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. 1993 Jun 1;90(11):5359-63.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.90.11.5359.

Growth inhibition by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) type I is restored in TGF-beta-resistant hepatoma cells after expression of TGF-beta receptor type II cDNA

M Inagaki  1 , A Moustakas, H Y Lin, H F Lodish, B I Carr
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Growth inhibition by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) type I is restored in TGF-beta-resistant hepatoma cells after expression of TGF-beta receptor type II cDNA

M Inagaki et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .

Abstract

The growth of human hepatoma Hep 3B cells is potently inhibited by TGF-beta 1 (ID50 = 0.2 ng/ml, 8 pM). A mutant cell line was derived that was not inhibited in growth by TGF-beta 1 at 5 ng/ml (200 pM) and that lacked TGF-beta receptor type II (TGF-beta RII) gene. Transfection of the cloned cDNA for human TGF-beta RII to this mutant cell line restored receptor expression as well as the inhibition in growth by TGF-beta 1. In both wild-type and mutant cells stably transfected with TGF-beta RII cDNA, TGF-beta RII coimmunoprecipitated with TGF-beta receptor type I in the presence of ligand. These experiments provide direct evidence for the role of TGF-beta RII in the inhibitory effect of TGF-beta on growth and suggest that TGF-beta RII acts by means of a heteromeric surface complex with TGF-beta receptor type I.

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