PMID- 10210318 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990614 LR - 20191024 IS - 0301-472X (Print) IS - 0301-472X (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 4 DP - 1999 Apr TI - Transforming growth factor beta inhibits growth of more differentiated myeloid leukemia cells and retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation at serine 795. PG - 605-14 AB - Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) has been shown to be a specific inhibitor of early human myeloid progenitors. We show here that TGF-beta1 potentially inhibited not only the growth of primitive but also more mature myeloid leukemic cells. Surprisingly, those apparently more mature progenitor cells, such as MV4-11 and Mo7e cells, are very sensitive to the action of TGF-beta. The addition of TGF-beta1 to liquid cultures of these cells significantly inhibited their proliferation, with as much as 72% inhibition of growth of MV4-11 cells. The suppressive effect by TGF-beta1 was not reversed or prevented by granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor or interleukin 3 used to promote cell growth in TF-1a and MV4-11 cells. TGF-beta1 completely abolished the clonal growth of MV4-11 cells in soft agar and inhibited Mo7e, KG-1, K562, TF-1, and TF-1a colony growth by 99%, 90%, 63%, 53%, and 43%, respectively. The cells treated with TGF-beta1 showed progressive accumulation in the G1 phase of cell cycle. Maximal G1 arrest (93%) was observed in MV4-11 cells. Using anti-retinoblastoma protein (pRb) and anti-specific phosphorylated-pRb antibodies, we demonstrated that TGF-beta1 greatly inhibited pRb phosphorylation at serine 795 in MV4-11 and Mo7e cells. Taken together, our data suggest that the sensitivity of myeloid leukemic progenitor cells to growth inhibition by TGF-beta may not be inversely correlated with their maturation stage, and the inhibition of the cells appeared to be linked to the suppression of pRb phosphorylation at serine 795. FAU - Hu, X AU - Hu X AD - Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida, and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, and Research Institute, Tampa 33612, USA. hu@moffitt.usf.edu FAU - Moscinski, L C AU - Moscinski LC FAU - Zuckerman, K S AU - Zuckerman KS LA - eng GR - CA56072/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - Netherlands TA - Exp Hematol JT - Experimental hematology JID - 0402313 RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma Protein) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK4 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) SB - IM MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/metabolism MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Myeloid/*pathology MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - *Proto-Oncogene Proteins MH - Retinoblastoma Protein/*metabolism MH - S Phase/drug effects MH - Serine/*metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*metabolism/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured MH - Tumor Stem Cell Assay EDAT- 1999/04/21 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/21 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/21 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/21 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/21 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/21 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0301-472X(99)00004-1 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0301-472x(99)00004-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Exp Hematol. 1999 Apr;27(4):605-14. doi: 10.1016/s0301-472x(99)00004-1.