title: Platelet-derived growth factors-AA and -BB regulate collagen and collagenase gene expression differentially in human fibroblasts.
abstract: Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) is a mitogen associated with tissue repair, a process involving collagen synthesis and remodelling by interstitial collagenase. This study examines and compares the regulation of interstitial collagenase and collagen gene expression by PDGF-AA and -BB in human fibroblasts. Time-course analysis showed that neither PDGF-AA or -BB had a consistent effect on the expression of pro-alpha 1(I) or pro-alpha 2(I) type-I collagen genes. In contrast, interstitial collagenase gene expression was found to be consistently up-regulated severalfold by PDGF-BB. Enhanced expression of the collagenase gene was not apparently due to up-regulation of its promoter activity in human dermal fibroblasts, as indicated by transient and stable transfection experiments. Unlike PDGF-BB, PDGF-AA did not alter collagenase mRNA levels under low-serum culture conditions. Thus, the biological activities of the PDGF homodimers are different, with PDGF-BB being clearly more potent than PDGF-AA in its regulation of collagenase gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rouda
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Fox
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000077214:Becaplermin; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D017364:Collagenases / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011347:Procollagen / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012016:Reference Values; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D011347:Procollagen; D020574:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-sis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C075278:platelet-derived growth factor A; D000077214:Becaplermin; D003094:Collagen; D017364:Collagenases