Oncogenic mutations produce similar phenotypes in Drosophila tissues of diverse origins.

ABSTRACT: An emerging interest in oncology is to tailor treatment to particular cancer genotypes, i.e. oncogenic mutations present in the tumor, and not the tissue of cancer incidence. Integral to such a practice is the idea that the same oncogenic mutation(s) produces similar outcomes in different tissues. To test this idea experimentally, we studied tumors driven by a combination of Ras(V12) and scrib(1) mutations in Drosophila larvae. We found that tumors induced in tissues of neural ectodermal and mesodermal origins behaved similarly in every manner examined: cell cycle checkpoints, apoptosis, cellular morphology, increased aneuploidy and response to Taxol. We conclude that oncogenic effects override tissue-specific differences, at least for the mutations, tissues, and phenotypes studied herein.

SUBMITTER: Stickel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4001236 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature