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[Effect of overexpression of Smad7 gene on cell proliferation]
Yan-ying Huo1, Kai-tai Zhang, Bang-yin Li
1Department of, Institute of radiation medicine, Beijing Military Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100850, China.
Objective:
To study the effect of overexpression of Smad7 gene on cell proliferation in human bronchial epithelial cell lines.
Methods:
Human bronchial epithelial cell lines, BEP2D and BERP35T2 cells, were cotransfected with the mammalian expression vectors PCISmad7.neo and pMyc-SEAP, the latter was ac-myc cis-acting enhancer element fused with alkaline phosphatase (SEAP) reporter gene. Expression of c-myc, p15 and p21 mRNA was detected by RT-PCR before and after stable transfection of Smad7 into BEP2D and BERP35T2 cells in order to study the regulation of TGF-beta-mediated growth inhibition.
Results:
After BEP2D and BERP35T2 cells transfected with Smad7, the transcriptional activity of c-myc was significantly increased. Smad7 overexpressing cells showed upregulation of c-myc expression and downregulation of p15 and p21 expression, which contributed to the loss of TGF-beta responses in these cells.
Conclusion:
Overexpression of Smad7 may facilitate cell proliferation by antagonizing TGF-beta-mediated antiproliferative gene responses.
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