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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
30
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-22
pubmed:abstractText
Fibulin-5 (FBLN-5; also known as DANCE or EVEC) is an integrin-binding extracellular matrix protein that mediates endothelial cell adhesion; it is also a calcium-dependent elastin-binding protein that scaffolds cells to elastic fibers, thereby preventing elastinopathy in the skin, lung, and vasculature. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) regulates the production of cytokines, growth factors, and extracellular matrix proteins by a variety of cell types and tissues. We show here that TGF-beta stimulates murine 3T3-L1 fibroblasts to synthesize FBLN-5 transcript and protein through a Smad3-independent pathway. Overexpression of FBLN-5 in 3T3-L1 cells increased DNA synthesis and enhanced basal and TGF-beta-stimulated activation of ERK1/ERK2 and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). FBLN-5 overexpression also augmented the tumorigenicity of human HT1080 fibrosarcoma cells by increasing their DNA synthesis, migration toward fibronectin, and invasion through synthetic basement membranes. In stark contrast, FBLN-5 expression was down-regulated in the majority of metastatic human malignancies, particularly in cancers of the kidney, breast, ovary, and colon. Unlike its proliferative response in fibroblasts, FBLN-5 overexpression in mink lung Mv1Lu epithelial cells resulted in an antiproliferative response, reducing their DNA synthesis and cyclin A expression. Moreover, FBLN-5 synergizes with TGF-beta in stimulating AP-1 activity in Mv1Lu cells, an effect that was abrogated by overexpression of dominant-negative versions of either MKK1 or p38 MAPKalpha. Accordingly, both the stimulation and duration of ERK1/ERK2 and p38 MAPK by TGF-beta was enhanced in Mv1Lu cells expressing FBLN-5. Our findings identify FBLN-5 as a novel TGF-beta-inducible target gene that regulates cell growth and motility in a context-specific manner and affects protein kinase activation by TGF-beta. Our findings also indicate that aberrant FBLN-5 expression likely contributes to tumor development in humans.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
26
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
27367-77
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12021267-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Extracellular Matrix Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Fibrosarcoma, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mink, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Retroviridae, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Thymidine, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12021267-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Context-specific effects of fibulin-5 (DANCE/EVEC) on cell proliferation, motility, and invasion. Fibulin-5 is induced by transforming growth factor-beta and affects protein kinase cascades.
pubmed:affiliation
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA. schiemannwp@njc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't