title: Epiregulin. A novel epidermal growth factor with mitogenic activity for rat primary hepatocytes.
abstract: Epiregulin, a novel epidermal growth factor (EGF)-related growth regulating peptide, was purified from conditioned medium of the mouse fibroblast-derived tumor cell line NIH3T3/clone T7. It was a 46-amino-acid single chain polypeptide, and its amino acid sequence exhibited 24-50% amino acid sequence identity with sequences of other EGF-related growth factors. Epiregulin exhibited bifunctional regulatory properties: it inhibited the growth of several epithelial tumor cells and stimulated the growth of fibroblasts and various other types of cells. Epiregulin bound to the EGF receptors of epidermoid carcinoma A431 cells much more weakly than did EGF, but was nevertheless much more potent than EGF as a mitogen for rat primary hepatocytes and Balb/c 3T3 A31 fibroblasts. These findings suggest that epiregulin plays important roles in regulating the growth of epithelial cells and fibroblasts by binding to receptors for EGF-related ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Biology, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toyoda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Komurasaki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isobe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okuyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hanada
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002845:Chromatography; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D017886:Durapatite; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066260:Epiregulin; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C587880:EREG protein, human; D066260:Epiregulin; C587881:Ereg protein, mouse; C587882:Ereg protein, rat; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D017886:Durapatite; D066246:ErbB Receptors