TGF-beta receptors are diminished after retinoid exposure in rat liver epithelial cells

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry
T MercierC Heberden

Abstract

When rat liver epithelial cells were exposed to retinoic acid or retinol for 24 hr, the levels of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) receptors were reduced in a dose-dependent way. The decrease appeared after 12 hr of incubation with the retinoids and binding levels remained low until 24 hr after the removal of the molecules. Retinoid treatment induced a fourfold enhancement of transglutaminase (TGase) activity in the cell membranes, and cystamine, an inhibitor of TGase, prevented the decrease of the receptors. Neutralization of TGF-beta by a monoclonal antibody did not suppress the decrease of the binding levels, indicating that decreased TGF-beta binding capacity was not due merely to the internalization of ligand-bound receptors promoted by a stimulation of TCF-beta synthesis. Thus, retinoid treatment resulted in an intense disappearance of the functional receptors from the membranes that seemed to be mediated by increased TGase activity. This phenomenon can represent a strong signal attenuation for TGF-beta following retinoid exposure.

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