title: Cross-talk between signaling pathways in murine embryonic palate cells: effect of TGF beta and cAMP on EGF-induced DNA synthesis.
abstract: Signaling pathways utilized by EGF, cAMP, and TGF beta have been demonstrated to play critical roles in normal palate development. Stimulation of these pathways has been shown in palate cells and numerous other systems to affect cell growth. Because proper regulation of cell growth is critical to palate development, we speculate that fine regulation of palatal cell growth may be accomplished through crosstalk between these signaling pathways. We therefore set out to determine the effects of cAMP and TGF beta on EGF-induced cell proliferation in murine embryonic palate cells. We found that both TGF beta and cAMP inhibited the proliferative response of cells to treatment with EGF, whereas H89, a serine/ threonine protein kinase inhibitor with selectivity towards cAMP-dependent protein kinase, increased the cells' proliferative response to EGF. Genestein, a selective inhibitor of tyrosine kinases, at high doses abrogated the cells' proliferative response to EGF, confirming that EGF's ability to induce cell proliferation is critically dependent upon tyrosine kinase activity. Lower doses of genestein, however, actually enhanced cellular response to EGF. The data suggest that both the TGF beta- and cAMP-mediated signaling pathways may be involved in modulation of the effects of EGF on palate cell growth in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Weston
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Potchinsky
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Lafferty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D010159:Palate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases