PMID- 16001073 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050719 LR - 20220410 IS - 1476-4687 (Electronic) IS - 0028-0836 (Print) IS - 0028-0836 (Linking) VI - 436 IP - 7047 DP - 2005 Jul 7 TI - Rac1b and reactive oxygen species mediate MMP-3-induced EMT and genomic instability. PG - 123-7 AB - The tumour microenvironment can be a potent carcinogen, not only by facilitating cancer progression and activating dormant cancer cells, but also by stimulating tumour formation. We have previously investigated stromelysin-1/matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), a stromal enzyme upregulated in many breast tumours, and found that MMP-3 can cause epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and malignant transformation in cultured cells, and genomically unstable mammary carcinomas in transgenic mice. Here we explain the molecular pathways by which MMP-3 exerts these effects: exposure of mouse mammary epithelial cells to MMP-3 induces the expression of an alternatively spliced form of Rac1, which causes an increase in cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). The ROS stimulate the expression of the transcription factor Snail and EMT, and cause oxidative damage to DNA and genomic instability. These findings identify a previously undescribed pathway in which a component of the breast tumour microenvironment alters cellular structure in culture and tissue structure in vivo, leading to malignant transformation. FAU - Radisky, Derek C AU - Radisky DC AD - Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA. dcradisky@lbl.gov FAU - Levy, Dinah D AU - Levy DD FAU - Littlepage, Laurie E AU - Littlepage LE FAU - Liu, Hong AU - Liu H FAU - Nelson, Celeste M AU - Nelson CM FAU - Fata, Jimmie E AU - Fata JE FAU - Leake, Devin AU - Leake D FAU - Godden, Elizabeth L AU - Godden EL FAU - Albertson, Donna G AU - Albertson DG FAU - Nieto, M Angela AU - Nieto MA FAU - Werb, Zena AU - Werb Z FAU - Bissell, Mina J AU - Bissell MJ LA - eng GR - R01 CA057621/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA057621-07/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - Nature JT - Nature JID - 0410462 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rac1 GTP-Binding Protein) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rho GTP-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Alternative Splicing/genetics MH - Animals MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - DNA Damage MH - Epithelial Cells/cytology/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Genomic Instability/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mesoderm/cytology/enzymology/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mitochondria/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/*metabolism MH - rac1 GTP-Binding Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - rho GTP-Binding Proteins/metabolism PMC - PMC2784913 MID - NIHMS158447 EDAT- 2005/07/08 09:00 MHDA- 2005/07/20 09:00 PMCR- 2009/11/29 CRDT- 2005/07/08 09:00 PHST- 2005/02/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/04/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/07/08 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/07/20 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/07/08 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/29 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nature03688 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nature03688 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nature. 2005 Jul 7;436(7047):123-7. doi: 10.1038/nature03688.