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Squamous cell carcinoma growth in mice and in culture is regulated by c-Jun and its control of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 expression.

Squamous cell carcinoma ( SCC) is an invasive malignancy of epidermal keratinocytes. Surgical excision is currently the main treatment; however, this can cause scarring and disfigurement. There is accordingly, an acute need for alternative strategies to treat SCC. The transcription factor c-Jun is expressed in human SCC and another common form of invasive skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma together with the mitogenic marker-proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Here, we have employed DNAzymes (catalytic DNA molecules) targeting c-Jun (Dz13) to inhibit c-Jun expression in SCC cells. Dz13 inhibits SCC proliferation and suppresses solid SCC tumor growth and tumor angiogenesis in severe combined immunodeficient mice. We further demonstrate that Dz13 inhibits c-Jun, together with matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 expression in the tumors, consistent with DNAzyme inhibition of MMP-2 and MMP-9 gelatinolytic activity by zymography. Dz13 also suppressed the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor and fibroblast growth factor-2 in the tumors. These findings demonstrate that c-Jun regulates SCC growth and suggest that DNAzymes targeting this transcription factor may potentially be useful as inhibitors of cutaneous carcinoma.Oncogene (2006) 25, 7260-7266. doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1209726; published online 19 June 2006.[1]

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  1. Squamous cell carcinoma growth in mice and in culture is regulated by c-Jun and its control of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and -9 expression. Zhang, G., Luo, X., Sumithran, E., Pua, V.S., Barnetson, R.S., Halliday, G.M., Khachigian, L.M. Oncogene (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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