Actomyosin-mediated cellular tension drives increased tissue stiffness and beta-catenin activation to induce epidermal hyperplasia and tumor growth

M.S. Samuel, J.I. Lopez, E.J. McGhee, D.R. Croft, D. Strachan, P. Timpson, J. Munro, E. Schroder, J. Zhou, V. Brunton, N. Barker, H. Clevers, O.J. Sansom, K.I. Anderson, V.M. Weaver, M.F. Olson

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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]
Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)776-791
TijdschriftCancer Cell
Volume19
Nummer van het tijdschrift6
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 2011

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