Colon goblet cells lose proliferative response to TGFα as they differentiate Journal Article


Authors: Sauma, S.; Huang, F.; Winawer, S.; Friedman, E.
Article Title: Colon goblet cells lose proliferative response to TGFα as they differentiate
Abstract: Two cell line models for colon goblet cells expressed 6‐ to 14‐fold elevated levels of the EGF receptor, 3‐ to 5‐fold levels of TGFα and 11‐ to 15‐fold levels of amphiregulin compared with 2 cell lines which model colon enterocytic differentiation, suggesting a role for the EGF receptor and its ligands in goblet cell growth control. Two HT29 colon carcinoma sublines were used to model normal goblet cells at different stages of maturation. TGFα induced a 2‐fold increase in growth of the HD8 subline but inhibited the growth of the more differentiated HD6 subline by 40%. EGF receptors were activated in each line by ligand, but signal transduction varied sharply. Both MAP kinase isoforms, p44 and p42, were markedly activated in HD8 cells for at least 20 min, while only a marginal activation was seen in HD6 cells. In contrast, the more differentiated HD6 cells showed an increase in 105 kDa MBP kinase activity with EGF treatment, while HD8 cells displayed constitutively elevated levels of this kinase. Thus, activated EGF receptors initiated different signalling pathways in model cell lines for colon goblet cells at different stages of maturation. TGFα protein levels have been shown by other investigators to be restricted to the top of the cylinder‐like colonic crypt, where cells terminally differentiate and cease division, an unexpected location for an epithelial cell mitogen. Our data with model cell lines imply that normal colon goblet cells lose proliferative response to TGFα as they differentiate and the elevated levels of TGFα at the top of the colonic crypt in vivo serve to inhibit goblet cell growth. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. Copyright © 1995 Wiley‐Liss, Inc., A Wiley Company
Keywords: signal transduction; controlled study; human cell; cell proliferation; cell division; epidermal growth factor receptor; colonic neoplasms; cell differentiation; receptor, epidermal growth factor; tumor cells, cultured; carcinoma; colon carcinoma; colon; amphiregulin; transforming growth factor alpha; goblet cell; ca(2+)-calmodulin dependent protein kinase; human; priority journal; article; support, non-u.s. gov't; support, u.s. gov't, p.h.s.
Journal Title: International Journal of Cancer
Volume: 61
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0020-7136
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons  
Date Published: 1995-06-09
Start Page: 848
End Page: 853
Language: English
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.2910610617
PUBMED: 7790121
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 28 August 2018 -- Source: Scopus
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