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School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2020
Abstract
T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase (TC-PTP), encoded by Ptpn2, has been shown to function as a tumor suppressor during skin carcinogenesis. In the current study, we generated a novel epidermal-specific TC-PTP-overexpressing (K5HA.Ptpn2) mouse model to show that TC-PTP contributes to the attenuation of chemically induced skin carcinogenesis through the synergistic regulation of STAT1, STAT3, STAT5, and PI3K/AKT signaling. We found overexpression of TC-PTP increased epidermal sensitivity to DMBA-induced apoptosis and it decreased TPA-mediated hyperproliferation, coinciding with reduced epidermal thickness. Inhibition of STAT1, STAT3, STAT5, or AKT reversed the effects of TC-PTP overexpression on epidermal survival and proliferation. Mice overexpressing TC-PTP in the epidermis developed significantly reduced numbers of tumors during skin carcinogenesis and presented a prolonged latency of tumor initiation. Examination of human papillomas and squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) revealed that TC-PTP expression was significantly reduced and TC-PTP expression was inversely correlated with the increased grade of SCCs. Our findings demonstrate that TC-PTP is a potential therapeutic target for the prevention of human skin cancer given that it is a major negative regulator of oncogenic signaling.
Recommended Citation
Kim, M., Morales, L. D., Lee, C. J., Olivarez, S. A., Kim, W. J., Hernandez, J., Mummidi, S., Jenkinson, C., Tsin, A. T., Jang, I.-S., Slaga, T. J., & Kim, D. J. (2020). Overexpression of TC-PTP in murine epidermis attenuates skin tumor formation. Oncogene, 39(21), 4241–4256. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1282-8
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Publication Title
Oncogene
DOI
10.1038/s41388-020-1282-8
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Immunology and Microbiology
Comments
© 2020 The Author(s). Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41388-020-1282-8