Inhibition of Wnt-1 Signaling Induces Apoptosis in β-Catenin-Deficient Mesothelioma Cells
- 15 May 2004
- journal article
- Published by American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) in Cancer Research
- Vol. 64 (10), 3474-3478
- https://doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-0115
Abstract
It is known that Wnt-1 signaling inhibits apoptosis by activating β-catenin/tcf-mediated transcription. Here, we show that blocking Wnt-1 signaling in β-catenin-deficient mesothelioma cell lines H28 and MS-1 induces apoptotic cell death. Both Wnt-1 small interfering RNA (siRNA) and Dishevelled siRNA induced significant apoptosis in these cell lines. A small molecule inhibitor of c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase inhibited the apoptotic cell killing induced by either Wnt-1 siRNA or Dishevelled siRNA in these cells. Our data suggest that β-catenin-independent noncanonical pathway(s), i.e., Wnt/JNK pathway, may play a role in the apoptotic inhibition caused by Wnt-1 signaling.This publication has 30 references indexed in Scilit:
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