title: Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF/FGF-7) has a paracrine role in canine prostate: molecular cloning of mRNA encoding canine KGF.
abstract: cDNA encoding the canine keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) was cloned from normal canine prostate tissue. The authentic canine KGF cDNA sequence, 686 bp in length, spans the protein-coding region and 88 bp of the 5' and 19 bp of the 3' untranslated regions of canine KGF. The predicted amino acid sequence of canine KGF is composed of 194 amino acid residues. Canine KGF exhibits highest homology with the human KGF cDNA and amino acid sequences (95.8% and 97.4%, respectively), while it demonstrates the lowest homology with the rat sequences at 88.0% and 92.3%, respectively. The degrees of homology with mouse cDNA and amino acid sequences are 91.8% and 95.9%, respectively. By using RNase protection assay, KGF was shown to be expressed in normal prostate tissues of both mature and young (5-month-old) dogs. In vitro, the recombinant canine KGF has mitogenic activity on cultured canine epithelial cells, whereas it has no effect on cultured canine prostatic stromal cells. This novel canine KGF cDNA may be a valuable tool in the study of human benign prostatic hyperplasia using the canine prostatic as a model.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210-1092, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Canatan
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shidaifat
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kulp
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Brueggemeier
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000737:chemistry; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004285:Dogs; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D015870:Gene Expression; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011467:Prostate / Q000502:physiology; D016415:Sequence Alignment
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C496453:FGF7 protein, human; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D006133:Growth Substances; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors