title: Messenger RNA stability of parathyroid hormone-related protein regulated by transforming growth factor-beta1.
abstract: Humoral hypercalcemia of malignancy (HHM), a paraneoplastic syndrome associated with epithelial cancers, including squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), is due to expression and secretion of parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP). Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGFbeta1), expressed by many tumors, has been demonstrated in vitro to increase the half-life of PTHrP mRNA. In this study, oral squamous carcinoma cells (SCC2/88) had a two-fold increase in PTHrP mRNA stability (from 45 to 90 min) in response to treatment with TGFbeta1. In order to examine the mechanism of TGFbeta1-mediated PTHrP mRNA stability, a cell-free assay of mRNA degradation was utilized in which the degradation of in vitro-transcribed mRNA incubated with cytoplasmic protein extracts from SCC2/88 treated with vehicle or TGFbeta1 was measured. In this assay, full-length PTHrP mRNA was not significantly stabilized in TGFbeta1-treated samples when compared to vehicle treated samples. However, there was a striking (>5-fold) increase in PTHrP mRNA half-life in TGFbeta1-treated samples when PTHrP mRNA lacked the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR). In contrast, the degradation of 3'-UTR-truncated PTHrP mRNA using the cell-free assay was not altered in vehicle-treated samples. UV cross-linking of PTHrP mRNA and cytoplasmic proteins from cells treated with either vehicle or TGFbeta1 revealed numerous mRNA-binding proteins. TGFbeta1 treatment resulting in decreased binding of 33, 31, 27, 20 and 18 kDa binding proteins to the terminal coding region. These studies revealed that TGFbeta1-induced PTHrP mRNA stability might be, in part, the result of cis-acting sequences within the coding region of the PTHrP mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, 1925 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Sellers
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Capen
authors.forename: Thomas J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Rosol
mesh_terms: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D002474:Cell-Free System; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D004004:Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D020413:3' Untranslated Regions; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D017931:DNA Primers; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; C470121:PTHLH protein, human; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D011506:Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004004:Dichlororibofuranosylbenzimidazole