| First Author | Hill NT | Year | 2014 |
| Journal | PLoS One | Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 9 | Pages | e107052 |
| PubMed ID | 25191969 | Mgi Jnum | J:221526 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:5640917 | Doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0107052 |
| Citation | Hill NT, et al. (2014) Role of vitamin D3 in modulation of DeltaNp63alpha expression during UVB induced tumor formation in SKH-1 mice. PLoS One 9(9):e107052 |
| abstractText | DeltaNp63alpha, a proto-oncogene, is up-regulated in non-melanoma skin cancers and directly regulates the expression of both Vitamin D receptor (VDR) and phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN). Since DeltaNp63alpha has been shown to inhibit cell invasion via regulation of VDR, we wanted to determine whether dietary Vitamin D3 protected against UVB induced tumor formation in SKH-1 mice, a model for squamous cell carcinoma development. We examined whether there was a correlation between dietary Vitamin D3 and DeltaNp63alpha, VDR or PTEN expression in vivo in SKH-1 mice chronically exposed to UVB radiation and fed chow containing increasing concentrations of dietary Vitamin D3. Although we observed differential effects of the Vitamin D3 diet on DeltaNp63alpha and VDR expression in chronically irradiated normal mouse skin as well as UVB induced tumors, Vitamin D3 had little effect on PTEN expression in vivo. While low-grade papillomas in mice exposed to UV and fed normal chow displayed increased levels of DeltaNp63alpha, expression of both DeltaNp63alpha and VDR was reduced in invasive tumors. Interestingly, in mice fed high Vitamin D3 chow, elevated levels of DeltaNp63alpha were observed in both local and invasive tumors but not in normal skin suggesting that oral supplementation with Vitamin D3 may increase the proliferative potential of skin tumors by increasing DeltaNp63alpha levels. |
