TY - JOUR
T1 - Inactivation of Myocardin and p16 during Malignant Transformation Contributes to a Differentiation Defect
AU - Milyavsky, Michael
AU - Shats, Igor
AU - Cholostoy, Alina
AU - Brosh, Ran
AU - Buganim, Yosef
AU - Weisz, Lilach
AU - Kogan, Ira
AU - Cohen, Merav
AU - Shatz, Maria
AU - Madar, Shalom
AU - Kalo, Eyal
AU - Goldfinger, Naomi
AU - Yuan, Jun
AU - Ron, Shulamit
AU - MacKenzie, Karen
AU - Eden, Amir
AU - Rotter, Varda
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank Dr. Dina Ron for her helpful advice on in situ hybridization analysis. This research was supported by a Center of Excellence Grant from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute (FAMRI) and the Yad Abraham Center for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy. V.R. is the incumbent of the Norman and Helen Asher Professorial Chair Cancer Research at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
PY - 2007/2/13
Y1 - 2007/2/13
N2 - Myocardin is known as an important transcriptional regulator in smooth and cardiac muscle development. Here we found that myocardin is frequently repressed during human malignant transformation, contributing to a differentiation defect. We demonstrate that myocardin is a transcriptional target of TGFβ required for TGFβ-mediated differentiation of human fibroblasts. Serum deprivation, intact contact inhibition response, and the p16ink4a/Rb pathway contribute to myocardin induction and differentiation. Restoration of myocardin expression in sarcoma cells results in differentiation and inhibition of malignant growth, whereas inactivation of myocardin in normal fibroblasts increases their proliferative potential. Myocardin expression is reduced in multiple types of human tumors. Collectively, our results demonstrate that myocardin is an important suppressive modifier of the malignant transformation process.
AB - Myocardin is known as an important transcriptional regulator in smooth and cardiac muscle development. Here we found that myocardin is frequently repressed during human malignant transformation, contributing to a differentiation defect. We demonstrate that myocardin is a transcriptional target of TGFβ required for TGFβ-mediated differentiation of human fibroblasts. Serum deprivation, intact contact inhibition response, and the p16ink4a/Rb pathway contribute to myocardin induction and differentiation. Restoration of myocardin expression in sarcoma cells results in differentiation and inhibition of malignant growth, whereas inactivation of myocardin in normal fibroblasts increases their proliferative potential. Myocardin expression is reduced in multiple types of human tumors. Collectively, our results demonstrate that myocardin is an important suppressive modifier of the malignant transformation process.
KW - CELLCYCLE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846804362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.11.022
DO - 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.11.022
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C2 - 17292825
AN - SCOPUS:33846804362
SN - 1535-6108
VL - 11
SP - 133
EP - 146
JO - Cancer Cell
JF - Cancer Cell
IS - 2
ER -