Insulin-like growth factor-I enhances transforming growth factor-beta-induced extracellular matrix protein production through the P38/activating transcription factor-2 signaling pathway in keloid fibroblasts.
Keloids are benign dermal tumors, characterized by invasive growth of fibroblasts and concomitant increased biosynthesis of extracellular matrix components, with unclear etiology. We previously demonstrated that keloid fibroblasts overexpress insulin-like growth factor-I receptor. In investigating the role of insulin-like growth factor-I receptor overexpression, insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor-beta interaction was examined in relation to extracellular matrix protein production in cultured human and mouse fibroblasts. Western blotting revealed that collagen type I was expressed in keloid and normal fibroblasts, and its expression was increased by transforming growth factor-beta stimulation more significantly in keloid rather than in normal fibroblasts. Insulin-like growth factor-I and transforming growth factor-beta1 costimulation markedly increased extracellular matrix proteins (collagen type I, fibronectin, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1) compared with cultures with transforming growth factor-beta1 alone. Insulin-like growth factor-I treatment alone had no stimulatory effect. Real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction confirmed parallel collagen type I messenger RNA level changes. Luciferase assays were conducted to investigate intracellular signaling pathways in this synergistic stimulation using a mouse fibroblast cell line. Transforming growth factor-beta1 (1 or 10 ng per ml) increased the specific signaling activity approximately 10-fold, whereas the increase with insulin-like growth factor-I (100 ng per ml) was less than 2-fold compared with basal activity; however, the combination of transforming growth factor-beta1 and insulin-like growth factor-I resulted in an approximately 25-fold increase. Insulin-like growth factor-I markedly enhanced transforming growth factor-beta-induced phosphorylation of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase and activating transcription factor-2. Luciferase assay showed that this synergistic effect was attenuated by the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase specific inhibitor SB203580 or phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin, but not by the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular-signal-regulated protein kinase kinase inhibitor PD98059. These results indicate that insulin-like growth factor-I enhances transforming growth factor-beta-induced keloid formation through transforming growth factor-beta postreceptor signal cross-talk, mainly via the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase/activating transcription factor-2 pathway.
Daian
Takehiro
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-12-4, Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
Ohtsuru
Akira
A
Rogounovitch
Tatiana
T
Ishihara
Hiroshi
H
Hirano
Akiyoshi
A
Akiyama-Uchida
Yuri
Y
Saenko
Vladimir
V
Fujii
Tohru
T
Yamashita
Shunichi
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D016475:3T3 Cells; D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000235:genetics; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D020405:Dermis / Q000378:metabolism; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000378:metabolism*; D007627:Keloid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008875:Middle Aged; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000378:metabolism*; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
C497105:ATF2 protein, human; D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; C497106:Atf2 protein, mouse; D024042:Collagen Type I; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases