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CELL
Volume 124, Issue 6, Pages 1225-1239Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.01.041
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [P50-GM68762] Funding Source: Medline
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a proinflammatory cytokine that induces conflicting pro- and antiapoptotic signals whose relative strengths determine the extent of cell death. TNF receptor (TNFR) has been studied in considerable detail, but it is not known how crosstalk among antagonistic pro- and antiapoptotic signals is achieved. Here we report an experimental and computational analysis of crosstalk between prodeath TNF and prosurvival growth factors in human epithelial cells. By applying classifier-based regression to a cytokine-signaling compendium of similar to 8000 intracellular protein measurements, we demonstrate that cells respond to TNF both directly, via activated TNF receptor, and indirectly, via the sequential release of transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), and IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra.). We refer to the contingent and time-varying series of extracellular signals induced by TNF as an autocrine cascade. Time-dependent crosstalk of synergistic and antagonistic autocrine circuits may serve to link cellular responses to the local environment.
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