title: [Mechanism for activation of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor induced by stimuli].
abstract: Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor(HB-EGF), which belongs to the EGF family, is a critical growth factor for a number of physiological and pathological processes, such as wound healing and cardiac hypertrophy. HB-EGF is synthesized as a membrane-anchored form(pro-HB-EGF), and pro-HB-EGF is cleaved at the cell surface to yield soluble HB-EGF by a mechanism called "ectodomain shedding". Soluble HB-EGF has mitogenic activity. Ectodomain shedding of proHB-EGF is induced by stimuli, including 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate(TPA), a ligand for seven-transmembrane G protein-coupled receptors(GPCR), stress and inflammatory cytokine. Lysophosphatidic acid(LPA), a ligand for GPCR, stimulates the shedding of proHB-EGF, which constitutes a GPCR-mediated transactivation of the EGF receptor. Ras-Raf-MEK signal and the small GTPase Rac are essential for the LPA-induced shedding. On the other hand, protein kinase C and ADAM 9 protease are essential for the TPA-induced shedding. Furthermore, p38 MAPK is essential for the stress- and IL-1 beta-induced shedding. Finally there is a mechanism for activation of HB-EGF regulated by the environment in the living body.
authors.affiliation: Radioisotope Research Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Umata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D066257:Heparin-binding EGF-like Growth Factor; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008246:Lysophospholipids; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate