title: A phorbol ester-regulated ribonuclease system controlling transforming growth factor beta 1 gene expression in hematopoietic cells.
abstract: 12-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-induced differentiation of U937 promonocytes leads to a 30-fold increase in transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) gene expression, and this effect results from a stabilized mRNA. Similar up-regulation was detected in TPA-treated K562 erythroblasts but was absent from cell lines that do not differentiate in response to TPA. Related studies in vitro showed that postnuclear extracts of U937 promonocytes contain a ribonuclease system that degrades TGF-beta 1 mRNA selectively and that this system is completely blocked by prior treatment of the cells with TPA. These data identify a new mechanism for regulating TGF-beta 1 mRNA levels and allow us to establish the overall basis for control of TGF-beta 1 gene expression by activation of protein kinase C. Our results also provide a new basis for understanding the long-term up-regulation of TGF-beta 1 gene expression that can accompany hematopoietic cell differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wager
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Assoian
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009000:Monocytes; D011132:Polyribosomes / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012260:Ribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D012260:Ribonucleases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate