RRC ID 17571
著者 Nishiumi S, Fujishima Y, Inoue J, Masuda A, Azuma T, Yoshida M.
タイトル Autophagy in the intestinal epithelium is not involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal tumors.
ジャーナル Biochem Biophys Res Commun
Abstract Autophagy has been demonstrated to be associated with the pathogenesis of cancer, but no consensus has been reached about its precise role. Therefore, we investigated whether autophagy in the intestinal epithelium is involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal tumors. To evaluate the relationship between autophagy and intestinal tumors, GFP-LC3-APC(min/+) mice were generated by mating GFP-LC3 transgenic mice with APC(min/+) mice. Autophagy was weakly induced in the intestinal polyp regions of the mice in comparison to their non-polyp regions. Under starved conditions, autophagy was not induced in the polyp regions, whereas it was observed in the non-polyp regions. Then, to examine whether a lack of autophagy in the intestinal epithelium enhances the induction of intestinal tumor, Atg7flox/flox:vil-cre-APC(min/+) mice, in which Atg7 had been conditionally deleted in the intestinal epithelium, were generated by mating Atg7flox/flox:vil-cre mice with APC(min/+) mice. However, there was no significant difference in the number of intestinal polyps between the Atg7flox/flox:vil-cre-APC(min/+) and the corresponding control Atg7flox/flox-APC(min/+) mice. These results indicate that autophagy in the intestinal epithelium is not involved in the pathogenesis of intestinal tumors, and future research should focus on regulating autophagy as a form of cancer therapy.
巻・号 421(4)
ページ 768-72
公開日 2012-5-18
DOI 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.04.081
PII S0006-291X(12)00748-6
PMID 22546555
MeSH Animals Autophagy* Female Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism Intestinal Mucosa / metabolism Intestinal Mucosa / pathology* Intestinal Neoplasms / metabolism Intestinal Neoplasms / pathology* Intestinal Polyps / pathology Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Microtubule-Associated Proteins / metabolism
IF 2.985
引用数 5
WOS 分野 BIOPHYSICS BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC00806