Transgenic mice demonstrate AP-1 (activator protein-1) transactivation is required for tumor promotion

MR Young, JJ Li, M RINCon… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Activator protein-1 (AP-1) is a transcription factor that consists of either a Jun-Jun
homodimer or a Jun-Fos heterodimer. Transactivation of AP-1 is required for tumor promoter …

A dominant negative mutant of jun blocking 12‐O‐tetradecanoylphorbol‐13‐acetate–induced invasion in mouse keratinocytes

Z Dong, HC Crawford, V Lavrovsky… - … in cooperation with …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We previously reported that induced activator protein‐1 (AP‐1) transcriptional activity
appears to be required for tumor promoter–induced transformation in mouse epidermal JB6 …

Expression of dominant negative Jun inhibits elevated AP-1 and NF-κB transactivation and suppresses anchorage independent growth of HPV immortalized human …

JJ Li, JS Rhim, R Schlegel, KH Vousden, NH Colburn - Oncogene, 1998 - nature.com
AP-1 transactivation appears to be required for mouse JB6 cell neoplastic transformation
induced by the tumor promoter TPA or epidermal growth factor (EGF). Exposure to AP-1 …

AP1/jun Function Is Differentially Induced in Promotion-Sensitive and Resistant JB6 Cells

LR Bernstein, NH Colburn - Science, 1989 - science.org
Tumor promoters may bring about events that lead to neoplastic transformation by inducing
specific promotion-relevant effector genes. Functional activation of the transacting …

Inhibition of AP-1 transcription factor causes blockade of multiple signal transduction pathways and inhibits breast cancer growth

Y Liu, J Ludes-Meyers, Y Zhang, D Munoz-Medellin… - Oncogene, 2002 - nature.com
AP-1 transcription factors play a critical role in signal transduction pathways in many cells.
We have investigated the role of AP-1 in controlling proliferative signals in breast cells, and …

Blocking of tumor promoter-induced AP-1 activity inhibits induced transformation in JB6 mouse epidermal cells.

Z Dong, MJ Birrer, RG Watts… - Proceedings of the …, 1994 - National Acad Sciences
AP-1 transcriptional activity is stimulated by the transformation promoters phorbol 12-
myristate 13-acetate (" 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate," TPA) and epidermal growth …

AP-1 as a regulator of cell life and death

E Shaulian, M Karin - Nature cell biology, 2002 - nature.com
The transcription factor AP-1 (activator protein-1) is involved in cellular proliferation,
transformation and death. Using mice and cells lacking AP-1 components, the target-genes …

Dominant-negative transcription factor AP-2 augments SB-2 melanoma tumor growth in vivo

JE Gershenwald, W Sumner, T Calderone, Z Wang… - Oncogene, 2001 - nature.com
We have previously demonstrated that the transition of melanoma to the metastatic
phenotype is associated with a loss of expression of the transcription factor AP-2. To further …

The regulation of AP-1 activity by mitogen-activated protein kinases

M Karin - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1995 - ASBMB
AP-1 is a sequence-specific transcriptional activator composed of members of the Jun and
Fos families (for review see Ref. 1). These proteins, which belong to the bZIP group of DNA …

Stable Expression of c-JUN Deletion Mutant in Two Malignant Mouse Epidermal Cell Lines Blocks Tumor Formation in Nude Mice

FE Domann, JP Levy, MJ Birrer, G Tim Bowden - Cell growth and …, 1994 - AACR
We have stably expressed a trans-activation suppressing deletion mutant of the human c-jun
gene (TAM-67) in the malignant mouse epidermal cell lines 10Gy5 and PDV. Expression of …