title: Activation of fibroblast growth factor 8 gene expression in human embryonal carcinoma cells.
abstract: To study the role of fibroblast growth factor 8 (FGF-8) in human development and malignancies, we have isolated and characterized its gene. The gene spans 6.0 kbp and is comprised of five exons. Using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, we were able to show that FGF-8 is expressed in two of the seven human mammary carcinoma cell lines tested and in only one of nine breast tumors. In contrast, both of the two normal breast tissues tested express FGF-8. FGF-8 was previously shown to be present in adult testis and ovary. Surprisingly, only one of the seven testis carcinomas and one of 12 ovary carcinomas express FGF-8, whereas all three kidney carcinomas tested express FGF-8. We further showed that fetal brain and lung express FGF-8, whereas fetal intestine and liver do not. Finally, we showed that a teratocarcinoma cell line, Tera-2, can be induced to express FGF-8 mRNA by fetal bovine serum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, U.S.A.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Payson
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Chiu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001921:Brain / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D001940:Breast / Q000378:metabolism*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D019976:Cloning, Organism; D005091:Exons; D005260:Female; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000737:chemistry; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000737:chemistry; D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D008168:Lung / Q000196:embryology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000378:metabolism; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C496456:FGF8 protein, human; C496457:Fgf8 protein, mouse; D006133:Growth Substances; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D051524:Fibroblast Growth Factor 8; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors