Gene expression data from MDA-MB231 cells stably transduced with lentiviral vectors encoding a control shRNA (shscramble) or two shRNAs targeting Coco (shco2 and shco4)

ABSTRACT: Metastatic relapse of breast cancer and other tumor types usually occurs several years after surgical resection of the primary tumor. Early dissemination of tumor cells followed by an extended period of dormancy is thought to explain this prevalent clinical behavior. By using a gain-of-function retroviral cDNA screen in the mouse, we found that Coco, a secreted antagonist of TGF-beta ligands, induces solitary mammary carcinoma cells that have extravasated in the lung stroma to exit from dormancy. Mechanistic studies demonstrate that Coco awakens dormant metastasis-initiating cells by blocking stroma-derived Bone Morphogenetic Proteins. Inhibition of canonical BMP signaling reverses the commitment to differentiation of these cells and enhances their self-renewal and tumor-initiation capacit

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Gao H 

PROVIDER: S-ECPF-GEOD-28049 | biostudies-other | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other