title: Induction of hepatocyte growth factor in human skin fibroblasts by epidermal growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor and fibroblast growth factor.
abstract: Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is a potent mitogen for rat and human hepatocytes in primary culture and appears to be the physiological hepatotrophic factor that triggers or modulates liver regeneration. Regulation of HGF gene expression and the protein production in human skin fibroblasts was examined. Addition of epidermal growth factor (EGF), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) to confluent cultures of the cells markedly stimulated HGF secretion from the cells. The stimulating effect of EGF, PDGF and bFGF was further investigated. The effect of all three growth factors was maximal at 3-30 ng/ml and was accompanied by an increase in HGF mRNA levels. The mRNA levels were not elevated at 5 h but were at 10 h or more after addition of EGF. The levels of HGF mRNA in fibroblasts treated with the optimal doses of EGF, PDGF, bFGF, aFGF and TGF-alpha for 24 h were 6, 4, 5, 4 and 5 times that of control cultures incubated in medium only, respectively. The growth factor-induced HGF mRNA expression and HGF secretion was inhibited by addition of TGF-beta 1 or dexamethasone. Pretreatment with a high dose of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), which causes down-regulation in protein kinase C (PKC) activity and PMA-induced HGF secretion, did not reduce the effects of the growth factors on HGF mRNA expression and HGF secretion, but rather enhanced them.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takebe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
mesh_terms: D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007700:Kinetics; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016211:Transforming Growth Factor alpha; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D003907:Dexamethasone; D004247:DNA; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate