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Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2003, p. 6694-6701, Vol. 23, No. 18
0270-7306/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.18.6694-6701.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Intracellular Form of Notch Blocks Transforming Growth Factor ß-Mediated Growth Arrest in Mv1Lu Epithelial Cells

Prakash Rao{dagger} and Tom Kadesch*

Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6145,

Received 22 November 2002/ Returned for modification 6 March 2003/ Accepted 13 June 2003

Notch signaling influences a variety of cell fate decisions during development, and constitutive activation of the pathway can provoke unbridled cell growth and cancer. The mechanisms by which Notch affects cell growth are not well established. We describe here a novel link between Notch and cell cycle control. We found that Mv1Lu epithelial cells harboring an oncogenic form of Notch (NICD) are resistant to the cell cycle-inhibitory effects of transforming growth factor ß (TGF-ß). NICD did not affect TGF-ß signaling per se but blocked induction of the Cdk inhibitor p15INK4B. c-Myc, whose down-regulation by TGF-ß is required for p15INK4B induction, remained elevated in the NICD-expressing cells. c-Myc expression was also maintained in low serum, indicating that Notch's effects on c-Myc are not specific to TGF-ß. Our results are consistent with a model in which a strong Notch signal indirectly deregulates c-Myc expression and thereby renders Mv1Lu epithelial cells resistant to growth-inhibitory signals.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 409 Clinical Research Building, 415 Curie Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6145. Phone: (215) 898-1047. Fax: (215) 898-9750. E-mail: kadesch{at}mail.med.upenn.edu.

{dagger} Present address: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2003, p. 6694-6701, Vol. 23, No. 18
0022-538X/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/MCB.23.18.6694-6701.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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