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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
TGFBR1*6A is a common hypomorphic variant of the type 1 transforming growth factor beta receptor (TGFBR1), which has been associated with increased cancer risk in some studies. Although TGFBR1*6A is capable of switching TGF-beta growth-inhibitory signals into growth-stimulatory signals when stably transfected into MCF-7 breast cancer cells, the biological effects of TGFBR1*6A are largely unknown. To broadly explore the potential oncogenic properties of TGFBR1*6A, we assessed its effects on NIH-3T3 cells as well as its effect on the migration and invasion of MCF-7 cells. We found that TGFBR1*6A has decreased oncogenic properties compared with TGFBR1. However, TGFBR1*6A significantly enhances MCF-7 cell migration and invasion in a TGF-beta signaling-independent manner. Gene expression profiling studies identified two down-regulated genes involved in cell migration and invasion: ARHGAP5, encoding ARHGAP5, and FN1, encoding fibronectin-1 (FN1). ARHGAP5 and FN1 expression was similarly down-regulated in MCF-7 cells stably transfected with a kinase-inactivated TGFBR1*6A construct. Functional assays show that TGFBR1*6A-mediated decreased ARHGAP5 expression is associated with higher RhoA activation, a crucial mediator of cell migration. Extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation is also higher in cells that harbor the TGFBR1*6A allele. We conclude that TGFBR1*6A is not an oncogene but enhances MCF-7 cell migration and invasion through RhoA and ERK pathway activation and down-regulates two crucial mediators of this phenotype. These results provide the first evidence that TGFBR1*6A may contribute to cancer progression in a TGF-beta signaling-independent manner.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1319-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-6-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Cell Movement, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-NIH 3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Neoplasm Invasiveness, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:18316594-rhoA GTP-Binding Protein
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
TGFBR1*6A enhances the migration and invasion of MCF-7 breast cancer cells through RhoA activation.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Genetics Program, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 676 North St. Clair Street, Suite 880, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural