In vivo transfer of hepatocyte growth factor gene accelerates proliferation of hepatic oval cells in a 2-acetylaminofluorene/partial hepatectomy model in rats

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作者
Shiota, G [1 ]
Kunisada, T
Oyama, K
Udagawa, A
Nomi, T
Tanaka, K
Tsutsumi, A
Isono, M
Nakamura, T
Hamada, H
Sakatani, T
Sell, S
Sato, K
Ito, H
Kawasaki, H
机构
[1] Tottori Univ, Fac Med, Dept Internal Med 2, Yonago, Tottori 6838504, Japan
[2] Tottori Univ, Fac Med, Dept Immunol, Yonago, Tottori 6838504, Japan
[3] Tottori Univ, Fac Med, Dept Mol Biol, Yonago, Tottori 6838504, Japan
[4] Japanese Fdn Canc Res, Ctr Canc Chemotherapy, Tokyo 170, Japan
[5] Tottori Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pathol 1, Yonago, Tottori 6838504, Japan
[6] Albany Med Coll, Dept Pathol, Albany, NY USA
关键词
hepatocyte growth factor; oval cell; Solt-Farber model; liver regeneration;
D O I
10.1016/S0014-5793(00)01337-5
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
To clarify the effect of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on proliferation of hepatic oval cells, rye transferred HGF gene into liver of the Solt-Farber rat model. Male Fisher 344 rats mere infected with a recombinant adenovirus carrying the cDNA for HGF (pAxCAHGF) from tail vein. HGF mRNA showed its peak at 4 days, and diminished thereafter. The total and proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive hepatic oval cells were significantly elevated in HGF-transferred rats, in which stem cell factor and c-kit mRNA increased at each time point. Our results suggest that in vivo transfer of the HGF gene into liver accelerates proliferation of hepatic oval cells in the Solt-Farber model in rats. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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