title: TGF-beta is a potent inhibitor of hepatocyte growth factor secretion by human fibroblasts.
abstract: Transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) inhibited secretion of human hepatocyte growth factor (hHGF), which is also known as scatter factor or fibroblast-derived tumor cytotoxic factor, by MRC-5 cells. The effect was detectable at as little as 10 pg/ml and was more potent than that of dexamethasone. Complete inhibition was observed after 12 h in the presence of 5 ng/ml of TGF-beta 1. Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-induced secretion of hHGF from human skin fibroblasts was also suppressed by TGF-beta 1. TGF-beta 2 inhibited hHGF secretion by MRC-5 cells to the same extent as TGF-beta 1, but other growth factors such as epidermal growth factor and acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors had only a slight or null inhibitory effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gohda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D003907:Dexamethasone