMB protein, human; D051881:Receptor, Notch1