TNF-α and IFN-γ Down-Regulate the Expression of the Metastasis-Associated Bi-functional 37LRP/p40 Gene and Protein in Transformed Keratinocytes

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• 作者：Clausse ; Nathalie ; van den Brû ; le ; Fré ; dé ; ric ; Delvenne ; Philippe ; Jacobs ; Nathalie ; et. al.
• 刊名：Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
• 出版年：1998
• 出版时间：October 20, 1998
• 年：1998
• 卷：251
• 期：2
• 页码：564-569
• 全文大小：207 K

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The 37 LRP/p40 molecule is a bi-functional protein in which expression is increased in a large variety of cancers in association with their metastatic phenotype. Here we present the first data concerning the 37 LRP/p40 gene promoter activity and show that it is very active in a cervix carcinoma cell line. Interestingly, despite hallmarks of a housekeeping gene, we show that the 37 LRP/p40 gene promoter can be down-regulated by two potentially anticancerous cytokines, TNF-α and IFN-γ. In addition, the dual fate of the protein, i.e., being intracellularly involved in the cell translation machinery and incorporated into a 67-kDa cell surface protein functioning as a laminin receptor (67LR), is differentially affected by the treatment. Our data suggest multiple regulation levels in the control of the 67LR/37LRP/p40 molecule expression and uncover new clues for the understanding of both the control of expression of this metastasis-associated molecule and the IFN-γ and TNF-α anticancerous action.