Title
Frequent attenuation of the WWOX tumor suppressor in osteosarcoma is associated with increased tumorigenicity and aberrant RUNX2 expression
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
2010-06-10
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Animals; Apoptosis; Bone Neoplasms; Cell Growth Processes; Cell Line, Tumor; Cell Movement; Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit; Disease Progression; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Mice; Mice, Nude; Osteosarcoma; Oxidoreductases; Transcriptional Activation; Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Disciplines
Cell Biology
Abstract
The WW domain-containing oxidoreductase (WWOX) is a tumor suppressor that is deleted or attenuated in most human tumors. Wwox-deficient mice develop osteosarcoma (OS), an aggressive bone tumor with poor prognosis that often metastasizes to lung. On the basis of these observations, we examined the status of WWOX in human OS specimens and cell lines. In human OS clinical samples, WWOX expression was absent or reduced in 58% of tumors examined (P < 0.0001). Compared with the primary tumors, WWOX levels frequently increased in tumors resected following chemotherapy. In contrast, tumor metastases to lung often exhibited reduced WWOX levels relative to the primary tumor. In human OS cell lines having reduced WWOX expression, ectopic expression of WWOX inhibited proliferation and attenuated invasion in vitro, and suppressed tumorigenicity in nude mice. Expression of WWOX was associated with reduced RUNX2 expression in OS cell lines, whereas RUNX2 levels were elevated in femurs of Wwox-deficient mice. Furthermore, WWOX reconstitution in HOS cells was associated with downregulation of RUNX2 levels and RUNX2 target genes, consistent with the ability of WWOX to suppress RUNX2 transactivation activity. In clinical samples, RUNX2 was expressed in the majority of primary tumors and undetectable in most tumors resected following chemotherapy, whereas most metastases were RUNX2 positive. Our results deepen the evidence of a tumor suppressor role for WWOX in OS, furthering its prognostic and therapeutic significance in this disease.
DOI of Published Version
10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4602
Source
Cancer Res. 2010 Jul 1;70(13):5577-86. Epub 2010 Jun 8. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cancer research
Related Resources
PubMed ID
20530675
Repository Citation
Kurek, Kyle C.; Del Mare, Sara; Salah, Zaidoun; Abdeen, Suhaib; Sadiq, Hussain; Lee, Suk Hee; Gaudio, Eugenio; Zanesi, Nicola; Jones, Kevin B.; DeYoung, Barry; Amir, Gail; Gebhardt, Mark; Warman, Matthew; Stein, Gary S.; Stein, Janet L.; Lian, Jane B.; and Aqeilan, Rami I., "Frequent attenuation of the WWOX tumor suppressor in osteosarcoma is associated with increased tumorigenicity and aberrant RUNX2 expression" (2010). Stein, Stein, Lian, vanWijnen Lab Publications. 11.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/stein/11