title: Response of cultured cells from the epidermis and the buccal mucosa to TGF-beta 1 and comparison to interferon-gamma.
abstract: Normal human cells from epidermis and from buccal mucosa were cultured to confluence in three media with graded differentiation potential (at low Ca2+, high Ca2+, and supplemented with serum) and treated with transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1), as had been done previously with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). The response of the cells to TGF-beta 1 was monitored in terms of the expression of regulatory genes associated with proliferation and differentiation (cdc2, c-myc, p53) and of genes for structural proteins expressed at varying stages of maturation (keratins K5 and K10, involucrin, flaggrin). For both tissues, the results obtained with both agents were very similar for those genes expressed in the basal cells (cdc2, c-myc, p53, K5), regardless of their function, but diverged for the other genes, which are expressed in the suprabasal cells. Another related contrast is that, although IFN-gamma induced apoptosis in epidermal keratinocytes cultured in the serum containing medium, TGF-beta 1 did not. Thus, the two agents appear to affect the earlier stages of cell differentiation in the same way but to differ at the later stages, particularly in that IFN-gamma pushes maturation further than does TGF-beta 1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galvesto 77555, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Arany
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tyring
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hoskins
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brysk
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Selvanayagam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajaraman
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Brysk
mesh_terms: D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D005987:Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases; D016203:CDC2 Protein Kinase