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Vol. 54, Issue 2, 313-321, August 1998

The Involvement of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in the Activation of Transforming Growth Factor-beta and Apoptosis

Hani Zaher, Pedro M. Fernandez-Salguero,1 John Letterio, M. Saeed Sheikh, Albert J. Fornace, Jr., Anita B. Roberts, and Frank J. Gonzalez

Laboratory of Metabolism (H.Z., P.M.F.-S., F.J.G.), Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology (M.S.S., A.J.F.), and Laboratory of Chemoprevention (J.L., A.B.R.), National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is believed to mediate many of the toxic, carcinogenic, and teratogenic effects of environmental contaminants such as dioxins, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and polyhalogenated biphenyls. Ligands for the AHR have been shown to influence cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis, but the mechanism by which the AHR affects the cell cycle is not known. Increased levels of mature transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta ) has been correlated with reduced cell proliferation and increased rates of apoptosis and fibrosis. Based on the increase in portal fibrosis and small liver size observed in AHR-null (Ahr-/-) mice, the relationship between TGFbeta expression and apoptosis in this mouse line was analyzed. Livers from Ahr-/- mice had marked increase in active TGFbeta 1 and TGFbeta 3 proteins and elevated numbers of hepatocytes undergoing apoptosis compared with wild-type mice. Furthermore, increases in TGFbeta and apoptotic cells were found in the portal areas of the liver, where fibrosis is found in the Ahr-/- mice. In vitro, primary hepatocyte cultures from Ahr-/- mice exhibited a high number of cells in later stages of apoptosis and an elevated secretion of active TGFbeta into the media compared with cultures from wild-type mice, which have previously been shown to secrete only latent forms of the molecule. Conditioned media from Ahr-/- hepatocytes stimulated apoptosis in cultured hepatocytes from wild-type mice. Taken together, these findings suggest that the phenotypic abnormalities in Ahr-/- mice could be mediated in part by abnormal levels of active TGFbeta and altered cell cycle control.


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