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Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines

OBJECTIVE: FBXW7 encodes the substrate recognition component of a ubiquitin ligase that degrades targets such as Notch1, c-Jun, c-Myc and cyclin E. FBXW7 mutations occur in several tumour types, including colorectal cancers. The FBXW7 mutation spectrum in cancers is unusual. Some tumours have bialle...

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Autores principales: Davis, Hayley, Lewis, Annabelle, Behrens, Axel, Tomlinson, Ian
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23676439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304719
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author Davis, Hayley
Lewis, Annabelle
Behrens, Axel
Tomlinson, Ian
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Lewis, Annabelle
Behrens, Axel
Tomlinson, Ian
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description OBJECTIVE: FBXW7 encodes the substrate recognition component of a ubiquitin ligase that degrades targets such as Notch1, c-Jun, c-Myc and cyclin E. FBXW7 mutations occur in several tumour types, including colorectal cancers. The FBXW7 mutation spectrum in cancers is unusual. Some tumours have biallelic loss of function mutations but most have monoallelic missense mutations involving specific arginine residues at β-propellor tips involved in substrate recognition. DESIGN: FBXW7 functional studies have generally used null systems. In order to analyse the most common mutations in human tumours, we created a Fbxw7(fl(R482Q))(/+) mouse and conditionally expressed this mutation in the intestines using Vill-Cre. We compared these mice with heterozygous null (Fbxw7(+/−)) mutants. RESULTS: A few sizeable intestinal adenomas occurred in approximately 30% of R482Q/+ and Fbxw7(+/−) mice at age >300 days. Breeding the R482Q allele onto Apc mutant backgrounds led to accelerated morbidity and increased polyp numbers and size. Within the small bowel, polyp distribution was shifted proximally. Elevated levels of two particular Fbxw7 substrates, Klf5 and Tgif1, were found in normal intestine and adenomas of R482Q/+, R482Q/R482Q and Fbxw7(−/−) mice, but not Fbxw7(+/−) animals. On the Apc mutant background, Fbxw7(+/−) mutants had a phenotype intermediate between Fbxw7 wild-type and R482Q/+ mice. CONCLUSIONS: Heterozygous Fbxw7 propellor tip (R482Q) mutations promote intestinal tumorigenesis on an Apc mutant background. Klf5 and Tgif1 are strong candidates for mediating this effect. Although heterozygous null Fbxw7 mutations also promote tumour growth, these have a weaker effect than R482Q. These findings explain the FBXW7 mutation spectrum found in human cancers, and emphasise the need for animal models faithfully to reflect human disease.
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spelling pubmed-39952842014-04-25 Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines Davis, Hayley Lewis, Annabelle Behrens, Axel Tomlinson, Ian Gut Colon OBJECTIVE: FBXW7 encodes the substrate recognition component of a ubiquitin ligase that degrades targets such as Notch1, c-Jun, c-Myc and cyclin E. FBXW7 mutations occur in several tumour types, including colorectal cancers. The FBXW7 mutation spectrum in cancers is unusual. Some tumours have biallelic loss of function mutations but most have monoallelic missense mutations involving specific arginine residues at β-propellor tips involved in substrate recognition. DESIGN: FBXW7 functional studies have generally used null systems. In order to analyse the most common mutations in human tumours, we created a Fbxw7(fl(R482Q))(/+) mouse and conditionally expressed this mutation in the intestines using Vill-Cre. We compared these mice with heterozygous null (Fbxw7(+/−)) mutants. RESULTS: A few sizeable intestinal adenomas occurred in approximately 30% of R482Q/+ and Fbxw7(+/−) mice at age >300 days. Breeding the R482Q allele onto Apc mutant backgrounds led to accelerated morbidity and increased polyp numbers and size. Within the small bowel, polyp distribution was shifted proximally. Elevated levels of two particular Fbxw7 substrates, Klf5 and Tgif1, were found in normal intestine and adenomas of R482Q/+, R482Q/R482Q and Fbxw7(−/−) mice, but not Fbxw7(+/−) animals. On the Apc mutant background, Fbxw7(+/−) mutants had a phenotype intermediate between Fbxw7 wild-type and R482Q/+ mice. CONCLUSIONS: Heterozygous Fbxw7 propellor tip (R482Q) mutations promote intestinal tumorigenesis on an Apc mutant background. Klf5 and Tgif1 are strong candidates for mediating this effect. Although heterozygous null Fbxw7 mutations also promote tumour growth, these have a weaker effect than R482Q. These findings explain the FBXW7 mutation spectrum found in human cancers, and emphasise the need for animal models faithfully to reflect human disease. BMJ Publishing Group 2014-05 2013-05-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3995284/ /pubmed/23676439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304719 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://group.bmj.com/group/rights-licensing/permissions This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
spellingShingle Colon
Davis, Hayley
Lewis, Annabelle
Behrens, Axel
Tomlinson, Ian
Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title_full Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title_fullStr Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title_short Investigation of the atypical FBXW7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
title_sort investigation of the atypical fbxw7 mutation spectrum in human tumours by conditional expression of a heterozygous propellor tip missense allele in the mouse intestines
topic Colon
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995284/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23676439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2013-304719
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