Wild Type Tumor Repressor Protein 53 (TRP53) Promotes Ovarian Cancer Cell survival

ABSTRACT: Loss of Pten in the KrasG12D;Amhr2-Cre mutant mice leads to the transformation of ovarian surface epithelial (OSE) cells and rapid development of low-grade, invasive serous adenocarcinomas. Tumors occur with 100% penetrance and express elevated expression of wild type tumor repressor protein 53 (TRP53). To test the functions of TRP53 in the Pten;Kras (Trp53+) mice, we disrupted the Trp53 gene yielding Pten;Kras(Trp53-) mice. By comparing morphology and gene expression profiles in the Trp53+ and Trp53- OSE cells, we document that wild-type TRP53 acts as a major promoter of OSE cell survival and differentiation: cells lacking Trp53 are transformed yet are less adherent, migratory and invasive and exhibit a gene expression profile more like normal OSE cells. These results provide a new par

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Zhilin Liu 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-34882 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress