Transcriptional activation of collagenase-3 by transforming growth factor-β1 is via MAPK and Smad pathways in human breast cancer cells

Nagarajan Selvamurugan, Ziawei Fung, Nicola C. Partridge

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Abstract

Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, a crucial molecule in metastatic bone cancer, stimulates collagenase-3 expression in the human breast cancer cell line, MDA-MB231. Cycloheximide inhibited this stimulation, indicating that de novo protein synthesis was essential for this response. We examined whether mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and/or Smad pathways are involved in TGF-β1-stimulated collagenase-3 expression in MDA-MB231 cells. Biochemical blockade of extracellular regulated kinase-1/2 and p38 MAPK pathways partially abolished TGF-β1-stimulated collagenase-3 mRNA expression; whereas overexpression of a dominant negative form of Smad3 completely blocked the TGF-β1-response. These data indicate that TGF-β1-induced MAPK and Smad pathways are involved in TGF-β1-stimulated collagenase-3 expression in MDA-MB231 cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)31-35
Number of pages5
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume532
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 4 2002

Keywords

  • Breast cancer metastasis
  • Collagenase-3
  • Extracellular matrix
  • Transforming growth factor-β1 signaling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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