PMID- 20627081 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100825 LR - 20211020 IS - 1878-1551 (Electronic) IS - 1534-5807 (Print) IS - 1534-5807 (Linking) VI - 18 IP - 6 DP - 2010 Jun 15 TI - Oncogenic Ras diverts a host TNF tumor suppressor activity into tumor promoter. PG - 999-1011 LID - 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.05.014 [doi] AB - The roles of inflammatory cytokines and the immune response in cancer remain paradoxical. In the case of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), there is undisputed evidence indicating both protumor and antitumor activities. Recent work in Drosophila indicated that a TNF-dependent mechanism eliminates cells deficient for the polarity tumor suppressors dlg or scrib. In this study, however, we show that in tumors deficient for scrib that also expressed the Ras oncoprotein, the TNF signal was diverted into a protumor signal that enhanced tumor growth through larval arrest and stimulated invasive migration. In this case, TNF promoted malignancy and was detrimental to host survival. TNF was expressed at high levels by tumor-associated hemocytes recruited from the circulation. The expression of TNF by hemocytes was both necessary and sufficient to trigger TNF signaling in tumor cells. Our evidence suggests that tumors can evolve into malignancy through oncogenic Ras activation and the hijacking of TNF signaling. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Cordero, Julia B AU - Cordero JB AD - Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK, Garscube Estate, Switchback Road, Bearsden, Glasgow G61 1BD, UK. FAU - Macagno, Juan P AU - Macagno JP FAU - Stefanatos, Rhoda K AU - Stefanatos RK FAU - Strathdee, Karen E AU - Strathdee KE FAU - Cagan, Ross L AU - Cagan RL FAU - Vidal, Marcos AU - Vidal M LA - eng GR - R01 CA109730/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA084309/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA109730/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA109730-09/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA084309-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CRUK_/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom GR - R01CA084309/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. PL - United States TA - Dev Cell JT - Developmental cell JID - 101120028 RN - 0 (Carcinogens) RN - 0 (Drosophila Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Scrib protein, Drosophila) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) SB - IM CIN - Future Oncol. 2010 Dec;6(12):1833-6. PMID: 21142857 MH - Animals MH - Carcinogens/*metabolism MH - Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics/immunology/metabolism MH - Drosophila Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Drosophila melanogaster MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/immunology MH - Hemocytes/cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins MH - Neoplasm Invasiveness/genetics/immunology MH - Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism MH - Oncogenes/*physiology MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/genetics/*metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - ras Proteins/genetics/*metabolism PMC - PMC3175220 MID - NIHMS322775 EDAT- 2010/07/16 06:00 MHDA- 2010/08/26 06:00 PMCR- 2011/09/17 CRDT- 2010/07/15 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/03/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/04/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/07/15 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/07/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/08/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/09/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S1534-5807(10)00250-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.05.014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Dev Cell. 2010 Jun 15;18(6):999-1011. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2010.05.014.