title: Expression cDNA cloning of the KGF receptor by creation of a transforming autocrine loop.
abstract: An expression cloning strategy was devised to isolate the keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) receptor complementary DNA. NIH/3T3 fibroblasts, which secrete this epithelial cell-specific mitogen, were transfected with a keratinocyte expression complementary DNA library. Among several transformed foci identified, one demonstrated the acquisition of specific high-affinity KGF binding sites. The pattern of binding competition by related fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) indicated that this receptor had high affinity for acidic FGF as well as KGF. The rescued 4.2-kilobase complementary DNA was shown to encode a predicted membrane-spanning tyrosine kinase related to but distinct from the basic FGF receptor. This expression cloning approach may be generally applicable to the isolation of genes that constitute limiting steps in mitogenic signaling pathways.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Fleming
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bottaro
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ron
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Aaronson
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010957:Plasmids; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: C496454:Fgf7 protein, mouse; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D006133:Growth Substances; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D017468:Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004247:DNA; D051497:Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2; C065104:keratinocyte growth factor receptor