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Evidence for ERK1/2 phosphorylation controlling contact inhibition of proliferation in Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells

Departments of ¹Medicine, ²Cell Biology, and ³Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, and ⁴Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama 35294

Submitted 14 January 2004 ; accepted in final form 2 April 2004

Increasing cell density arrests epithelial cell proliferation by a process termed contact inhibition. We investigated mechanisms of contact inhibition using a model of contact-inhibited epithelial cells. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) treatment of contact-inhibited Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cells stimulated cell proliferation and increased levels of phosphorylated ERK1/2 (phospho-ERK1/2) and cyclin D1. MEK inhibitors PD-98059 and U0126 inhibited these HGF-dependent changes, indicating the dependence on phosphorylation of ERK1/2 during HGF-induced loss of contact inhibition. In relation to contact-inhibited high-density cells, low-density MDCK cells proliferated and had higher levels of phospho-ERK1/2 and cyclin D1. PD-98059 and U0126 inhibited low-density MDCK cell proliferation. Trypsinization of high-density MDCK cells immediately increased phospho-ERK1/2 and was followed by a transient increase in cyclin D1 levels. Reformation of cell junctions after trypsinization led to decreases in phospho-ERK1/2 and cyclin D1 levels. High-density MDCK cells express low levels of both cyclin D1 and phospho-ERK1/2, and treatment of these cells with fresh medium containing HGF but not fresh medium alone for 6 h increased phospho-ERK1/2 and cyclin D1 levels compared with cells without medium change. These data provide evidence that HGF abrogates MDCK cell contact inhibition by increasing ERK1/2 phosphorylation and levels of cyclin D1. These results suggest that in MDCK cells, contact inhibition of cell proliferation in the presence of serum occurs by cell density-dependent regulation of ERK1/2 phosphorylation.

cell density; cyclin D1; hepatocyte growth factor; cell cycle; extracellular signal-regulated kinases

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