title: Human PACAP response gene 1 (p22/PRG1): proliferation-associated expression in pancreatic carcinoma cells.
abstract: p22/PACAP response gene-1 (PRG1) is a novel rat early response gene expressed during induction of proliferation and stress response. In humans, a homolog of p22/PRG1, designated IEX-1/DIF-2, exists, yet the exact function of this gene remains elusive. To characterize the expression of p22/PRG1 in human cancers, we analyzed the expression of p22/PRG1 in the human pancreatic carcinoma cell lines 818-4, PT45, and PancTu1. Serum or growth factors, like epidermal growth factor (EGF) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), rapidly and transiently induced transcription of p22/PRG1 in these cells, correlating with the mitogenic response. Treatment with TNF-alpha was followed by a rapid increase of p22/PRG1 messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in PT45 and Panc-Tul cells, which proliferate in the presence of TNF-alpha, but not in 818-4 cells, which are growth-inhibited when treated with TNF-alpha. Our findings suggest that human p22/PRG1 is expressed in various pancreatic carcinoma cells as a growth-associated early response gene.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Medicine, University of Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schäfer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lettau
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trauzold
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banasch
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Schmidt
mesh_terms: D002455:Cell Division; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000235:genetics*; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020218:Response Elements; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: C495401:ADCYAP1 protein, human; D009479:Neuropeptides; D051219:Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor