Gene expression profiling demonstrates that TGF-{beta}1 signals exclusively through receptor complexes involving Alk5 and identifies targets of TGF-{beta} signaling.

Göran Karlsson, Yingchun Liu, Jonas Larsson, Marie-Jose Goumans, Ju-Seog Lee, Snorri S Thorgeirsson, Markus Ringnér, Stefan Karlsson

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Abstract

Transforming growth factor-β 1 (TGF-β) regulates cellular functions like proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. On the cell surface, TGF-β binds to receptor complexes consisting of TGF-β receptor type II (Tβ RII) and activin-like kinase receptor-5 (Alk5), and the downstream signaling is transduced by Smad and MAPK proteins. Recent data have shown that alternative receptor combinations aside from the classical pairing of Tβ RII/Alk5 can be relevant for TGF-β signaling. We have screened for alternative receptors for TGF-β and also for gene targets of TGF-β signaling, by performing functional assays and microarray analysis in murine embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cell lines lacking Alk5. Data from TGF-β-stimulated Alk5(-/-) cells show them to be completely unaffected by TGF-β. Additionally, 465 downstream targets of Alk5 signaling were identified when comparing Alk5(-/-) or TGF-β-stimulated Alk5(+/+) MEFs with unstimulated Alk5(+/+) cells. Our results demonstrate that, in MEFs, TGF-β signals exclusively through complexes involving Alk5, and give insight to its downstream effector genes.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)396-403
JournalPhysiological Genomics
Volume21
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005 May 11

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Hematology
  • Cancer and Oncology

Free keywords

  • signal transduction
  • Smad
  • microarrays

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