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    <GENESET STANDARD_NAME="RODRIGUES_NTN1_TARGETS_UP" SYSTEMATIC_NAME="M12027" HISTORICAL_NAMES="" PMID="17334389" AUTHORS="Rodrigues S,De Wever O,Bruyneel E,Rooney RJ,Gespach C" GEOID="" EXACT_SOURCE="Table 3S: Direction=I" GENESET_LISTING_URL="" EXTERNAL_DETAILS_URL="" CHIP="AFFY_HG_U133" CONTRIBUTOR="Arthur Liberzon" CONTRIBUTOR_ORG="MSigDB Team" DESCRIPTION_BRIEF="Genes up-regulated in HCT8/S11 cells (colon cancer) engineered to stably express NTN1 [GeneID=1630] off a plasmid vector." DESCRIPTION_FULL="Deleted in colon cancer (DCC) and UNC5 function as netrin dependence receptors by inducing apoptosis in the absence of their ligand and accordingly were recently designated as putative conditional tumor suppressors. Herein, we determined whether netrin-1 and its receptors are implicated in cancer cell invasion and tumor progression. Expression of DCC, UNC5 and adenosine A2B-receptors (A2B-Rs) was investigated by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction in human colon cancer cells. The impact of DCC restitution and netrin-1 was evaluated on collagen type I invasion, tumor growth and metastasis in nude mice, cancer cell survival and gene expression profiling. Flow cytometry, poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 and caspase-8 activation were used to evaluate the impact of DCC on cell death. Both netrin-1 and A2B-R activation induced the invasive phenotype through the Rho-Rho kinase axis in DCC-deficient human colorectal cancer cells. Restitution of wild-type DCC blocked invasion induced by netrin-1, A2B-R agonist and other agents. Ectopic expression of netrin-1 led to increased growth of human colon tumor xenografts in athymic mice. Conversely, introduction of wt-DCC in kidney MDCKts.src-ggl cells strongly inhibited metastasis in lymph nodes and lungs and increased sensitivity to apoptosis in hypoxia. DNA microarrays revealed that netrin and DCC had common and divergent impacts on gene expression linked to cell cycle, survival, surface signaling and adhesion. Our findings underscore that netrin is a potent invasion and tumor growth-promoting agent and that DCC is a metastasis suppressor gene targeting both proinvasive and survival pathways in a cumulative manner." TAGS="" MEMBERS="201311_s_at,201312_s_at,203372_s_at,203373_at,205795_at,206382_s_at,206470_at,207029_at,209290_s_at,210948_s_at,211124_s_at,212398_at,213032_at,213435_at,214774_x_at,215020_at,218980_at,219208_at,221606_s_at,226534_at,227332_at,229400_at,229649_at,231726_at" MEMBERS_SYMBOLIZED="BDNF,FBXO11,FHOD3,HMGN5,HOXD10,KITLG,LEF1,NFIB,NRXN3,PCDHB14,PLXNC1,PXN-AS1,RDX,SATB2,SH3BGRL,SOCS2,TOX3" MEMBERS_EZID="100506649,10154,23314,27324,3236,4254,4781,51176,56122,5962,627,6451,79366,80204,80206,8835,9369" MEMBERS_MAPPING="201311_s_at,SH3BGRL,6451|201312_s_at,SH3BGRL,6451|203372_s_at,SOCS2,8835|203373_at,SOCS2,8835|205795_at,NRXN3,9369|206382_s_at,BDNF,627|206470_at,PLXNC1,10154|207029_at,KITLG,4254|209290_s_at,NFIB,4781|210948_s_at,LEF1,51176|211124_s_at,KITLG,4254|212398_at,RDX,5962|213032_at,NFIB,4781|213435_at,SATB2,23314|214774_x_at,TOX3,27324|215020_at,NRXN3,9369|218980_at,FHOD3,80206|219208_at,FBXO11,80204|221606_s_at,HMGN5,79366|226534_at,KITLG,4254|227332_at,PXN-AS1,100506649|229400_at,HOXD10,3236|229649_at,NRXN3,9369|231726_at,PCDHB14,56122" FILTERED_BY_SIMILARITY="" FOUNDER_NAMES="" REFINEMENT_DATASETS="" VALIDATION_DATASETS="" CATEGORY_CODE="C2" ORGANISM="Homo sapiens" SUB_CATEGORY_CODE="CGP"/>
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