RRC ID 41516
著者 Pai R, Soreghan B, Szabo IL, Pavelka M, Baatar D, Tarnawski AS.
タイトル Prostaglandin E2 transactivates EGF receptor: a novel mechanism for promoting colon cancer growth and gastrointestinal hypertrophy.
ジャーナル Nat Med
Abstract Prostaglandins (PGs), bioactive lipid molecules produced by cyclooxygenase enzymes (COX-1 and COX-2), have diverse biological activities, including growth-promoting actions on gastrointestinal mucosa. They are also implicated in the growth of colonic polyps and cancers. However, the precise mechanisms of these trophic actions of PGs remain unclear. As activation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) triggers mitogenic signaling in gastrointestinal mucosa, and its expression is also upregulated in colonic cancers and most neoplasms, we investigated whether PGs transactivate EGFR. Here we provide evidence that prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) rapidly phosphorylates EGFR and triggers the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (ERK2)--mitogenic signaling pathway in normal gastric epithelial (RGM1) and colon cancer (Caco-2, LoVo and HT-29) cell lines. Inactivation of EGFR kinase with selective inhibitors significantly reduces PGE2-induced ERK2 activation, c-fos mRNA expression and cell proliferation. Inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) or c-Src blocked PGE2-mediated EGFR transactivation and downstream signaling indicating that PGE2-induced EGFR transactivation involves signaling transduced via TGF-alpha, an EGFR ligand, likely released by c-Src-activated MMP(s). Our findings that PGE2 transactivates EGFR reveal a previously unknown mechanism by which PGE2 mediates trophic actions resulting in gastric and intestinal hypertrophy as well as growth of colonic polyps and cancers.
巻・号 8(3)
ページ 289-93
公開日 2002-3-1
DOI 10.1038/nm0302-289
PII nm0302-289
PMID 11875501
MeSH Animals Cell Line Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism* Dinoprostone / metabolism* Dinoprostone / pharmacology Enzyme Inhibitors / pharmacology ErbB Receptors / metabolism* Gastric Mucosa / cytology Gastric Mucosa / drug effects Gastric Mucosa / metabolism* Gastric Mucosa / pathology Genes, src / physiology Humans Hypertrophy / pathology MAP Kinase Signaling System / physiology* Matrix Metalloproteinases / metabolism Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / metabolism Phosphorylation Quinazolines / pharmacology Rats Rats, Sprague-Dawley Transcriptional Activation / physiology* Tyrphostins / pharmacology
IF 36.13
引用数 693
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL CELL BIOLOGY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 RGM1(RCB0876)