Growth/differentiation factor-5 induces growth arrest and apoptosis in mouse B lineage cells with modulation by Smad
Nakahara, T.; Tominaga, K.; Koseki, T.; Yamamoto, M.; Yamato, K.; Fukuda, J.; Nishihara, T.
Cellular Signalling 15(2): 181-187
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0898-6568
PMID: 12464389
DOI: 10.1016/s0898-6568(02)00088-8
Accession: 068769763
Bone morphogenetic proteins, including growth/differentiation factor-5 (GDF-5), are multifunctional cytokines. Recent studies of intracellular signal transduction mechanisms for the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily have focused on Smad proteins. However, scant attention has been given to the mechanism by which GDF-5 exerts its negative growth effect on immunological competent cells. In the present study, we demonstrated that GDF-5 induced cell cycle arrest in the G1 phase before the appearance of apoptosis in mouse B cell hybridoma HS-72 cells, while the ectopic expression of Smad6 and Smad7 in HS-72 cells suppressed the GDF-5-induced G1 cell cycle arrest by abolishing the expression of p21(CIP-1/WAF-1) and hypophosphorylation of retinoblastoma protein. Moreover, we found that Smad6 and Smad7 suppressed GDF-5-induced apoptosis in HS-72 cells. These findings indicated that Smad6 and Smad7 exhibit inhibitory effects toward GDF-5-mediated signaling in B lineage cells.