Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

ROCK1 mechano-signaling dependency of human malignancies driven by TEAD/YAP activation

  • Davide Esposito,
  • Ila Pant,
  • Yao Shen,
  • Rui F. Qiao,
  • Xiaobao Yang,
  • Yiyang Bai,
  • Jian Jin,
  • Poulikos I. Poulikakos,
  • Stuart A. Aaronson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28319-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Crosstalk between the p53 and Hippo pathway has been reported in different physiological contexts. Here, the authors show that p53 DNA contact mutations upregulate TEAD/YAP transcription indirectly and transform cells via hyperactivation of RhoA/ROCK/actomyosin signaling.