title: Gene profiling of cells expressing different FGF-2 forms.
abstract: Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 (FGF-2) induces cell proliferation, cell migration, embryonic development, cell differentiation, angiogenesis and malignant transformation. The four forms of FGF-2 (Low Molecular Weight) and (High Molecular Weights) are alternative translation products, and have a different subcellular localization: the high molecular weight (HMWFGF-2) forms are nuclear while the low molecular weight form, (LMWFGF-2) is mainly cytoplasmic. Our previous work demonstrated NIH 3T3 cells expressing different FGF-2 forms, displayed a different phenotype, suggesting that nuclear and cytoplasmic forms of FGF-2 may have different functions. Here we report a cDNA microarray-based study in NIH 3T3 fibroblasts expressing different FGF-2 forms. Several candidate genes that affect cell-cycle, tumor suppression, adhesion and transcription were identified as possible mediators of the HMWFGF-2 phenotype and signaling pattern. These results demonstrated that HMWFGF-2 and LMWFGF-2 target the expression of different genes. Particularly, our data suggest that HMWFGF-2 forms may function as inducers of growth inhibition and tumor suppression activities.
authors: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine Stanford University, 257 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5148, USA. quarto@unina.it
authors: Natalina
authors: N
authors: Quarto
authors: Kenton D
authors: KD
authors: Fong
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: Longaker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D048053:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008970:Molecular Weight; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; C486110:Egr1 protein, rat; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D048053:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6