title: Characterization of platelet-derived growth factor-C (PDGF-C): expression in normal and tumor cells, biological activity and chromosomal localization.
abstract: The predicted platelet-derived growth factor-C (PDGF-C) polypeptide contains an N-terminal CUB-like domain and a C-terminal domain with homology to members of the PDGF/vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family. PDGF-C mRNA is widely expressed in normal tissues and does not appear to be up-regulated in the tumor cell lines tested. The PDGF-C gene was mapped to human chromosome 4q31-32. PDGF-C protein and the CUB domain of PDGF-C expressed in Escherichia coli, were able to stimulate proliferation of human artery smooth muscle cells, but were inactive on umbilical vein endothelial cells, osteoblasts, fibroblasts, skeletal muscle cells (SkMC), bovine chondrocytes, and rat myocardium cells. Although the mitogenic activity of PDGF-C and the CUB domain was only observed at concentrations ranging from 1 to 10 microg/ml, substitution of Cys(124) by Ser or deletion of Cys(124) significantly reduced the mitogenic activity. Our data suggest a possible role of the CUB domain of PDGF-C in addition to its role in maintaining latency of the PDGF domain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotechnology & High Throughput Screening, Janssen Research Foundation, Turnhoutseweg 30, B2340 Beerse, Belgium.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dijkmans
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Masure
authors.forename: Sridevi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dhanaraj
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gosiewska
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Geesin
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprengel
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verhasselt
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yon
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002894:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008222:Lymphokines; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D008222:Lymphokines; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C411423:platelet-derived growth factor C