|
|
||||||||
Department of Pathology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
Chronic rejection of transplanted organs is manifested as atherosclerosis of the blood vessels of the allograft. HLA class I Ags have been implicated to play a major role in this process, since signaling via HLA class I molecules can induce the proliferation of aortic endothelial as well as smooth muscle cells. In this study, we show that HLA class I-mediated induction of cell proliferation correlates with inactivation of the Rb protein in the T cell line Jurkat as well as human aortic endothelial cells. HLA class I-mediated inactivation of Rb can be inhibited specifically by neutralizing Abs to basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), suggesting a role for FGF receptors in the signaling process. Signaling through HLA class I molecules induced cyclin E-associated kinase activity within 4 h in quiescent endothelial cells, and appeared to mediate the inactivation of Rb. A cdk2 inhibitor, Olomoucine, as well as a dominant-negative cdk2 construct prevented HLA class I-mediated inactivation of Rb; in contrast, dominant-negative cdk4 and cdk6 constructs had no effect. Furthermore, there was no increase in cyclin D-associated kinase activity upon HLA class I ligation, suggesting that cyclin E-dependent kinase activity mediates Rb inactivation, leading to E2F activation and cell proliferation.
This article has been cited by other articles:
![]() |
Y.-P. Jin, Y. Korin, X. Zhang, P. T. Jindra, E. Rozengurt, and E. F. Reed RNA Interference Elucidates the Role of Focal Adhesion Kinase in HLA Class I-Mediated Focal Adhesion Complex Formation and Proliferation in Human Endothelial Cells J. Immunol., June 15, 2007; 178(12): 7911 - 7922. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
V. Solodushko and B. Fouty Proproliferative phenotype of pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol, March 1, 2007; 292(3): L671 - L677. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Dasgupta, J. Sun, S. Wang, G. Fusaro, V. Betts, J. Padmanabhan, S. M. Sebti, and S. P. Chellappan Disruption of the Rb-Raf-1 Interaction Inhibits Tumor Growth and Angiogenesis Mol. Cell. Biol., November 1, 2004; 24(21): 9527 - 9541. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
P. Dasgupta, V. Betts, S. Rastogi, B. Joshi, M. Morris, B. Brennan, D. Ordonez-Ercan, and S. Chellappan Direct Binding of Apoptosis Signal-regulating Kinase 1 to Retinoblastoma Protein: NOVEL LINKS BETWEEN APOPTOTIC SIGNALING AND CELL CYCLE MACHINERY J. Biol. Chem., September 10, 2004; 279(37): 38762 - 38769. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. Coupel, F. Leboeuf, G. Boulday, J.-P. Soulillou, and B. Charreau RhoA Activation Mediates Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Proliferation of Human Vascular Endothelial Cells: An Alloimmune Mechanism of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy J. Am. Soc. Nephrol., September 1, 2004; 15(9): 2429 - 2439. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
Y.-P. Jin, R. P. Singh, Z.-Y. Du, A. K. Rajasekaran, E. Rozengurt, and E. F. Reed Ligation of HLA Class I Molecules on Endothelial Cells Induces Phosphorylation of Src, Paxillin, and Focal Adhesion Kinase in an Actin-Dependent Manner J. Immunol., June 1, 2002; 168(11): 5415 - 5423. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. A. Ezhevsky, A. Ho, M. Becker-Hapak, P. K. Davis, and S. F. Dowdy Differential Regulation of Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein by G1 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Complexes In Vivo Mol. Cell. Biol., July 15, 2001; 21(14): 4773 - 4784. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
S. P. Colgan, R. M. Hershberg, G. T. Furuta, and R. S. Blumberg Ligation of intestinal epithelial CD1d induces bioactive IL-10: Critical role of the cytoplasmic tail in autocrine signaling PNAS, November 23, 1999; 96(24): 13938 - 13943. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
![]() |
H. Bian and E. F. Reed Alloantibody-Mediated Class I Signal Transduction in Endothelial Cells and Smooth Muscle Cells: Enhancement by IFN-{gamma} and TNF-{alpha} J. Immunol., July 15, 1999; 163(2): 1010 - 1018. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] |
||||
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |