title: Epidermal growth factor inhibits phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase gene expression in rat hepatocytes in primary culture.
abstract: Epidermal growth factor (EGF) decreased the basal, and blocked the dibutyryl cyclic AMP (Bt2cAMP)-induced, expression of P-enolpyruvate carboxykinase (GTP) (PEPCK) and tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) genes in both rat hepatocytes in primary culture and the FTO-2B hepatoma cell line. Treatment of hepatocytes with EGF in combination with phorbol ester (TPA) resulted in an additive decrease of PEPCK mRNA levels. Overnight pretreatment of hepatocytes with TPA, which is known to downregulate protein kinase C, abolished the TPA and reduced the EGF-mediated inhibition of PEPCK gene expression. These results suggested that EGF caused its effect, at least in part, through protein kinase C.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fillat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valera
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bosch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000235:genetics*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014444:Tyrosine Transaminase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D003994:Bucladesine; D014444:Tyrosine Transaminase; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP); D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate