title: Effect of phenytoin medication on the metabolism of epidermal growth factor receptor in cultured gingival fibroblasts.
abstract: Human gingival fibroblasts derived from 2 patients before and 9 months after the start of phenytoin (PHT) therapy were studied with respect to the effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the incorporation of 3H-thymidine into DNA, binding of EGF to its cell-surface receptor, internalization of EGF-receptor-ligand complexes and, finally, with respect to EGF receptor mRNA levels. In fibroblasts derived from the patient who developed gingival overgrowth during the PHT medication (responder) as well as in the fibroblasts derived from the patient where gingival overgrowth did not develop (non-responder), the affinity of the EGF receptor for EGF was not significantly changed. In the non-responder patient the internalization of EGF receptor ligand was decreased, whereas it was increased in the fibroblasts derived from the responder patient after PHT therapy. The steady-state level of EGF-r mRNA increased significantly (p less than 0.001) in the cultured fibroblasts derived from the non-responder but decreased (p less than 0.05) in the responder patient following PHT therapy. Ligand affinity cross-linking studies revealed one major component of EGF receptor with a molecular weight of 170 KDa in fibroblasts from the non-responder as well as from the responder. The study indicates that PHT medication results in a down-regulation of EGF receptor metabolism in fibroblasts derived from a responder patient, whereas in the non-responder patient EGF receptor metabolism is up-regulated.
authors: Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Odontology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden.
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Modéer
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Mendez
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Dahllöf
authors: I
authors: I
authors: Andurén
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Andersson
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005885:Gingival Hyperplasia / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D010672:Phenytoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010672:Phenytoin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D004247:DNA; D066246:ErbB Receptors