Role of JNK in mammary gland development and breast cancer
Menée sur un modèle murin, cette étude suggère que la voie de signalisation JNK, impliquée dans le développement normal de la glande mammaire, exerce un rôle de suppresseur de tumeurs
JNK signaling has been implicated in the developmental morphogenesis of epithelial organs. In this study we employed a compound deletion of the murine Jnk1 and Jnk2 genes in the mammary gland to evaluate the requirement for these ubiquitously expressed genes in breast development and tumorigenesis. Jnk1/2 was not required for breast epithelial cell proliferation or motility. However, Jnk1/2 deficiency caused increased branching morphogenesis and defects in the clearance of lumenal epithelial cells. In the setting of breast cancer development, Jnk1/2 deficiency significantly increased tumor formation. Together, these findings established that JNK signaling is required for normal mammary gland development and that it has a suppressive role in mammary tumorigenesis.
Cancer Research 2011