title: Pivotal role of the RB family proteins in in vitro thyroid cell transformation.
abstract: Rat thyroid differentiated cells (PC Cl 3) are an excellent model system with which to study the interaction between differentiation and cell transformation. We previously demonstrated that PC Cl 3 cells expressing the adenovirus E1A gene no longer depend on thyrotropin for growth and do not express thyroid differentiation markers. Here we show that an E1A mutant unable to bind the RB protein failed to transform the PC Cl 3 cells. Conversely, mutations in the E1A p300 interacting region did not affect its transforming ability. The pivotal role of RB family proteins in the thyroid cell transformation is supported by the thyrotropin independence induced by the E7 gene of human papilloma virus type 16, but not by a mutated form in the RB-binding region.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Catanzaro "Magna Graecia,", Catanzaro, 88100, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iuliano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Trapasso
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Le Pera
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Melillo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bruni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baldassarre
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiariotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Santoro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Viglietto
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fusco
mesh_terms: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000378:metabolism; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017500:Adenovirus E1A Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D050725:Papillomavirus E7 Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C059731:oncogene protein E7, Human papillomavirus type 16; D013972:Thyrotropin