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| THE MELANOMA DIFFERENTIATION-ASSOCIATED GENE MDA-6, WHICH ENCODES THE CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P21, IS DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED DURING GROWTH, DIFFERENTIATION AND PROGRESSION IN HUMAN-MELANOMA CELLS |
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| Author(s): JIANG HP, LIN J, SU ZZ, HERLYN M, KERBEL RS, WEISSMAN BE, WELCH DR, FISHER PB |
| Source: ONCOGENE Volume: 10 Issue: 9 Pages: 1855-1864 Published: MAY 4 1995 |
| Times Cited: 162 References: 73 |
| Abstract: The combination of recombinant human fibroblast interferon (IFN-beta) and the antileukemic compound mezerein (MEZ) induces terminal differentiation with an irreversible loss of proliferative capacity in human melanoma cells, Using subtraction hybridization, cDNAs were identified that display enhanced expression in terminally differentiated and growth arrested human melanoma cells (Jiang and Fisher, 1993; Jiang et al., 1994a), A specific melanoma differentiation-associated (mda) cDNA, mda-6, is described whose expression inversely correlates with melanoma progression and growth, mda-6 is identical to WAF1/CIP1/SDI1 that encodes the M(r) 21 000 protein (p21) that is an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases, Actively growing normal melanocyte, SV40-immortalized human melanocyte and dysplastic nevus cell. lines synthesize elevated levels of mda-6 mRNA; whereas, actively proliferating radial and early vertical growth phase primary melanomas as well as metastatic human melanoma cells produce reduced levels of mda-6 mRNA, Treatment of primary and metastatic human melanoma cells with IFN-beta+MEZ results in growth inhibition and an increase in mda-6 expression, mda-6 expression also increases when human melanoma cells are grown to high saturation densities or when grown in serum-free medium, Using anti-p53 and anti-p21 antibodies, an inverse correlation is found between p53 and p21 protein levels during growth arrest and differentiation, Induction of growth arrest and terminal differentiation in H0-1 human melanoma cells by IFN-beta+MEZ results in a temporal decrease in wildtype p53 protein levels with a corresponding increase in p21 levels, In the Matrigel-assisted melanoma progression model, mda-6 expression decreases in early vertical growth phase primary human melanoma cells selected for autonomous or enhanced tumor formation in nude mice, In metastatic human melanoma cells displaying a loss of metastatic potential resulting from introduction of a normal human chromosome 6, mda-6 mRNA levels increase, Taken together, these studies indicate that mda-6 (p21) may function as a negative regulator of melanoma growth, progression and metastasis. |
| Document Type: Article |
| Language: English |
Addresses:
1. COLUMBIA UNIV, COLL PHYS & SURG, INST CANC RES, DEPT PATHOL, CTR COMPREHENS CANC, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
2. COLUMBIA UNIV, COLL PHYS & SURG, INST CANC RES, DEPT UROL, CTR COMPREHENS CANC, NEW YORK, NY 10027 USA
3. WISTAR INST ANAT & BIOL, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
4. SUNNYBROOK HLTH SCI CTR, DIV CANC RES, TORONTO, ON M4N 3M5 CANADA
5. UNIV N CAROLINA, LINEBERGER COMPREHENS CANC CTR, DEPT PATHOL, CHAPEL HILL, NC 27599 USA
6. PENN STATE UNIV, COLL MED, MILTON S HERSHEY MED CTR, DEPT PATHOL, DIV EXPTL PATHOL, HERSHEY, PA 17033 USA |
| Publisher: STOCKTON PRESS, HOUNDMILLS, BASINGSTOKE, HANTS, ENGLAND RG21 2XS |
| Subject Category: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Oncology; Cell Biology; Genetics & Heredity |
| IDS Number: QX469 |
| ISSN: 0950-9232 |
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