title: Neu differentiation factor/heregulin induction by hepatocyte and keratinocyte growth factors.
abstract: Hepatocyte growth-factor (HGF) is a potent, widely produced, pleiotropic mediator of mesenchymal-epithelial interaction. In a study of changes in gene expression initiated by HGF in Balb/MK keratinocytes, we observed the induction of Neu-differentiation factor (NDF) mRNA (also known as heregulin, or HRG). Further characterization of the regulation of NDF expression in Balb/MK keratinocytes revealed potent induction by keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and epidermal growth factor (EGF), but not by HGF/NK2, an alternative HGF isoform with motogenic but not mitogenic or morphogenic activities. Sustained treatment (8 h) of Balb/MK cells with KGF stimulated secretion of mature NDF protein into the culture medium, and Balb/ MK cells treated with purified recombinant NDF protein showed increased DNA synthesis. We also found evidence of NDF induction in two models of tissue repair in mice: in full-thickness skin wounds, following locally increased KGF production, and in kidney after partial hepatectomy, following elevation of circulating HGF levels. These results reveal that mesenchymally-derived HGF and KGF can activate autocrine NDF signaling in their epithelial targets, and suggest that this mechanism contributes to the coordination of stages of wound repair, and possibly development, where these growth factors act in concert to direct epithelial proliferation, morphogenesis and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Basic Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castagnino
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lorenzi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Breckenridge
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Munz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: D P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Bottaro
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020890:Neuregulin-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: C496454:Fgf7 protein, mouse; D051526:Fibroblast Growth Factor 10; D006133:Growth Substances; D020890:Neuregulin-1; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor