TY - JOUR
T1 - Modulation of NFκB activity and E-cadherin by the type III transforming growth factor β receptor regulates cell growth and motility
AU - Criswell, Tracy L.
AU - Arteaga, Carlos L.
PY - 2007/11/2
Y1 - 2007/11/2
N2 - Transforming growth factor β is growth-inhibitory in nontransformed epithelial cells but becomes growth-promoting during tumorigenesis. The role of the type I and II receptors in tumorigenesis has been extensively studied, but the role of the ubiquitously expressed type III receptor (TβRIII) remains elusive. We developed short hairpin RNAs directed against TβRIII to investigate the role of this receptor in breast cancer tumorigenesis. Nontumorigenic NMuMG mouse cells stably expressing short hairpin RNA specific to mouse TβRIII (NM-kd) demonstrated increased cell growth, motility, and invasion as compared with control cells expressing shRNA to human TβRIII (NM-con). Reconstitution of TβRIII expression with rat TβRIII abrogated the increased growth and motility seen in the NM-kd cells. In addition, the NM-kd cells exhibited marked reduction in the expression of the adherens junction protein, E-cadherin. This loss of E-cadherin was due to increased NFκB activity that, in turn, resulted in increased expression of the transcriptional repressors of E-cadherin such as Snail, Slug, Twist, and Sip1. Finally, NMuMG cells in which TβRIII had been knocked down formed invasive tumors in athymic nude mice, whereas the control cells did not. These data indicate that TβRIII acts as a tumor suppressor in nontumorigenic mammary epithelial cells at least in part by inhibiting NFκB-mediated repression of E-cadherin.
AB - Transforming growth factor β is growth-inhibitory in nontransformed epithelial cells but becomes growth-promoting during tumorigenesis. The role of the type I and II receptors in tumorigenesis has been extensively studied, but the role of the ubiquitously expressed type III receptor (TβRIII) remains elusive. We developed short hairpin RNAs directed against TβRIII to investigate the role of this receptor in breast cancer tumorigenesis. Nontumorigenic NMuMG mouse cells stably expressing short hairpin RNA specific to mouse TβRIII (NM-kd) demonstrated increased cell growth, motility, and invasion as compared with control cells expressing shRNA to human TβRIII (NM-con). Reconstitution of TβRIII expression with rat TβRIII abrogated the increased growth and motility seen in the NM-kd cells. In addition, the NM-kd cells exhibited marked reduction in the expression of the adherens junction protein, E-cadherin. This loss of E-cadherin was due to increased NFκB activity that, in turn, resulted in increased expression of the transcriptional repressors of E-cadherin such as Snail, Slug, Twist, and Sip1. Finally, NMuMG cells in which TβRIII had been knocked down formed invasive tumors in athymic nude mice, whereas the control cells did not. These data indicate that TβRIII acts as a tumor suppressor in nontumorigenic mammary epithelial cells at least in part by inhibiting NFκB-mediated repression of E-cadherin.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M704434200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M704434200
M3 - Article
C2 - 17823118
AN - SCOPUS:36148992933
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 282
SP - 32491
EP - 32500
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 44
ER -