title: Interferon-beta induces S phase slowing via up-regulated expression of PML in squamous carcinoma cells.
abstract: Type I Interferon (IFN) and all-trans retinoic acid (RA) inhibit cell proliferation of squamous carcinoma cell lines (SCC). Examinations of growth-affected cell populations show that SCC lines ME-180 and SiHa treated with IFN-beta undergo a specific slower progression through the S phase that seems to trigger cellular death. In combination treatment RA potentiates IFN-beta effect in SCC ME-180 but not in SiHa cell line, partially resistant to RA antiproliferative action. RA added as single agent affects cell proliferation differently by inducing a slight G1 accumulation. The IFN-beta-induced S phase lengthening parallels the increased expression of PML, a nuclear phosphoprotein specifically up-regulated at transcriptional level by IFN, whose overexpression induces cell growth inhibition and tumor suppression. We report that PML up-regulation may account for the alteration of cell cycle progression induced by IFN-beta in SCC by infecting cells with PML-PINCO recombinant retrovirus carrying the PML-3 cDNA under the control of the 5' LTR. In fact PML overexpression reproduces the IFN-beta-induced S phase lengthening. These findings provide important insight into the mechanism of tumor suppressing function of PML and could allow PML to be included in the pathways responsible for IFN-induced cell growth suppression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vannucchi
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Percario
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chiantore
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Matarrese
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Chelbi-Alix
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fagioli
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Pelicci
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Malorni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fiorucci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romeo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Affabris
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000494:pharmacology; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016196:S Phase / Q000187:drug effects*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D007370:Interferon Type I; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000071156:Promyelocytic Leukemia Protein; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C070576:PML protein, human; D014212:Tretinoin