title: Parathyroid hormone-related protein expression in gynecic squamous carcinoma cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The regulation of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rP) mRNA levels and immunoreactive (ir)PTH-rP formation by peptide growth factors, particularly transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and epidermal growth factor (EGF), in squamous cell carcinomas of gynecologic origin is largely unknown.
  
  
  METHODS
  PTH-rP mRNA levels were evaluated by Northern analysis in A431 cells (derived from a human vulvar epidermoid carcinoma) and ME-180 cells (derived from a human papillomavirus-infected squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix). PTH-rP protein levels in cell culture media were evaluated using both radioimmunoassay and immunoradiometric assay techniques. These results were compared with those from a lung carcinoid cell line known to produce PTH-rP, namely, NCI-H727 cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  TGF-beta 1 or EGF treatment caused an increase in the levels of PTH-rP mRNA in A431 cells; these increases in PTH-rP mRNA were detectable after 60 minutes of treatment, were maximal at approximately 4-8 hours, and were approximately additive. Immunoreactive PTH-rP was not detectable (using two different PTH-rP immunoassays) in the culture medium or cell sonicates of A431 cells before or after treatment with TGF-beta 1, EGF, or TGF-beta 1 plus EGF. ME-180 cells responded to EGF (but not to TGF-beta 1) with an increase in the level of PTH-rP mRNA as early as 2 hours; irPTH-rP was present (by use of either immunoassay) in the medium of these cells at 8 and 24 hours. In NCI-H727 (human lung carcinoid) cells, TGF-beta 1 and EGF acted alone and synergistically to effect increases in PTH-rP mRNA and the accumulation of irPTH-rP.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  TGF-beta 1 and EGF regulation of PTH-rP gene expression in squamous cell carcinomas of gynecologic origin is unique for each cell line studied and different from that in human lung carcinoid cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics-Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9051.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Tait
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Casey
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000378:metabolism*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D014846:Vulvar Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor