Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Stimulates or Inhibits Cell Growth via Down- or Up-Regulation of p21/Waf1

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• 作者：Miyazaki ; Masahiro ; Ohashi ; Ryuichiro ; Tsuji ; Toshiya ; Mihara ; Koichiro ; Gohda ; Eiichi ; Namba ; Masayoshi
• 刊名：Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
• 出版年：1998
• 出版时间：May 29, 1998
• 年：1998
• 卷：246
• 期：3
• 页码：873-880
• 全文大小：896 K

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Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) regulates cell proliferation positively or negatively. The mitoinhibition by TGF-β has been attributed to induction of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, such as p15/Ink4B, p27/Kip1, and p21/Waf1 also known as Cip1 and Sdi1. However, the biological process by which TGF-β exerts the stimulatory effects on cell growth remains poorly understood. Here we report that TGF-β1 stimulates DNA synthesis of IMR-90 human embryonic lung fibroblasts but inhibits that of HuCCT1 human cholangiocarcinoma cells, via down- or up-regulation of p21/Waf1, respectively. TGF-β1 markedly suppresses IMR-90 cells to express two different kinds of the p21/Waf1 gene transcription factors, the p53 tumor suppressor and the interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1). This is followed by a marked decrease in expression of p21/Waf1 in a manner consistent with the timing of activation of cyclin E-associated kinase, which normally accompanies the G₁-S transition in the cell cycle. Contrarily, TGF-β1-induced inhibition of DNA synthesis in HuCCT1 cells is preceded by IRF-1-dependent but p53-independent up-regulation of p21/Waf1 expression followed by inactivation of cyclin E-associated kinase. Thus the cell growth stimulation or inhibition by TGF-β1 are mediated by the down- or up-regulation of p21/Waf1, respectively.