EGF-Induced receptor autophosphorylation in primary hepatocytes isolated from phenobarbitone-treated mice.
Phenobarbitone (PB) treatment of mice causes a decrease in the growth factor responsiveness of hepatocytes. Here, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expression and receptor autophosphorylation was determined in hepatocytes isolated from control and PB-treated mice. There was a decrease in the level of EGFR expression in hepatocytes isolated from mice following PB administration when compared to controls. EGF caused an approximate 20-fold increase of the 170 kD phosphotyrosine band in control hepatocytes, which was inhibited by the EGFR specific tyrosine kinase inhibitor 4, 5-dianilinopthalamide. Following PB treatment, the degree of basal receptor phosphorylation (in the absence of EGF) was significantly greater and therefore the fold rise in EGFR phosphorylation in isolated hepatocytes was lower than in controls. However, the overall extent of EGF-induced receptor phosphorylation was not diminished in hepatocytes isolated from PB-treated mice. Therefore the reduction in responsiveness to growth factors seen in hepatocytes ex vivo or the cessation of proliferation observed in vivo following PB administration is unlikely to be attributed to a decrease in ligand binding and subsequent receptor autophosphorylation.
School of Biochemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, United Kingdom.
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Strain
D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010766:Phosphorylation
D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D066246:ErbB Receptors; D010634:Phenobarbital