title: KGF and EGF differentially regulate the phenotype of prostatic epithelial cells.
abstract: Previous studies indicate that keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) acts as a paracrine factor in the prostatic epithelium and epidermal growth factor (EGF) acts as an autocrine factor. In serum-free medium, KGF or EGF promoted similar growth of human prostatic epithelial cells. Response to two growth-inhibitory factors (suramin and transforming growth factor-beta), and expression of keratins and prostate-specific antigen (PSA), were similar with either mitogen. However, colonies in medium with KGF were very compact with extensive intercellular bonds, whereas colonies with EGF consisted of widely-separated cells. Growth was decreased to a greater extent by deletion of growth factors from medium with KGF versus EGF, and retinoic acid was 10-fold more potent at inducing growth inhibition and differentiation-associated keratin with KGF compared with EGF. We conclude that regulation of growth and differentiation in the prostate might vary depending on the availability of KGF versus EGF.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Peehl
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002999:Clone Cells; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007633:Keratins / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D011467:Prostate / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000473:pathology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C496453:FGF7 protein, human; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D014212:Tretinoin; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007633:Keratins