Chang, ChengGoel, Hira LalGao, HuijiePursell, Bryan M.Shultz, Leonard D.Greiner, Dale L.Ingerpuu, SulevPatarroyo, ManuelCao, ShiliangLim, ElgeneMao, JunhaoMcKee, Karen Kulju.Yurchenco, Peter D.Mercurio, Arthur M.2022-08-232022-08-232015-01-012015-04-24<p>Genes Dev. 2015 Jan 1;29(1):1-6. doi: 10.1101/gad.253682.114. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.253682.114">Link to article on publisher's site</a></p>0890-9369 (Linking)10.1101/gad.253682.11425561492https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/36528Understanding how the extracellular matrix impacts the function of cancer stem cells (CSCs) is a significant but poorly understood problem. We report that breast CSCs produce a laminin (LM) 511 matrix that promotes self-renewal and tumor initiation by engaging the alpha6Bbeta1 integrin and activating the Hippo transducer TAZ. Although TAZ is important for the function of breast CSCs, the mechanism is unknown. We observed that TAZ regulates the transcription of the alpha5 subunit of LM511 and the formation of a LM511 matrix. These data establish a positive feedback loop involving TAZ and LM511 that contributes to stemness in breast cancer.en-US<p>© 2015 Chang et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press</p> <p id="x-x-x-x-x-x-x-p-3">This article is distributed exclusively by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the first six months after the full-issue publication date (see<a href="http://genesdev.cshlp.org/site/misc/terms.xhtml"> http://genesdev.cshlp.org/site/misc/terms.xhtml</a>). After six months, it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International), as described at <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/</a>.</p>Breast NeoplasmsExtracellular MatrixFemaleHumansIntegrin alpha6beta1LamininLigandsNeoplastic Stem CellsTranscription FactorsCancer BiologyCell BiologyCellsDevelopmental BiologyMolecular BiologyA laminin 511 matrix is regulated by TAZ and functions as the ligand for the alpha6Bbeta1 integrin to sustain breast cancer stem cellsJournal Articlehttps://escholarship.umassmed.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=mccb_pubs&unstamped=1https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/mccb_pubs/227027668mccb_pubs/22