PMID- 24139798 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150109 LR - 20220129 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 5 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Oct 31 TI - Tenascin-C downregulates wnt inhibitor dickkopf-1, promoting tumorigenesis in a neuroendocrine tumor model. PG - 482-92 LID - S2211-1247(13)00522-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.014 [doi] AB - The extracellular matrix molecule tenascin-C (TNC) is a major component of the cancer-specific matrix, and high TNC expression is linked to poor prognosis in several cancers. To provide a comprehensive understanding of TNC's functions in cancer, we established an immune-competent transgenic mouse model of pancreatic beta-cell carcinogenesis with varying levels of TNC expression and compared stochastic neuroendocrine tumor formation in abundance or absence of TNC. We show that TNC promotes tumor cell survival, the angiogenic switch, more and leaky vessels, carcinoma progression, and lung micrometastasis. TNC downregulates Dickkopf-1 (DKK1) promoter activity through the blocking of actin stress fiber formation, activates Wnt signaling, and induces Wnt target genes in tumor and endothelial cells. Our results implicate DKK1 downregulation as an important mechanism underlying TNC-enhanced tumor progression through the provision of a proangiogenic tumor microenvironment. CI - Copyright (c) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Saupe, Falk AU - Saupe F AD - Inserm U1109, MN3T Team, The Microenvironmental Niche in Tumorigenesis and Targeted Therapy, 3 Avenue Moliere, 67200 Strasbourg, France; Universite de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; LabEx Medalis, Universite de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France; Federation de Medecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg (FMTS), 67000 Strasbourg, France. FAU - Schwenzer, Anja AU - Schwenzer A FAU - Jia, Yundan AU - Jia Y FAU - Gasser, Isabelle AU - Gasser I FAU - Spenle, Caroline AU - Spenle C FAU - Langlois, Benoit AU - Langlois B FAU - Kammerer, Martial AU - Kammerer M FAU - Lefebvre, Olivier AU - Lefebvre O FAU - Hlushchuk, Ruslan AU - Hlushchuk R FAU - Rupp, Tristan AU - Rupp T FAU - Marko, Marija AU - Marko M FAU - van der Heyden, Michael AU - van der Heyden M FAU - Cremel, Gerard AU - Cremel G FAU - Arnold, Christiane AU - Arnold C FAU - Klein, Annick AU - Klein A FAU - Simon-Assmann, Patricia AU - Simon-Assmann P FAU - Djonov, Valentin AU - Djonov V FAU - Neuville-Mechine, Agnes AU - Neuville-Mechine A FAU - Esposito, Irene AU - Esposito I FAU - Slotta-Huspenina, Julia AU - Slotta-Huspenina J FAU - Janssen, Klaus-Peter AU - Janssen KP FAU - de Wever, Olivier AU - de Wever O FAU - Christofori, Gerhard AU - Christofori G FAU - Hussenet, Thomas AU - Hussenet T FAU - Orend, Gertraud AU - Orend G LA - eng GR - 06-0610/AICR_/Worldwide Cancer Research/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131017 PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 0 (Dkk1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Tenascin) RN - 0 (Wnt Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Down-Regulation MH - Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells MH - Humans MH - Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic MH - Neuroendocrine Tumors/metabolism/pathology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Tenascin/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Wnt Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism EDAT- 2013/10/22 06:00 MHDA- 2015/01/13 06:00 CRDT- 2013/10/22 06:00 PHST- 2013/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/08/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/09/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/10/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/10/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/01/13 06:00 [medline] AID - S2211-1247(13)00522-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2013 Oct 31;5(2):482-92. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.09.014. Epub 2013 Oct 17.