• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Loss of Apc in vivo immediately perturbs Wnt signaling, differentiation, and migration
  • Contributor: Sansom, Owen J.; Reed, Karen R.; Hayes, Anthony J.; Ireland, Heather; Brinkmann, Hannah; Newton, Ian P.; Batlle, Eduard; Simon-Assmann, Patricia; Clevers, Hans; Nathke, Inke S.; Clarke, Alan R.; Winton, Douglas J.
  • Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2004
  • Published in: Genes & Development, 18 (2004) 12, Seite 1385-1390
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1101/gad.287404
  • ISSN: 0890-9369; 1549-5477
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  • Description: Although Apc is well characterized as a tumor-suppressor gene in the intestine, the precise mechanism of this suppression remains to be defined. Using a novel inducible Ahcre transgenic line in conjunction with a loxP-flanked Apc allele we, show that loss of Apc acutely activates Wnt signaling through the nuclear accumulation of β-catenin. Coincidentally, it perturbs differentiation, migration, proliferation, and apoptosis, such that Apc-deficient cells maintain a “crypt progenitor-like” phenotype. Critically, for the first time we confirm a series of Wnt target molecules in an in vivo setting and also identify a series of new candidate targets within the same setting.
  • Access State: Open Access