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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 283, Issue 29, 20350-20360, July 18, 2008

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Polymerized Collagen Inhibits Fibroblast Proliferation via a Mechanism Involving the Formation of a β1 Integrin-Protein Phosphatase 2A-Tuberous Sclerosis Complex 2 Complex That Suppresses S6K1 Activity^*

From the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Polymerized type I collagen suppresses fibroblast proliferation. Previous studies have implicated inhibition of fibroblast proliferation with polymerized collagen-mediated suppression of S6K1, but the molecular mechanism of the critical negative feedback loop has not yet been fully elucidated. Here, we demonstrate that polymerized collagen suppresses G₁/S phase transition and fibroblast proliferation by a novel mechanism involving the formation of a β1 integrin-protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A)-tuberous sclerosis complex 2 (TSC2) complex that represses S6K1 activity. In response to fibroblast interaction with polymerized collagen, β1 integrin forms a complex with PP2A that targets TSC2 as a substrate. PP2A represses the level of TSC2 phosphorylation and maintains TSC2 in an activated state. Activated TSC2 negatively regulates the downstream kinase S6K1 and inhibits G₁/S transit. Knockdown of TSC2 enables fibroblasts to overcome the anti-proliferative properties of polymerized collagen. Furthermore, we show that this reduction in TSC2 and S6K1 phosphorylation occurs largely independent of Akt. Although S6K1 activity was markedly suppressed by polymerized collagen, we found that minimal changes in Akt activity occurred. We demonstrate that up-regulation of Akt by overexpression of constitutively active phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase p110 subunit had minor effects on TSC2 and S6K1 phosphorylation. These findings demonstrate that polymerized collagen represses fibroblast proliferation by a mechanism involving the formation of a β1 integrin-PP2A-TSC2 complex that negatively regulates S6K1 and inhibits G₁/S phase transition.

Received for publication, September 6, 2007 , and in revised form, April 22, 2008.

^* The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

¹ To whom correspondence should be addressed: Box 276, University of Min-nesota, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Tel.: 612-624-0999; Fax: 612-625-2174; E-mail: henke002{at}umn.edu.

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