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Rockefeller University Press, Journal of Cell Biology, 7(178), p. 1223-1235, 2007

DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200705035

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The protein tyrosine phosphatase Pez regulates TGFβ, epithelial–mesenchymal transition, and organ development

Journal article published in 2007 by Leila Wyatt, Carol Wadham, Lesley A. Crocker, Michael Lardelli ORCID, Yeesim Khew-Goodall
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Abstract

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), crucial during embryogenesis for new tissue and organ formation, is also considered to be a prerequisite to cancer metastasis. We report here that the protein tyrosine phosphatase Pez is expressed transiently in discrete locations in developing brain, heart, pharyngeal arches, and somites in zebrafish embryos. We also find that Pez knock-down results in defects in these organs, indicating a crucial role in organogenesis. Overexpression of Pez in epithelial MDCK cells causes EMT, with a drastic change in cell morphology and function that is accompanied by changes in gene expression typical of EMT. Transfection of Pez induced TGFbeta signaling, critical in developmental EMT with a likely role also in oncogenic EMT. In zebrafish, TGFbeta3 is co- expressed with Pez in a number of tissues and its expression was lost from these tissues when Pez expression was knocked down. Together, our data suggest Pez plays a crucial role in organogenesis by inducing TGFbeta and EMT.