title: Visualisation of transforming growth factor-beta 1, tissue kallikrein, and kinin and transforming growth factor-beta receptors on human clear-cell renal carcinoma cells.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) has a biphasic effect on the growth of renal epithelial cells. In transformed cells, TGF-beta1 appears to accelerate the proliferation of malignant cells. The diverse cellular functions of TGF-beta1 are regulated by three high-affinity serine/threonine kinase receptors, namely TbetaRI, TbetaRII and TbetaRIII. The renal serine protease tissue kallikrein acts on its endogenous protein substrate kininogen to form kinin peptides. The cellular actions of kinins are mediated through B1 and B2 G protein-coupled rhodopsin receptors. Both kinin peptides and TGF-beta1 are mitogenic, and therefore may play an important role in carcinogenesis. Experiments were designed to immunolabel tissue kallikrein, TGF-beta1, TbetaRII, TbetaRIII and kinin receptors using specific antibodies on serial sections of normal kidney and clear-cell renal carcinoma (CCRC) tissue, which included both the tumour and the adjacent renal parenchyma. The essential result was the localisation of tissue kallikrein, kinin B 1 and B 2 receptors and TGF-beta1 primarily on the cell membranes of CCRC cells. In the distal and proximal tubules of the renal parenchyma adjacent to the carcinoma (RPTAC), immunolabelling for tissue kallikrein was reduced, but the expression of kinin B1 and B2 receptors was enhanced. Immunolabelling for TbetaRII and TbetaRIII was more pronounced in the proximal tubules of the tissue adjacent to the carcinoma when compared to the normal kidney. The expression of tissue kallikrein, kinin receptors, and TbetaRII and TbetaRIII may be relevant to the parenchymal invasion and metastasis of clear-cell renal carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology, M L Sultan Campus, Durban Institute of Technology, Durban 4001, South Africa.
authors.forename: Rumesha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moodley
authors.forename: Celia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Snyman
authors.forename: Bharti
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Odhav
authors.forename: Kanti D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Bhoola
mesh_terms: D018262:Adenocarcinoma, Clear Cell / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D018002:Receptors, Bradykinin; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D020840:Tissue Kallikreins