Identification of a gene family regulated by transforming growth factor-beta.
We have identified two related genes whose mRNAs are increased after treatment with transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta 1). Mouse AKR-2B cells were treated with TGF-beta 1 in the presence of cyclohexamide and a cDNA library was subjected to differential screening. Several TGF-beta-induced genes (beta IG) were isolated and two of these, beta IG-M1 and beta IG-M2, were characterized. beta IG-M1 and beta IG-M2 RNAs were significantly increased after TGF-beta 1 treatment and both were superinduced in the presence of cyclohexamide. cDNA sequence analysis of beta IG-M1 showed that it encoded a 379-amino-acid protein which was 81% homologous to CEF-10, a v-src and TPA-inducible gene, and identical to cyr61, a gene induced by serum in growth-arrested BALB-3T3 cells. cDNA sequence analysis of beta IG-M2 showed that it encoded a 348-amino-acid protein that was 50% homologous to beta IG-M1. Thirty-eight cysteine residues are conserved between beta IG-M1 and beta IG-M2, which are clustered at the amino and carboxy ends: The middle regions of the two proteins are cysteine free and display the highest degree of nonhomology. Both proteins contain an amino-terminal cysteine-rich motif common to insulin-like growth factor binding proteins and a carboxy-terminal domain with strong homology to a motif found near the carboxy-terminal of the malarial circumsporozoite protein which may be involved in cell adhesion. The regulation of mRNA encoding these proteins by TGF-beta 1 suggests that they may be involved in mediating some of the pleiotropic effects of this multipotent modulator of cell growth and differentiation.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98121.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*
D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003513:Cycloheximide