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Title: | VAV2 signaling promotes regenerative proliferation in both cutaneous and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
Author: | Lorenzo Martín, L. Francisco Fernández Parejo, Natalia Menacho Márquez, Mauricio Rodríguez-Fdez, Sonia Robles Valero, Javier Zumalave, Sonia Fabbiano, Salvatore Pascual, Gloria Garcia Pedrero, Juana M. Abad, Antonio García Macías, María C. González, Nazareno Lorenzano Menna, Pablo Pavón Ribas, Miquel Àngel González Sarmiento, Rogelio Segrelles, Carmen Paramio, Jesús M. Tubío, José M. C. Rodrigo, Juan P. Benitah, Salvador A. Cuadrado, Myriam Bustelo, Xosé R. |
Keywords: | Càncer de cap Càncer de coll Pronòstic mèdic Head cancer Neck cancer Prognosis |
Issue Date: | 22-Sep-2020 |
Publisher: | Nature Research |
Abstract: | Regenerative proliferation capacity and poor differentiation are histological features usually linked to poor prognosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (hnSCC). However, the pathways that regulate them remain ill-characterized. Here, we show that those traits can be triggered by the RHO GTPase activator VAV2 in keratinocytes present in the skin and oral mucosa. VAV2 is also required to maintain those traits in hnSCC patient-derived cells. This function, which is both catalysis- and RHO GTPase-dependent, is mediated by c-Myc- and YAP/TAZ-dependent transcriptomal programs associated with regenerative proliferation and cell undifferentiation, respectively. High levels of VAV2 transcripts and VAV2-regulated gene signatures are both associated with poor hnSCC patient prognosis. These results unveil a druggable pathway linked to the malignancy of specific SCC subtypes. The Rho signalling pathway is frequently activated in squamous carcinomas. Here, the authors find that the Rho GEF VAV2 is over expressed in both cutaneous and head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and that at the molecular level VAV2 promotes a pro-tumorigenic stem cell-like signalling programme. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18524-3 |
It is part of: | Nature Communications, 2020 vol. 11 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/174077 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18524-3 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Institut d'lnvestigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL)) |
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