Regulation of apoptosis induced by transforming growth factor-beta1 in nontumorigenic rat prostatic epithelial cell lines - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1996 Nov 15;56(22):5146-9.

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Regulation of apoptosis induced by transforming growth factor-beta1 in nontumorigenic rat prostatic epithelial cell lines

A Y Hsing et al. Cancer Res. 1996.

Abstract

Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1), which is induced in the prostate following castration, has been speculated to mediate apoptosis of epithelial cells during prostatic involution. Here, we report the first evidence of a direct effect of TGF-beta on induction of apoptosis in prostatic epithelial cells in vitro, using NRP-152 nontumorigenic and NRP-154 tumorigenic rat prostatic epithelial cell lines. TGF-beta1 induces apoptosis of both cell lines within 24 h, as shown by a decrease in cell viability, in situ DNA nick-end labeling, and internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Moreover, the ability of TGF-beta to induce apoptosis of NRP-152 is strictly dependent on culture conditions, because dexamethasone enhances while insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I specifically block apoptosis induced by TGF-beta. We suggest that TGF-betas are direct physiological regulators of apoptosis of prostatic epithelial cells.

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