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Mammary tumorigenesis and metastasis caused by overexpression of insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1) or IRS-2

Molecular and Cellular Biology, ISSN: 0270-7306, Vol: 26, Issue: 24, Page: 9302-9314
2006
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Insulin receptor substrates (IRSs) are signaling adaptors that play a major role in the metabolic and mitogenic actions of insulin and insulin-like growth factors. Reports have recently noted increased levels, or activity, of IRSs in many human cancers, and some have linked this to poor patient prognosis. We found that overexpressed IRS-1 was constitutively phosphorylated in vitro and in vivo and that transgenic mice overexpressing IRS-1 or IRS-2 in the mammary gland showed progressive mammary hyperplasia, tumorigenesis, and metastasis. Tumors showed extensive squamous differentiation, a phenotype commonly seen with activation of the canonical β-catenin signaling pathway. Consistent with this, IRSs were found to bind β-catenin in vitro and in vivo. IRS-induced tumorigenesis is unique, given that the IRSs are signaling adaptors with no intrinsic kinase activity, and this supports a growing literature indicating a role for IRSs in cancer. This study defines IRSs as oncogene proteins in vivo and provides new models to develop inhibitors against IRSs for anticancer therapy. Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Dearth, Robert K; Cui, Xiaojiang; Kim, Hyun-Jung; Kuiatse, Isere; Lawrence, Nicole A; Zhang, Xiaomei; Divisova, Jana; Britton, Ora L; Mohsin, Syed; Allred, D Craig; Hadsell, Darryl L; Lee, Adrian V

Informa UK Limited

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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