TGF-BETA REGULATION OF EPITHELIAL-CELL PROLIFERATION
TGF-BETA REGULATION OF EPITHELIAL-CELL PROLIFERATION
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DOI:
10.1002/mrd.1080320215
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发表时间:
1992-06-01
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
MOSES, HL
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作者:
MOSES, HL
The predominant effect of TGF-beta-1 on cell proliferation is inhibition. Earlier studies demonstrated that TGF-beta-1 inhibition of skin keratinocyte proliferation involves suppression of c-myc transcription and indirect evidence suggested that the protein product of the retinoblastoma gene (pRB) may be involved in this process. Skin keratinocytes transformed by SV40 and human papilloma virus-16 (HPV-16) or HPV-18 resisted growth inhibition and suppression of c-myc mRNA by TGF-beta. Transient expression of HPV-16 E7 gene, adenovirus EIA, and SV40 large T antigen (TAg) blocked the TGF-beta-1 suppression of c-myc transcription. Studies with transformation-defective mutants of EIA and TAg suggested that a cellular protein(s) that interacts with a conserved domain of the DNA tumor virus oncoproteins mediates TGF-beta-1 suppression of c-myc transcription and keratinocyte growth. Transient expression of pRB in skin keratinocytes repressed human c-myc promoter/CAT transcription as effectively as TGF-beta-1. The same c-myc promoter region, termed the TGF-beta Control Element (TCE), was required for regulation by both TGF-beta-1 and pRB. TCE bound a cellular protein of approximately 106 kDa and this binding was decreased by TGF-beta-1 treatment. Our data indicate that pRB can inhibit c-myc transcription and suggest the involvement of cellular factor(s) in addition to pRB in the TGF-beta-1 pathway for the suppression of c-myc transcription and growth inhibition. The possible involvement of pRB in the TGF-beta-1 pathway for suppression of c-myc transcription has a number of implications; c-myc is a cellular proto-oncogene involved in positively regulating cell proliferation. TGF-beta-1 may therefore act through the tumor suppressor gene product, pRB, to negatively regulate c-myc transcription and subsequently cell growth. This would implicate tumor suppressor genes in the response pathway for diffusible growth inhibitors, perhaps analogous to nuclear proto-oncogene involvement in the growth factor pathway.