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HERO ID
1936067
Reference Type
Journal Article
Title
Arsenic-induced cutaneous hyperplastic lesions are associated with the dysregulation of Yap, a Hippo signaling-related protein
Author(s)
Li, C; Srivastava, RK; Elmets, CA; Afaq, F; Athar, M
Year
2013
Is Peer Reviewed?
Yes
Journal
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
ISSN:
0006-291X
EISSN:
1090-2104
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
438
Issue
4
Page Numbers
607-612
Language
English
PMID
23942117
DOI
10.1016/j.bbrc.2013.08.008
Web of Science Id
WOS:000324454800006
URL
https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0006291X13013247
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Abstract
Arsenic exposure in humans causes a number of toxic manifestations in the skin including cutaneous neoplasm. However, the mechanism of these alterations remains elusive. Here, we provide novel observations that arsenic induced Hippo signaling pathway in the murine skin. This pathway plays crucial roles in determining organ size during the embryonic development and if aberrantly activated in adults, contributes to the pathogenesis of epithelial neoplasm. Arsenic treatment enhanced phosphorylation-dependent activation of LATS1 kinase and other Hippo signaling regulatory proteins Sav1 and MOB1. Phospho-LATS kinase is known to catalyze the inactivation of a transcriptional co-activator, Yap. However, in arsenic-treated epidermis, we did not observed its inactivation. Thus, as expected, unphosphorylated-Yap was translocated to the nucleus in arsenic-treated epidermis. Yap by binding to the transcription factors TEADs induces transcription of its target genes. Consistently, an up-regulation of Yap-dependent target genes Cyr61, Gli2, Ankrd1 and Ctgf was observed in the skin of arsenic-treated mice. Phosphorylated Yap is important in regulating tight and adherens junctions through its binding to αCatenin. We found disruption of these junctions in the arsenic-treated mouse skin despite an increase in αCatenin. These data provide evidence that arsenic-induced canonical Hippo signaling pathway and Yap-mediated disruption of tight and adherens junctions are independently regulated. These effects together may contribute to the carcinogenic effects of arsenic in the skin.
Keywords
Arsenic; Hippo signaling pathway; Yap; Carcinogenesis
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