Requirement of type III TGF-β receptor for endocardial cell transformation in the heart

Christopher B. Brown, Angelique S. Boyer, Raymond B. Runyan, Joey V. Barnett

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Abstract

Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling is mediated by a complex of type I (TBRI) and type II (TBRII) receptors. The type III receptor (TBRIII) lacks a recognizable signaling domain and has no dearly defined role in TGF-β signaling. Cardiac endothelial cells that undergo epithelial- mesenchymal transformation express TBRIII, and here TBRIII-specific antisera were found to inhibit mesenchyme formation and migration in atrioventricular cushion explants. Misexpression of TBRIII in nontransforming ventricular endothelial ceils conferred transformation in response to TGF-β2. These results support a model where TBRIII localizes transformation in the heart and plays an essential, nonredundant role in TGF-β signaling.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2080-2082
Number of pages3
JournalScience
Volume283
Issue number5410
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 26 1999

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