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  • 标题:Diverse regulation of mammary epithelial growth and branching morphogenesis through noncanonical Wnt signaling
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  • 作者:Kai Kessenbrock ; Prestina Smith ; Sander Christiaan Steenbeek
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:2017
  • 卷号:114
  • 期号:12
  • 页码:3121-3126
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.1701464114
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:The mammary gland consists of an adipose tissue that, in a process called branching morphogenesis, is invaded by a ductal epithelial network comprising basal and luminal epithelial cells. Stem and progenitor cells drive mammary growth, and their proliferation is regulated by multiple extracellular cues. One of the key regulatory pathways for these cells is the β-catenin–dependent, canonical wingless-type MMTV integration site family (WNT) signaling pathway; however, the role of noncanonical WNT signaling within the mammary stem/progenitor system remains elusive. Here, we focused on the noncanonical WNT receptors receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2 (ROR2) and receptor-like tyrosine kinase (RYK) and their activation by WNT5A, one of the hallmark noncanonical WNT ligands, during mammary epithelial growth and branching morphogenesis. We found that WNT5A inhibits mammary branching morphogenesis in vitro and in vivo through the receptor tyrosine kinase ROR2. Unexpectedly, WNT5A was able to enhance mammary epithelial growth, which is in contrast to its next closest relative WNT5B, which potently inhibits mammary stem/progenitor proliferation. We found that RYK, but not ROR2, is necessary for WNT5A-mediated promotion of mammary growth. These findings provide important insight into the biology of noncanonical WNT signaling in adult stem/progenitor cell regulation and development. Future research will determine how these interactions go awry in diseases such as breast cancer.
  • 关键词:mammary stem cells ; noncanonical Wnt signaling ; receptor tyrosine kinase ; epithelial morphogenesis
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