title: Modulation of c-kit mRNA and protein by hemopoietic growth factors.
abstract: We examined the effects of various hemopoietins on c-kit mRNA and protein expression. Interleukin-3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, and erythropoietin, but not IL-4, down-regulated levels of c-kit mRNA expressed by mast cells and stem cell progenitors. The effect of IL-3 was dominant and independent of cell growth or viability and was paralleled by reduced expression in c-kit protein. These observations indicate that regulation of c-kit expression is closely interlinked with the molecular mechanisms triggered by erythropoietin, IL-3, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Welham
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schrader
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004921:Erythropoietin; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit