title: Overexpression of nPKCdelta in BL6 murine melanoma cells enhances TGFbeta1 release into the plasma of metastasized animals.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) contributes to the promotion of invasion, metastasis, angiogenesis and even immunosuppression. Since overexpression of the delta isoform of protein kinase C (nPKCdelta) in BL6 murine melanoma cells (BL6T cells) increases their metastatic capacity, we investigated the possible involvement of TGFbeta1 in this process. Immunohistochemical analysis demonstrated lower levels of TGFbeta1 in BL6T lung metastases compared with BL6 lung metastases. On the other hand, higher levels of this cytokine, in particular in its active form, occur in the plasma of BL6T metastasized animals, suggesting a nPKCdelta-dependent TGFbeta1 release. Therefore, nPKCdelta-dependent TGFbeta1 release and activation may be involved in the greater angiogenic and metastatic capacity of murine melanoma BL6T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Milan and CNR Centre for Research in Cell Pathology, Italy. Caterina.LaPorta@unimi.it
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: La Porta
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Comolli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003720:Densitometry; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008545:Melanoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009368:Neoplasm Transplantation; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000097:blood*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D020033:Protein Isoforms; C508961:Tgfb1 protein, mouse; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; C497259:Prkcd protein, mouse; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D051745:Protein Kinase C-delta