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Estrogen inhibits transforming growth factor beta signaling by promoting Smad2/3 degradation.


ABSTRACT: Estrogen is a growth factor that stimulates cell proliferation. The effects of estrogen are mediated through the estrogen receptors, ERalpha and ERbeta, which function as ligand-induced transcription factors and belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily. On the other hand, TGF-beta acts as a cell growth inhibitor, and its signaling is transduced by Smads. Although a number of studies have been made on the cross-talk between estrogen/ERalpha and TGF-beta/Smad signaling, whose molecular mechanisms remain to be determined. Here, we show that ERalpha inhibits TGF-beta signaling by decreasing Smad protein levels. ERalpha-mediated reductions in Smad levels did not require the DNA binding ability of ERalpha, implying that ERalpha opposes the effects of TGF-beta via a novel non-genomic mechanism. Our analysis revealed that ERalpha formed a protein complex with Smad and the ubiquitin ligase Smurf, and enhanced Smad ubiquitination and subsequent degradation in an estrogen-dependent manner. Our observations provide new insight into the molecular mechanisms governing the non-genomic functions of ERalpha.

SUBMITTER: Ito I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2863224 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Estrogen is a growth factor that stimulates cell proliferation. The effects of estrogen are mediated through the estrogen receptors, ERalpha and ERbeta, which function as ligand-induced transcription factors and belong to the nuclear receptor superfamily. On the other hand, TGF-beta acts as a cell growth inhibitor, and its signaling is transduced by Smads. Although a number of studies have been made on the cross-talk between estrogen/ERalpha and TGF-beta/Smad signaling, whose molecular mechanism  ...[more]

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