TY - JOUR
T1 - Actomyosin-mediated cellular tension drives increased tissue stiffness and beta-catenin activation to induce epidermal hyperplasia and tumor growth
AU - Samuel, M.S.
AU - Lopez, J.I.
AU - McGhee, E.J.
AU - Croft, D.R.
AU - Strachan, D.
AU - Timpson, P.
AU - Munro, J.
AU - Schroder, E.
AU - Zhou, J.
AU - Brunton, V.
AU - Barker, N.
AU - Clevers, H.
AU - Sansom, O.J.
AU - Anderson, K.I.
AU - Weaver, V.M.
AU - Olson, M.F.
N1 - Reporting year: 2011
Metis note: 3115541;
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Tumors and associated stroma manifest mechanical properties that promote cancer. Mechanosensation of tissue stiffness activates the Rho/ROCK pathway to increase actomyosin-mediated cellular tension to re-establish force equilibrium. To determine how actomyosin tension affects tissue homeostasis and tumor development, we expressed conditionally active ROCK2 in mouse skin. ROCK activation elevated tissue stiffness via increased collagen. beta-catenin, a key element of mechanotranscription pathways, was stabilized by ROCK activation leading to nuclear accumulation, transcriptional activation, and consequent hyperproliferation and skin thickening. Inhibiting actomyosin contractility by blocking LIMK or myosin ATPase attenuated these responses, as did FAK inhibition. Tumor number, growth, and progression were increased by ROCK activation, while ROCK blockade was inhibitory, implicating actomyosin-mediated cellular tension and consequent collagen deposition as significant tumor promoters. [KEYWORDS: Actomyosin/ physiology, Animals, Biomechanics, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Epidermis/ pathology, Humans, Hyperplasia, Mice, Papilloma/etiology, Signal Transduction, Skin Neoplasms/ etiology, beta Catenin/ physiology, rho-Associated Kinases/analysis/genetics/physiology]
AB - Tumors and associated stroma manifest mechanical properties that promote cancer. Mechanosensation of tissue stiffness activates the Rho/ROCK pathway to increase actomyosin-mediated cellular tension to re-establish force equilibrium. To determine how actomyosin tension affects tissue homeostasis and tumor development, we expressed conditionally active ROCK2 in mouse skin. ROCK activation elevated tissue stiffness via increased collagen. beta-catenin, a key element of mechanotranscription pathways, was stabilized by ROCK activation leading to nuclear accumulation, transcriptional activation, and consequent hyperproliferation and skin thickening. Inhibiting actomyosin contractility by blocking LIMK or myosin ATPase attenuated these responses, as did FAK inhibition. Tumor number, growth, and progression were increased by ROCK activation, while ROCK blockade was inhibitory, implicating actomyosin-mediated cellular tension and consequent collagen deposition as significant tumor promoters. [KEYWORDS: Actomyosin/ physiology, Animals, Biomechanics, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Epidermis/ pathology, Humans, Hyperplasia, Mice, Papilloma/etiology, Signal Transduction, Skin Neoplasms/ etiology, beta Catenin/ physiology, rho-Associated Kinases/analysis/genetics/physiology]
U2 - 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.05.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ccr.2011.05.008
M3 - Article
SN - 1535-6108
VL - 19
SP - 776
EP - 791
JO - Cancer Cell
JF - Cancer Cell
IS - 6
ER -