A Tcf4-GFP reporter mouse model for monitoring effects of Apc mutations during intestinal tumorigenesis.

Abstract:

:Apc mutations cause intestinal tumorigenesis through Tcf4 activation. However, direct techniques for studying Tcf4 activation in vivo are limited. Here, we describe the development of a Tcf4-GFP reporter mouse model for directly studying Tcf4 activation. We first developed a GFP reporter construct (Tcf4-GFP) and transfected it into SW480 cells that have constitutively activated Tcf4. Reporter activity increased 47-fold. Next, we created transgenic (Tg) mice by transducing the construct into C57BL/6J mice. Fluorescence microscopy did not detect GFP in intestinal sections, but flow cytometry showed 5% of crypt cells to be GFP(+). We then established cross-bred mice (Tg x Apc(Min/+)), which have a germline Apc mutation and sustained Tcf4 activation. Here, fluorescence microscopy showed GFP(+) cells at or near the base of normal-appearing crypts. In adenomas, in which Apc is inactivated, GFP(+) signal was even greater. Immunostaining for the Tcf4 target genes survivin (BIRC5) and cyclin D1 (CCND1) showed that their expression also paralleled GFP positivity. We conclude that GFP directly reports Tcf4 activation in vivo and tracks the predicted increases in Tcf4 activation that result from Apc inactivation, and that Apc mutation contributes to survivin and cyclin D1 overexpression through Tcf4 activation. Our Tcf4 mouse should be useful in studying the effects of chemopreventive agents on Wnt signaling and changes in proliferative crypt cell populations-including stem cells-during intestinal tumorigenesis.

journal_name

Mol Carcinog

journal_title

Molecular carcinogenesis

authors

Boman B,Kopelovich L,Siracusa LD,Zhang T,Henderson K,Cofer Z,Buchberg AM,Fields JZ,Otevrel T

doi

10.1002/mc.20526

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-09-01 00:00:00

pages

821-31

issue

9

eissn

0899-1987

issn

1098-2744

journal_volume

48

pub_type

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