A Functional Genetic Screen Identifies Tfe3 As a Gene That Confers Resistance to the Anti-proliferative Effects of the Retinoblastoma Protein and Transforming Growth Factor-beta.
From: Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 121 Plesmanlaan, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
The Journal of biological chemistry
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 0021-9258
- Volume: 281
- Issue: 31
- Pages: 21582-7
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Nijman Sebastian M B, Hijmans E Marielle, El Messaoudi Selma, et al. A Functional Genetic Screen Identifies Tfe3 As a Gene That Confers Resistance to the Anti-proliferative Effects of the Retinoblastoma Protein and Transforming Growth Factor-beta.. J. Biol. Chem. Aug 2006;281:21582-7
Abstract
The helix-loop-helix transcription factor TFE3 has been suggested to play a role in the control of cell growth by acting as a binding partner of transcriptional regulators such as E2F3, SMAD3, and LEF-1. Furthermore, translocations/TFE3 fusions have been directly implicated in tumorigenesis. Surprisingly, however, a direct functional role for TFE3 in the regulation of proliferation has not been reported. By screening retroviral cDNA expression libraries to identify cDNAs that confer resistance to a pRB-induced proliferation arrest, we have found that TFE3 overrides a growth arrest in Rat1 cells induced by pRB and its upstream regulator p16(INK4A). In addition, TFE3 expression blocks the anti-mitogenic effects of TGF-beta in rodent and human cells. We provide data supporting a role for endogenous TFE3 in the direct regulation of CYCLIN E expression in an E2F3-dependent manner. These observations establish TFE3 as a functional regulator of proliferation and offer a potential mechanism for its involvement in cancer.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Cyclin E, DNA, Complementary, E2F3 Transcription Factor, Epithelial Cells, Fibroblasts, Gene Expression Regulation, Gene Library, Humans, Mink, Rats, Retinoblastoma Protein, Transfection, Transforming Growth Factor beta
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