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The mouse Wnt-1 gene can act via a paracrine mechanism in transformation of mammary epithelial cells.

机译:小鼠Wnt-1基因可以通过旁分泌机制在乳腺上皮细胞转化中起作用。

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The mouse Wnt-1 gene plays an essential role in fetal brain development and can contribute to tumorigenesis when activated aberrantly in the mammary gland. The gene encodes secretory glycoproteins associated with the extracellular or pericellular matrix, and it has been proposed that Wnt-1, as well as its Drosophila homolog wingless, may function in intercellular signalling. We show here that fibroblasts expressing Wnt-1 protein, although not transformed themselves, are able to elicit morphological transformation of neighboring C57MG mammary epithelial cells in coculture experiments. Heparin inhibits this effect, possibly by displacing Wnt-1 protein from its normal site of action. Our results indicate that the Wnt-1 gene can act via a paracrine mechanism in cell culture and strongly support the notion that in vivo the gene may function in cell-to-cell communication.
机译:小鼠Wnt-1基因在胎儿脑部发育中起着至关重要的作用,并且在乳腺中异常激活时可以促进肿瘤发生。该基因编码与细胞外或细胞外基质相关的分泌糖蛋白,并且有人提出Wnt-1及其无翅果蝇同源物可能在细胞间信号传导中起作用。我们在这里显示表达Wnt-1蛋白的成纤维细胞,尽管自身并未转化,但能够在共培养实验中引起邻近C57MG乳腺上皮细胞的形态转化。肝素可能通过从其正常作用位点置换Wnt-1蛋白来抑制此作用。我们的结果表明,Wnt-1基因可以通过旁分泌机制在细胞培养中发挥作用,并强烈支持该基因在体内可能在细胞间通讯中发挥作用的观点。

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