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Supplementary Figure 1 from Constitutive Activation of PI3K in Oocyte Induces Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumors
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posted on 2023-03-31, 00:08 authored by So-Youn Kim, Katherine Ebbert, Marilia H. Cordeiro, Megan M. Romero, Kelly A. Whelan, Adrian A. Suarez, Teresa K. Woodruff, Takeshi KuritaSerum concentrations of ActA in tumor host were significantly higher than those of adult normal female mice (PD65 Cre-).
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National Institutes of Health National Center for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility (NCTRI)
Granulosa Cell Tumour Research Foundation
Cancer Center
UVa Center for Research in Reproduction Ligand Assay and Analysis Core
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Cell–cell interactions play crucial roles in the maintenance of tissue homeostasis, a loss of which often leads to varying diseases, including cancer. Here, we report that uncontrolled PI3K activity within oocytes irreversibly transforms granulosa cells (GC), causing GC tumors (GCT) through perturbed local cell communication. Previously, we reported reproductive phenotypes of transgenic mice, in which expression of constitutively active mutant PI3K was induced in primordial oocytes by Gdf9-iCre. The transgenic mice (Cre+) demonstrated severe ovarian phenotypes, including the overgrowth of excess ovarian follicles and anovulation. Surprisingly, the Cre+ mice became cachectic by postnatal day 80 due to bilateral GCT. Although GCT cells proliferated independently of oocytes, local interactions with mutant PI3K-positive oocytes during early folliculogenesis were essential for the GC transformation. Growing GCT cells expressed high levels of inhibin βA and nuclear SMAD3, and the proliferation rate was positively correlated with a high activin A to inhibin A ratio. These results suggested that the tumor cells stimulated their growth through an activin A autocrine signaling pathway, a hypothesis confirmed by activin A secretion in cultured GCT cells, which proliferated in response. Although communication between the oocyte and surrounding somatic cells is critical for the normal development of ovarian follicles, perturbations in oocyte–GC communication during early folliculogenesis can induce GCT by activating an autocrine growth circuit program in GC. Cancer Res; 76(13); 3851–61. ©2016 AACR.Usage metrics
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Cancer PreventionAnimal models of preventionCarcinogenesisSignal transductionTumor initiation and promotionCell SignalingCell-cell interactionsEndocrinologyHormone signaling and inhibitorsNeuroendocrine and other endocrine factorsGynecological CancersOvarian cancerPreclinical ModelsAnimal models of cancerProgression, Invasion & MetastasisTumor progression
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