In addition, increased expression of the tumour suppressor Cdkn2a was also detected, which may have been involved in stabilization of the p53 tumour suppressor by inhibition of Mdm2, or in promoting cell cycle arrest prior to apoptosis together with up regulation of the p53 target gene Cdkn1a. In contrast, SBK showed no change in these genes, but instead a decrease in expression of the pro apoptotic Bcl2 family member Pmaip1 and the inhibitor of growth gene Ing3. Previous work has linked over expression of p47Ing3 with apoptosis, and reduced expression with Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries human head and neck squamous carcinomas. SBK may be protected from apoptosis in vivo by the Igf1 Akt survival pathway. Of particular interest was the early induction of Igf1, Akt1 and Akt2 in the SBK, and the tight correlation seen between the three.

Expression of these three genes is also seen at later time points in the pancreas, indicat ing that the Igf1 Akt pathway may be activated in both tissues but is somehow bypassed in the b cells. One key difference between the two systems appears to be the presence of members of the Kallikrein serine protease family, which were dramatically up regulated throughout Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries the time course for SBK. Kallikrein proteins have been linked to many forms of cancer, and of parti cular note is their role in the Igf1 Akt survival pathway. Klk1, Klk21, Klk24 and Klk27 have been linked to Igf1 regulated tumour survival through degradation of the Igf binding protein Igfbp3 in humans. This prevents Igfbp3 from antagonizing Igf1 Igf1r interactions, allow ing Igf1 to bind to its receptor and initiate survival via the Akt pathway.

Interestingly, the highest expression in a similar study from Frye et al. using a basal keratinocyte model for MYC activation Dacomitinib was for the brain and skin protease gene Bssp1, also known as Kallikrein 6. This gene remained low in WT treated mice, but was significantly increased following MYC expression. In both mod els, MYC activation drives vastly increased Kallikrein expression, so it is possible that these proteins play simi lar roles in cell survival in both systems. Increased expression of Kallikrein genes in SBK following MYC activation may therefore create an environment that Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries favours survival over apoptosis. In addition to the increased cell proliferation in both tissues, our data indicate a loss of differentiation in both pancreatic b cells and SBK in response to activation of MYC.

In pancreatic b cells, we found down regulation of genes that are essential in pancreatic development, such as Pdx1 and Nkx6. 1, as well as genes involved in glucose sensing such as Inhibitors,Modulators,Libraries Slc2a2 and Gck, both putative MYC targets. In SBK, many significant changes were detected for genes relating to keratinocyte differentiation that generally pointed to a loss or delay in differentiation an observation that was previously noted in this mouse model.