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Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Mediates Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transdifferentiation through a RhoA-dependent Mechanism

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Bhowmick, Neil A., Ghiassi, Mayshan, Bakin, Andrei, Aakre, Mary, Lundquist, Christopher A., Engel, Michael E., Arteaga, Carlos L., Moses, Harold L.·2001·Molecular Biology of the Cell

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Transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β) can be tumor suppressive, but it can also enhance tumor progression by stimulating the complex process of epithelial-to-mesenchymal transdifferentiaion (EMT). The signaling pathway(s) that regulate EMT in response to TGF-β are not well understood. We demonstrate the acquisition of a fibroblastoid morphology, increased N-cadherin expression, loss of junctional E-cadherin localization, and increased cellular motility as markers for TGF-β–induced EMT. The expression of a dominant-negative Smad3 or the expression of Smad7 to levels that block growth inhibition and transcriptional responses to TGF-β do not inhibit mesenchymal differentiation of mammary epithelial cells. In contrast, we show that TGF-β rapidly activates RhoA in epithelial cells, and that blocking RhoA or its downstream target p160 ROCK, by the expression of dominant-negative mutants, inhibited TGF-β–mediated EMT. The data suggest that TGF-β rapidly activates RhoA-dependent signaling pathways to induce stress fiber formation and mesenchymal characteristics.

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Authors
Bhowmick, N. A., Ghiassi, M., Bakin, A., Aakre, M., Lundquist, C. A., Engel, M. E., Arteaga, C. L., & Moses, H. L.
Venue
Molecular Biology of the Cell
Published
2001-01
Volume
12
Issue
1
Pages
27-36
ISSN
  • 1059-1524 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-4586
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Bhowmick, N. A., Ghiassi, M., Bakin, A., Aakre, M., Lundquist, C. A., Engel, M. E., Arteaga, C. L., & Moses, H. L. (2001). Transforming Growth Factor-β1 Mediates Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transdifferentiation through a RhoA-dependent Mechanism. Molecular Biology of the Cell. https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.12.1.27

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