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Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2008, p. 1489-1502, Vol. 28, No. 5
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01090-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Iqgap2-Deficient Mice Is IQGAP1 Dependent{triangledown}

Valentina A. Schmidt,1* Carmine S. Chiariello,2 Encarnación Capilla,3 Frederick Miller,4 and Wadie F. Bahou1

Department of Medicine,1 Program in Genetics,2 Department of Pharmacological Sciences,3 Department of Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York 117944

Received 19 June 2007/ Returned for modification 24 July 2007/ Accepted 19 December 2007

IQGAPs are multidomain scaffolding proteins that integrate Rho GTPase and Ca2+/calmodulin signals with cell adhesive and cytoskeletal reorganizational events. Targeted disruption of the murine Iqgap2 gene resulted in the age-dependent development of apoptosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), characterized by the overexpression of IQGAP1, the loss of membrane E-cadherin expression, the cytoplasmic translocation (and activation) of β-catenin, and the overexpression of a nuclear target of β-catenin, cyclin D1. In normal hepatocytes, IQGAP2 was found to exist as one component of a multifunctional scaffolding complex comprising IQGAP1, β-catenin, and E-cadherin, with no evidence for direct IQGAP1-IQGAP2 interactions. Interbreeding of Iqgap2–/– mice into the Iqgap1–/– background resulted in the phenotypic correction of the preexisting hepatopathy, decreases in the incidence and sizes of HCC tumors, and the normalization of overall survival rates compared to those of Iqgap2–/– mice, suggesting that maximal penetrance of the Iqgap2–/– HCC phenotype requires the coordinate expression of IQGAP1. These results identify Iqgap2 as a novel tumor suppressor gene specifically linked to the development of HCC and the activation of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway, while also suggesting that IQGAP1 and IQGAP2 retain functionally divergent roles in hepatocellular carcinogenesis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Hematology, HSC T15, Rm 040, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8151. Phone: (631) 444-2059. Fax: (631) 444-7530. E-mail: vaschmidt{at}notes.cc.sunysb.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 7 January 2008.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, March 2008, p. 1489-1502, Vol. 28, No. 5
0270-7306/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01090-07
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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