Involvement of the Ras/MAPK signaling pathway in the modulation of urokinase production and cellular invasiveness by transforming growth factor-beta(1) in transformed keratinocytes
Jf. Santibanez et al., Involvement of the Ras/MAPK signaling pathway in the modulation of urokinase production and cellular invasiveness by transforming growth factor-beta(1) in transformed keratinocytes, BIOC BIOP R, 273(2), 2000, pp. 521-527
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32
Categorie Soggetti
Biochemistry & Biophysics
Journal title
BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Transformed PDV keratinocytes respond to TGF-beta(1) by stimulating cell mo
tility and invasiveness concomitantly to enhancement of the urokinase-type
plasminogen activator (uPA) expression/secretion. Depletion of extracellula
r signal-regulated kinase (ERK1, 2) proteins by treatment of PDV cells with
antisense oligonucleotides reduced basal uPA production and abolished stim
ulation of uPA secreted levels and cell motility by TGF-beta(1). PD098059,
an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) kinase (MEK), decre
ased TGF-beta(1)-induced uPA mRNA expression, secreted activity in a dose-d
ependent manner, and abrogated TGF-beta(1)-stimulated cell motility and inv
asiveness. PDV-derived dominant-negative RasN17 cell transfectants secreted
similar amounts of uPA and exhibited similar invasive abilities as the par
ental cells or control clones, but were unable to respond to TGF-beta(1) fo
r stimulation of uPA-secreted levels and invasiveness. These results sugges
t that a Ras/MAPK transduction pathway is involved in the invasive response
of transformed keratinocytes to TGF-beta(1). (C) 2000 Academic Press.