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Epithelial Wnt secretion drives the progression of inflammation-induced colon carcinoma in murine model

Colon cancer is initiated by stem cells that escape the strict control. This process is often driven through aberrant activation of Wnt signaling by mutations in components acting downstream of the receptor complex that unfetter tumor cells from the need f ...

CELL PRESS2021

TBX3 acts as tissue-specific component of the Wnt/beta-catenin enhanceosome

Michel Aguet

SPRINGERNATURE2020

TBX3 acts as tissue-specific component of the Wnt/beta-catenin transcriptional complex

Michel Aguet, Andreas Eduard Moor

BCL9 and PYGO are beta-catenin cofactors that enhance the transcription of Wnt target genes. They have been proposed as therapeutic targets to diminish Wnt signaling output in intestinal malignancies. Here we find that, in colorectal cancer cells and in de ...

2020

Mutations in Bcl9 and Pygo genes cause congenital heart defects by tissue-specific perturbation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling

Michel Aguet

Bcl9 and Pygopus (Pygo) are obligate Wnt/beta-catenin cofactors in Drosophila, yet their contribution to Wnt signaling during vertebrate development remains unresolved. Combining zebrafish and mouse genetics, we document a conserved, beta-catenin-associate ...

COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT2018

The Multi-kinase Inhibitor Debio 0617B Reduces Maintenance and Self-renewal of Primary Human AML CD34(+) Stem/Progenitor Cells

Michel Aguet, Stefania Rigotti, Maximilien Murone, Andres McAllister

Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) is initiated and maintained by leukemia stem cells (LSC). LSCs are therapy-resistant, cause relapse, and represent a major obstacle for the cure of AML. Resistance to therapy is often mediated by aberrant tyrosine kinase (T ...

Amer Assoc Cancer Research2017

Wnt Ligands Secreted by Subepithelial Mesenchymal Cells Are Essential for the Survival of Intestinal Stem Cells and Gut Homeostasis

Michel Aguet, Andreas Eduard Moor

Targeting of Wnt signaling represents a promising anti-cancer therapy. However, the consequences of systemically attenuating the Wnt pathway in an adult organism are unknown. Here, we globally prevent Wnt secretion by genetically ablating Wntless. We find ...

Elsevier2016

The fusion protein SS18-SSX1 employs core Wnt pathway transcription factors to induce a partial Wnt signature in synovial sarcoma

Michel Aguet, Ivan Stamenkovic, Tanja Petricevic

Expression of the SS18/SYT-SSX fusion protein is believed to underlie the pathogenesis of synovial sarcoma (SS). Recent evidence suggests that deregulation of the Wnt pathway may play an important role in SS but the mechanisms whereby SS18-SSX might affect ...

Nature Research2016

CL9/9L-beta-catenin Signaling is Associated With Poor Outcome in Colorectal Cancer

Michel Aguet, Patrick Rodriguez, Mauro Delorenzi, Norbert Wiedemann, Pascale Anderle Pedone, Andreas Eduard Moor, Sylvie André Baflast, Frédérique Baruthio

BCL9/9L proteins enhance the transcriptional output of the beta-catenin/TCF transcriptional complex and contribute critically to upholding the high WNT signaling level required for stemness maintenance in the intestinal epithelium. Here we show that a BCL9 ...

Elsevier Science Bv2015

The Pygo2-H3K4me2/3 interaction is dispensable for mouse development and Wnt signaling-dependent transcription

Michel Aguet

Pygopus has been discovered as a fundamental Wnt signaling component in Drosophila. The mouse genome encodes two Pygopus homologs, Pygo1 and Pygo2. They serve as context-dependent beta-catenin coactivators, with Pygo2 playing the more important role. All P ...

Company Of Biologists Ltd2013

Bcl9/Bcl9l are critical for Wnt-mediated regulation of stem cell traits in colon epithelium and adenocarcinomas

Michel Aguet, Mauro Delorenzi, Norbert Wiedemann, Pascale Anderle Pedone, Sylvie André Baflast

Canonical Wnt signaling plays a critical role in stem cell maintenance in epithelial homeostasis and carcinogenesis. Here, we show that in the mouse this role is critically mediated by Bcl9/Bcl9l, the mammalian homologues of Legless, which in Drosophila is ...

American Association for Cancer Research2010