PMID- 15856020 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050728 LR - 20211203 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 28 DP - 2005 Jun 30 TI - Involvement of EGF receptor and c-Src in the survival signals induced by TGF-beta1 in hepatocytes. PG - 4580-7 AB - Transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1) belongs to a family of polypeptide factors, whose cytostatic and apoptotic functions help restrain the growth of mammalian cells. Although solid data established the role of TGF-beta's as suppressor factors in tumorigenic processes, in the context of an advanced stage of disease, TGF-beta's could also play a pro-oncogenic role. We have previously shown that TGF-beta1 induces both pro- and anti-apoptotic signals in foetal rat hepatocytes. In this work, we have focused on its anti-apoptotic mechanism. We show that TGF-beta1 activates the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and phosphorylates c-Src. EGFR is required for Akt activation. Blocking EGFR signalling amplifies the apoptotic response to TGF-beta1. TGF-beta1 induced a rapid activation of the tumour necrosis factor-alpha-converting enzyme (TACE/ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) 17). Inhibitors of TACE considerably attenuated Akt activation, which suggests that TGF-beta1 activates EGF signalling in hepatocytes by promoting shedding of EGF-like ligands. The activation of c-Src by TGF-beta1 is EGFR dependent and is required for full Akt phosphorylation and cell survival. Inhibition of EGFR does not block the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) induced by TGF-beta1 in hepatocytes, which indicates that activation of EGFR plays an essential role in impairing apoptosis, but it is dispensable for the EMT process. FAU - Murillo, Miguel M AU - Murillo MM AD - Departamento de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain. FAU - del Castillo, Gaelle AU - del Castillo G FAU - Sanchez, Aranzazu AU - Sanchez A FAU - Fernandez, Margarita AU - Fernandez M FAU - Fabregat, Isabel AU - Fabregat I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (Isoenzymes) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Tgfb1 protein, rat) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.1.137 (Pik3cg protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (ErbB Receptors) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Akt1 protein, rat) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Casp3 protein, rat) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspase 3) RN - EC 3.4.22.- (Caspases) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (ADAM Proteins) RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Metalloendopeptidases) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (ADAM17 Protein) RN - EC 3.4.24.86 (Adam17 protein, rat) SB - IM MH - ADAM Proteins MH - ADAM17 Protein MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/drug effects/physiology MH - Caspase 3 MH - Caspases/metabolism MH - Cell Survival/drug effects/physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Class Ib Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase MH - Epithelial Cells/metabolism MH - ErbB Receptors/*metabolism MH - Hepatocytes/*cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Isoenzymes/metabolism MH - Liver/cytology/embryology MH - Mesoderm/metabolism MH - Metalloendopeptidases/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins pp60(c-src)/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1 MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism EDAT- 2005/04/28 09:00 MHDA- 2005/07/29 09:00 CRDT- 2005/04/28 09:00 PHST- 2005/04/28 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/07/29 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/04/28 09:00 [entrez] AID - 1208664 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1208664 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2005 Jun 30;24(28):4580-7. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208664.