Abstract
Inflammation predisposes to tumorigenesis in various organs by potentiating a susceptibility to genetic aberrations. The mechanism underlying the enhanced genetic instability through chronic inflammation, however, is not clear. Here, we demonstrated that TNFα stimulation induced transcriptional downregulation of MSH2, a member of the mismatch repair family, via NF-κB- dependent miR-21 expression in hepatocytes. Liver cancers developed in ALB-MSH2-/- AID+, ALB-MSH2-/-, and ALB-AID+ mice, in which MSH2 is deficient and/or activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AICDA) is expressed in cells with albumin-producing hepatocytes. The mutation signatures in the tumors developed in these models, especially ALB-MSH2-/- AID+ mice, closely resembled those of human hepatocellular carcinoma. Our findings demonstrated that inflammation-mediated dysregulation of MSH2 may be a mechanism of genetic alterations during hepatocarcinogenesis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 4383-4393 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Cancer research |
Volume | 76 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1 2016 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Oncology
- Cancer Research