title: Chicken epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor: cDNA cloning, expression in mouse cells, and differential binding of EGF and transforming growth factor alpha.
abstract: The primary structure of the chicken epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor was deduced from the sequence of a cDNA clone containing the complete coding sequence and shown to be highly homologous to the human EGF receptor. NIH-3T3 cells devoid of endogenous EGF receptor were transfected with the appropriate cDNA constructs and shown to express either chicken or human EGF receptors. Like the human EGF receptor, the chicken EGF receptor is a glycoprotein with an apparent molecular weight of 170,000. Murine EGF bound to the chicken receptor with approximately 100-fold lower affinity than to the human receptor molecule. Surprisingly, human transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) bound equally well or even better to the chicken EGF receptor than to the human EGF receptor. Moreover, TGF-alpha stimulated DNA synthesis 100-fold better than did EGF in NIH 3T3 cells that expressed the chicken EGF receptor. The differential binding and potency of mammalian EGF and TGF-alpha by the avian EGF receptor contrasts with the similar affinities of the mammalian receptor for the two growth factors.
authors.affiliation: Rorer Central Research, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lax
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Howk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sap
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bellot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winkler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ullrich
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vennstrom
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schlessinger
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Givol
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002645:Chickens; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors
chemical_list: D010455:Peptides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D015291:Transforming Growth Factors; D004247:DNA; D066246:ErbB Receptors