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1 TGF-beta and cancer Isabel Fabregat Departament de Ciències Fisiòlogiques II, Universitat de Barcelona Institut de Investigació Biomèdica de Bellvitge (IDIBELL) Máster en Oncología Molecular, Marzo 2011

2 Index: TGF-β Family. Receptors. Signal transduction. Regulation of Smad family. Biological functions: role as tumor suppressor. Growth inhibitor. Inducer of apoptosis. Effects on cell differentiation. Role of TGF-β in tumor progression. Epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Increase in migration and invasion. Effects on angiogenesis and on the tumor stroma. Summary: Dual role of TGF-β in cancer: Tumor suppression in early stages. Tumor promoter in advanced tumors. Role in metastasis.

3 TGF-β family and their receptors Bernhard Schmierer and Caroline S. Hill Nature 2007

4 Itoh and ten Dijke Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2007

5 Histone acetylation Histone desacetylation Massagué, Seoane and Wotton Genes & Dev. 2005

6 Shi and Massagué, Cell 2003

7 Molecular mechanisms that attenuate Smad activation by TGF-β Massagué, Seoane and Wotton Genes & Dev. 2005

8 TGF-β inhibits growth, induces apoptosis and mediates cell differentiation It can induce or inhibit Adapted from:

9 TGF-β induces apoptosis in hepatocytes A TGF-β B C M1 CONTROL M1=3.47±0.36 D TGF-β M1 M1=16.2±2.14 Sánchez et al. J. Biol. Chem C T

10 Adaptado de Moustakas and Heldin. J Cell Sci 2005 Proposed mechanisms for TGF-beta-induced apoptosis NADPH oxidasa ROS Cyt c

11 TGF-β, when combined with EGF or HGF, induces hepatocyte differentiation ALB-VIM CK19-CK18 EGF-TGFβ CONTROL Sánchez et al. Exp Cell Res 1998

12 Role of TGF-β as tumor suppressor Bierie and Moses Nature 2006

13 Alterations in TGF-beta signaling in human tumors Levy and Hill. Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews 2006

14 Massagué, Cell 2008

15 Bierie and Moses Nature 2006

16 TGF-β Caja et al., Cancer Res 2009 MEK/ERKs Hepatocellular carcinoma Glutathione ROS ROS TACE PI3K, ERKs EGFR TGF-α HB-EGF Liver tumor cells Murillo et al., Oncogene 2005 Caja et al., Cell Signal 2007 Caja et al., J Hepatol 2011 Carmona-Cuenca et al., J Cell Physiol 2006, J Hepatol 2008 SURVIVAL APOPTOSIS ΔΨm Herrera et al. FASEB J 2001, Free Radic Biol Med 2004 cit-c Caspase-9 Caspase-3

17 NOX (NADPH Oxidases) family of enzymes NOX family DUOX 1 DUOX 2 NOX 1 NOX 2 NOX 3 NOX 4 NOX 5 O 2 O 2 - NADPH NADP + Brown and Griendling Free Radic Biol Med 2009

18 NADPH oxidases control both survival and apoptosis in liver tumor cells Miguel Murillo TGF-β NOX1 ROS NF-κB Rac1 rac1 Other survival signals egfr ligands Smad3 NOX4 nox4 Nucleus ROS Cell death Patricia Sancho Murillo et al., Biochem J 2007 Carmona-Cuenca et al., J Hepatol 2008 Sancho et al. BBA- Mol Cell Res 2008 Sancho et al. J Biol Chem 2010 Survival Irene Carmona

19 TGF-β treatment induces loss in cell adhesion and confers cell migratory properties Control TGFβ FaO rat hepatoma cells Control Phalloidin TGFβ Esther Bertran

20 TGF-β induces epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) in rat hepatoma cells Control 1 day 3 days DAPI E-CADHERIN alb snail + TGFβ (h) RT FaO hepatoma cells E- cadherin Bertran et al. Cell Signal 2009

21 .. and in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells Laia Caja Caja et al. J Cell Physiol 2011 Dr. Nelson Fausto, Univ. Washington Seattle

22 Proposed models for the molecular mechanisms that mediate EMT by TGF-β in epithelial cells Moustakas and Heldin. J Cell Sci 2005

23 EMT confers invasive and migratory properties FaO TβT-FaO 0 h 4 h 24 h 48 h Bertran et al. Cell Signal 2009

24 EMT confers liver stem cell properties Hep3B cells

25 The TGFβ-induced EMT is a reversible process

26 Anti (A) and pro-(b) tumorigenic effects of TGF-β on cell differentiation Massagué, Cell 2008

27 Sonia Vega Angela Nieto Up-regulation of Snail not only mediates EMT, but also resistance to apoptosis in liver cells Instituto de Neurociencias CSIC/UMH, Alicante Jèssica Mainez Franco et al., J. Cell science 2010

28 Model of transgenic mice expressing Tamoxifen-inducible Snail1

29 Adult hepatocytes from these mice show EMT features..and are completely resistant to TGF-β-induced apoptosis Caspase-3 Activity (% Control) Apoptotic nuclei (%) TGF-β TAM TGF-β TAM

30 Summary TGF-β RI EGFR Ligands Suppressor role RII TACE Smad 2,3 Smad4 EGFR Snail Pro-tumorigenic properties EMT Growth inhibition Apoptosis Migration Invasion Stem cell properties

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32 TGF-β as a tumor promoter

33 CONCLUSIONS Massagué Cell 2008

34 Biological clues of the metastatic and invasive phenotype IDIBELL Group Fac. Farmacia,UCM, Madrid César Roncero Margarita Fernández Arancha Sánchez TGF-β Liver lab New members: Edgar Baguena Joaquim Moreno Blanca Herrera Straight collaboration with Drs. Àngels Fabra, Angels Sierra, Joan Gil, Emilio Ramos, IDIBELL Laia Caja Patricia Sancho Eva Crosas Joan Fernando Isabel Fabregat Esther Bertran Jèssica Mainez Estanis Navarro

35 Instituto de Neurociencias, CSIC- Univ. Miguel Hernández, Alicante Sonia Vega Ángela M. Nieto Universidad de Extremadura Alberto Álvarez-Barrientos IIB- Alberto Sols (CSIC/UAM) Ángela M. Valverde University of Vienna Austria Wolfgang Mikulits lab CIEMAT, Madrid Jose Carlos Segovia University of Washington, Seattle, USA Nelson Fausto lab Fundación Hospital de Alcorcón, Madrid Conrado Fernández Universitat de Barcelona Gustavo Egea

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