title: Significance of cysteine rich transcription factor (CRTF) in the synthesis of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) in gastrointestinal cancers.
abstract: We previously reported that a novel promoter enhancer element "human tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases 1 (TIMP-1) enhancer" (HTE) and a novel transacting protein "cysteine rich transcription factor" (CRTF) induced TIMP-1 synthesis in prostate cancer cells 2xN.I.PC-3. In the present study, to clarify the significance of CRTF in gastrointestinal cancers we measured the binding activity of CRTF to HTE using an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), and the TIMP-1 concentration by ELISA after various stimulation of six cancer cell lines (KE-3, TE-9, MKN-28, MKN-45, KM12SM, SW620). In three cell lines (KE-3, MKN-45, SW620), both the binding activity of CRTF and TIMP-1 concentration significantly increased after IL-10 stimulation. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) did not affect the binding activity of CRTF, whereas FBS induced TIMP-1 synthesis in all cell lines. In KE-3 esophageal cancer cells and SW620 colon cancer cells, both the binding activity of CRTF and TIMP-1 concentration increased in the presence of a conditioned medium (CM) of fibroblasts which was isolated from human colon cancer tissues, but did not increase in MKN-45 cells. Moreover, in the fibroblasts, both the binding activity of CRTF and the TIMP-1 concentration increased in the presence of CM from KM12SM, SW620, and TE-9 cancer cell lines. These results suggested that IL-I0, and unknown factors in addition to IL-10, induced TIMP-1 synthesis via an increase in the binding activity of CRTF in gastrointestinal cancers, and that interaction between cancer cells and fibroblasts may play an important role in TIMP-1 synthesis through a signal transduction pathway consisting of CRTF phosphorylation and HTE activation.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Stearns
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shirouzu
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C434106:CRTF protein, Dictyostelium discoideum; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007375:Interleukin-1; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D019715:Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1; D014157:Transcription Factors