title: Characterization of receptors of insect cytokine, growth-blocking peptide, in human keratinocyte and insect Sf9 cells.
abstract: Insect cytokine, growth-blocking peptide (GBP), enhances cell proliferation of human keratinocyte cells with a potency almost equivalent to that of human epidermal growth factor (EGF). GBP consists of 25 amino acid residues containing a core region that shows a striking similarity to the C-terminal beta-loop domain of EGF and disordered N and C termini. The present study demonstrates that, although GBP lacks the N-terminal half-portion of EGF molecule, at least five amino acids of the disordered N-terminal six-amino acid region are indispensable for affecting the cell growth activity of GBP. Upon stimulating mitogenesis in keratinocyte cells, GBP directly binds and activates their EGF receptors. GBP also effects proliferative activity on insect Sf9 cells through the binding and activation of the specific receptor, which consists of a heterodimeric complex: a binding subunit (60 kDa) and a tyrosine phosphorylation subunit (58 kDa). These results indicate that GBP enhances cell proliferation of human keratinocyte and insect Sf9 cells through the activation of EGF and GBP receptors, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan 060-0819.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayakawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000378:metabolism; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015603:Keratinocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine / Q000378:metabolism*; D018411:Spodoptera
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D019476:Insect Proteins; D018121:Receptors, Cytokine; C068690:growth blocking peptide, Apanteles kariyai; D066246:ErbB Receptors