GROWTH-STIMULATION OF RAT FETAL HEPATOCYTES IN RESPONSE TO HEPATOCYTE GROWTH-FACTOR - MODULATION OF C-MYC AND C-FOS EXPRESSION

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FABREGAT, I [1 ]
DEJUAN, C [1 ]
NAKAMURA, T [1 ]
BENITO, M [1 ]
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[1] KYUSHU UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT BIOL,FUKUOKA 812,JAPAN
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10.1016/0006-291X(92)92255-V
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Hepatocyte growth factor, which is a potent growth factor for primary cultured adult hepatocytes, strongly stimulated DNA synthesis of rat fetal (20-day of gestation) hepatocytes. Its mitogenic capacity, measured as (3H)-thymidine incorporation into acid precipitable material was dose dependent, being detectable at 1 ng/ml and maximal at 5 ng/ml. Over 15% of the cells entered into S-phase and mitosis as judged by flow cytometric analysis of the cell cycle. HGF had additive effects with transforming growth factor-alpha, whereas transforming growth factor-beta strongly inhibited DNA synthesis of fetal hepatocytes stimulated by HGF. HGF induced c-fos and c-myc expression in a time-dependent manner, with a maximum at 30 min for c-fos and 8 h for c-myc. These results suggest that HGF may act as a proliferative factor during fetal liver growth. © 1992.
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