Expression profiling of CC531 colon carcinoma cells reveals similar regulation of β‐catenin target genes by both butyrate and aspirin
- 14 May 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Cancer
- Vol. 106 (2), 187-197
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.11215
Abstract
The CC531 cell line has been widely used to study different aspects of tumor growth and metastasis and provides an excellent experimental platform to develop novel antitumor strategies. To characterize the CC531 model at the molecular level, we screened for mutations in genes covering important signal‐transduction pathways that are known to play major roles during colon carcinogenesis, the wnt and the ki‐ras signaling pathways. We found both a prototypic β‐catenin (Ctnnb1) mutation (Thr41Ile) and a ki‐ras (G12D) mutation, providing unambiguous evidence for the constitutive activation of these pathways in CC531 cells. We further established comprehensive gene expression profiles of CC531 cells and investigated the molecular response to 2 antitumor drugs, butyrate and aspirin. Using oligonucleotide microarrays, we screened the expression levels of 7,700 genes and identified a total of 398 genes whose expression was significantly changed upon treatment with butyrate. When using aspirin, 121 genes were significantly altered. Interestingly, 36 genes were regulated by both butyrate and aspirin and 35 of them were regulated in the same direction. We found 7 differentially expressed genes, cyclin D1, cyclin E, c‐myc, Fosl1, c‐fos, Cd44 and follistatin, which are known targets of the β‐catenin and/or the ras pathway. In all cases, butyrate and aspirin reversed the changes in expression normally found in response to active signaling of these oncogenic pathways. The microarray data are available ( http://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/).Keywords
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