title: High frequency of resistance of human squamous carcinoma cells to the anti-proliferative action of transforming growth factor beta.
abstract: Transforming Growth Factor beta is a potent autocrine inhibitor of the growth of untransformed keratinocytes. We found each of eight human squamous carcinoma cell lines to be refractory to the anti-proliferative action of Transforming Growth Factor beta. Although each of these carcinoma cell lines expressed the 53-65 kDa (type I) and the 280-300 (type III) Transforming Growth Factor beta-receptor proteins, the 73-85 kDa (type II) species was detectable in only one of these cell lines. Furthermore, although Transforming Growth Factor beta-sensitive non-neoplastic mouse keratinocytes expressed type II binding proteins, human keratinocytes did not. Our findings suggest that resistance to the growth-inhibitory actions of Transforming Growth Factor beta is a common feature of human squamous carcinoma cell lines but does not correlate with the expression of cell-surface receptors for this growth factor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reiss
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Stash
mesh_terms: D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000502:physiology; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D004247:DNA