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2015 Volume.47 No. 1 p.101 ~ p.109
TGF-¥â Suppresses COX-2 Expression by Tristetraprolin-Mediated RNA Destabilization in A549 Human Lung Cancer Cells
Kang So-yeong

Min Ah-Rum
Im Seock-Ah
Song Sang-Hyun
Kim Sang-Gyun
Kim Hyun-Ah
Kim Hee-Jun
Oh Do-Youn
Jong Hyun-Soon
Kim Tae-You
Bang Yung-Jue
Abstract
Purpose : Overexpression of cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) is thought to promote survival of transformed cells. Transforming growth factor ¥â (TGF-¥â) exerts anti-proliferative effects on a broad range of epithelial cells. In the current study, we investigated whether TGF-¥â can regulate COX-2 expression in A549 human lung adenocarcinoma cells, which are TGF-¥â-responsive and overexpress COX-2.

Materials and Methods : Western blotting, Northern blotting, and mRNA stability assays were performed to demonstrate that COX-2 protein and mRNA expression were suppressed by TGF-¥â. We also evaluated the effects of tristetraprolin (TTP) on COX-2 mRNA using RNA interference.

Results : We demonstrated that COX-2 mRNA and protein expression were both significantly suppressed by TGF-¥â. An actinomycin D chase experiment demonstrated that COX-2 mRNA was more rapidly degraded in the presence of TGF-¥â, suggesting that TGF-¥â?induced inhibition of COX-2 expression is achieved via decreased mRNA stability. We also found that TGF-¥â rapidly and transiently induced the expression of TTP, a well-known mRNA destabilizing factor, before suppression of COX-2 mRNA expression was observed. Using RNA interference, we confirmed that increased TTP levels play a pivotal role in the destabilization of COX-2 mRNA by TGF-¥â. Furthermore, we showed that Smad3 is essential to TTP-dependent down-regulation of COX-2 expression in response to TGF-¥â.

Conclusion : The results of this study show that TGF-¥â down-regulated COX-2 expression via mRNA destabilization mediated by Smad3/TTP in A549 cells.
KEYWORD
Cyclooxygenase 2, Transforming growth factor beta, Tristetraprolin, RNA stability, Smad3
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