Cell Growth & Differentiation, Vol 9, Issue 10 837-845, Copyright © 1998 by American Association of Cancer Research

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Altered expression of helix-loop-helix transcriptional regulators and cyclin D1 in Wnt-1-transformed PC12 cells

PS Issack and EB Ziff
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry and Kaplan Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York 10016, USA.

Nerve growth factor induces PC12 cells to differentiate from a chromaffin cell to a sympathetic neuronal phenotype. In contrast, PC12 cells, which stably express Wnt-1, a secreted signaling factor required for development of mammalian midbrain and cerebellum, fail to express differentiation-specific genes in response to nerve growth factor. Analysis of factors binding to E box-containing regulatory elements of the terminal differentiation gene encoding peripherin suggested a differentiation-specific control of expression of helix-loop-helix transcriptional regulators. Specifically, the MASH-1 (mammalian achaete-scute homologue) helix-loop-helix transcription factor, which plays a positive role in neuronal differentiation, is reduced in Wnt-1/PC12 cells, and HES-1, a negative regulator of MASH-1, is increased. These data suggest that the differentiation block may result from induction of HES-1. Wnt-1/PC12 cells also proliferate more rapidly and express increased levels of cyclin D1. Thus, Wnt-1 may block the differentiation and enhance the proliferation of PC12 cells by activating HES-1 and cyclin D1 and repressing MASH-1.

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