title: Interactions between the transforming growth factor beta (TGF beta) and retinoic acid signal transduction pathways in murine embryonic palatal cells.
abstract: Regulation of expression of transforming growth factor-beta 3 (TGF-beta 3) and the cellular retinoic acid-binding proteins-I and II (CRABP-I, -II) by retinoic acid (RA) and TGF-beta was examined in primary cultures of murine embryonic palate mesenchymal (MEPM) cells. Northern blot hybridization revealed that RA and TGF-beta 1, beta 2 and beta 3 stimulated the expression of TGF-beta 3 mRNA within 24 hours of treatment. RA down-regulated the expression of CRABP-I mRNA and up-regulated the expression of CRABP-II mRNA in a time- and dose-dependent fashion. TGF-beta 1, beta 2 and beta 3 also down-regulated the expression of CRABP-I mRNA, while epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) were without effect. TGF-beta 1 also stimulated a dose-dependent increase in the expression of CRABP-II mRNA. Again EGF and TGF-alpha were without effect. Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) elicited a slight inhibitory effect on CRABP-II and a slight stimulatory effect on CRABP-I mRNA expression. Thus, cells derived from the mammalian developing palate express CRABP-I and CRABP-II mRNAs, both of which may be regulated by RA and TGF-beta. These data constitute the first demonstration of an effect of TGF-beta on the expression of CRABP-I and CRABP-II and provide further evidence for cross-talk between RA and TGF-beta signal transduction pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nugent
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D010159:Palate / Q000196:embryology*; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; C082927:retinoic acid binding protein I, cellular; C082928:retinoic acid binding protein II, cellular; D014212:Tretinoin