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Donthamsetty S, Bhave VS, Mars WM, Bowen WC, Orr A, Haynes MM, Wu C, Michalopoulos GK. Role of PINCH and its partner tumor suppressor Rsu-1 in regulating liver size and tumorigenesis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74625. [PMID: 24058607 PMCID: PMC3776730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Particularly interesting new cysteine-histidine-rich protein (PINCH) protein is part of the ternary complex known as the IPP (integrin linked kinase (ILK)-PINCH-Parvin-α) complex. PINCH itself binds to ILK and to another protein known as Rsu-1 (Ras suppressor 1). We generated PINCH 1 and PINCH 2 Double knockout mice (referred as PINCH DKO mice). PINCH2 elimination was systemic whereas PINCH1 elimination was targeted to hepatocytes. The genetically modified mice were born normal. The mice were sacrificed at different ages after birth. Soon after birth, they developed abnormal hepatic histology characterized by disorderly hepatic plates, increased proliferation of hepatocytes and biliary cells and increased deposition of extracellular matrix. After a sustained and prolonged proliferation of all epithelial components, proliferation subsided and final liver weight by the end of 30 weeks in livers with PINCH DKO deficient hepatocytes was 40% larger than the control mice. The livers of the PINCH DKO mice were also very stiff due to increased ECM deposition throughout the liver, with no observed nodularity. Mice developed liver cancer by one year. These mice regenerated normally when subjected to 70% partial hepatectomy and did not show any termination defect. Ras suppressor 1 (Rsu-1) protein, the binding partner of PINCH is frequently deleted in human liver cancers. Rsu-1 expression is dramatically decreased in PINCH DKO mouse livers. Increased expression of Rsu-1 suppressed cell proliferation and migration in HCC cell lines. These changes were brought about not by affecting activation of Ras (as its name suggests) but by suppression of Ras downstream signaling via RhoGTPase proteins. In conclusion, our studies suggest that removal of PINCH results in enlargement of liver and tumorigenesis. Decreased levels of Rsu-1, a partner for PINCH and a protein often deleted in human liver cancer, may play an important role in the development of the observed phenotype.
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- Shashikiran Donthamsetty
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suwannee, Georgia, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lee KC, Chan CC, Yang YY, Hsieh YC, Huang YH, Lin HC. Aliskiren attenuates chronic carbon tetrachloride-induced liver injury in mice. Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42:1261-71. [PMID: 22998019 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2362.2012.02725.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Increased angiotensin II (Ang II) plays an important role in liver inflammation and fibrogenesis. Chronic administration of aliskiren, a newly developed direct renin inhibitor, decreases Ang II in the hypertensive patients and animals. AIMS Our study aims to evaluate the possible protective effects of chronic administration of aliskiren in a chronic liver injury model. METHODS C57BL6 mice were injected intraperitoneally with carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4)) to induce chronic liver injury. The injured mice were randomly assigned to aliskiren-treated (25 mg/kg per day for 2 weeks, the CCl(4) + Ali group) or untreated group (the CCl(4) group). Mice without CCl(4) and aliskiren administration served as the normal control. RESULTS In the CCl(4)-injured mice, aliskiren attenuated liver inflammation and fibrosis. The levels of hepatocyte apoptosis, lipid peroxidation production, the activation of hepatic stellate cells and Kupffer cells, hepatic expression of p47 phox, inflammatory mediators and profibrotic markers were reduced in the CCl(4) + Ali group. Furthermore, aliskiren decreased Ang II, activated the renal expression of renin, but down-regulated the hepatic expression of renin and renin receptor in the CCl(4)-injected mice. CONCLUSIONS Aliskiren attenuates chronic liver injury in the CCl(4)-treated mice by reducing Ang II. Direct renin inhibition may serve as a potential treatment for chronic liver injury.
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- Kuei-Chuan Lee
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Li Y, Cao H, Jiao Z, Pakala SB, Sirigiri DNR, Li W, Kumar R, Mishra L. Carcinoembryonic antigen interacts with TGF-{beta} receptor and inhibits TGF-{beta} signaling in colorectal cancers. Cancer Res 2010; 70:8159-68. [PMID: 20889724 PMCID: PMC3001246 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-1073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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As a tumor marker for colorectal cancers, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) enhances the metastatic potential of cancer cells. CEA functions as an intercellular adhesion molecule and is upregulated in a wide variety of human cancers. However, the molecular mechanisms by which CEA mediates metastasis remain to be understood. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) signaling regulates both tumor suppression and metastasis, and also contributes to the stimulation of CEA transcription and secretion in colorectal cancer cells. However, it remains unknown whether CEA, in turn, influences TGF-β functions and if a regulatory cross-talk exists between CEA and the TGF-β signaling pathway. Here, we report that CEA directly interacts with TGF-β receptor and inhibits TGF-β signaling. Targeting CEA with either CEA-specific antibody or siRNA rescues TGF-β response in colorectal cancer cell lines with elevated CEA, thereby restoring the inhibitory effects of TGF-β signaling on proliferation. CEA also enhances the survival of colorectal cancer cells in both local colonization and liver metastasis in animal study. Our study provides novel insights into the interaction between CEA and TGF-β signaling pathway and establishes a negative feedback loop in amplifying the progression of colon cancer cells to more invasive phenotypes. These findings offer new therapeutic opportunities to inhibit colorectal cancer cell proliferation by cotargeting CEA in promoting tumor-inhibitory action of the TGF-β pathway.
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- Ying Li
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 22237
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 22237
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the University of Texas
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Miller AF, Harvey SA, Thies RS, Olson MS. Bone morphogenetic protein-9. An autocrine/paracrine cytokine in the liver. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:17937-45. [PMID: 10849432 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.24.17937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) occupy important roles during development serving to direct cells through specific differentiation programs. While several BMPs are essential for embryonic viability, their significance in mediating intercellular communication in the context of adult organ systems remains largely unknown. In the adult rat we characterized the tissue- and cell-specific transcription and translation of BMP-9. Utilizing a ribonuclease protection assay, we determined that in the adult animal, BMP-9 expression occurs predominantly in the liver. Furthermore, we determined that the non-parenchymal cells of the liver, i.e. endothelial, Kupffer, and stellate cells, are the major sources of this message. Western analyses corroborate the ribonuclease protection assay results, confirming that LEC and KC contain an abundance of immunoreactive BMP-9. Using [(125)I]BMP-9, a receptor with specific binding affinity for BMP-9 was characterized in primary cultures of hepatic endothelial cells and Kupffer cells. BMP-9 binding to these cell types was observed to be fully reversible and highly specific for this ligand. Additionally, we demonstrate that BMP-9 is specifically internalized upon binding to its receptor. This may represent a novel BMP receptor and is the first to be characterized in primary cultures of mature liver non-parenchymal cells. Our results depict BMP-9 as a potential autocrine/paracrine mediator in the hepatic reticuloendothelial system.
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- A F Miller
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78284-7600, USA
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Song XY, Zeng L, Pilo CM, Zagorski J, Wahl SM. Inhibition of Bacterial Cell Wall-Induced Leukocyte Recruitment and Hepatic Granuloma Formation by TGF-β Gene Transfer. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.7.4020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Intraperitoneal injection of streptococcal cell walls (SCW) into Lewis rats results in dissemination of SCW to the liver, spleen, bone marrow, and peripheral joints. The uptake of SCW by Kupffer cells in the liver initiates a chain of events largely mediated by T lymphocytes and macrophages. Local synthesis and secretion of cytokines and growth factors in response to the persistent SCW lead to the evolution and maintenance of a chronic T cell-dependent granulomatous response and result in granuloma formation and irreversible hepatic fibrosis. In an attempt to impede the development of the chronic granulomatous lesions in the liver, we injected a plasmid DNA encoding TGF-β1 i.m. to the SCW animals to determine the effect of TGF-β1 gene transfer on the course of liver inflammation and fibrosis. A single injection of plasmid DNA encoding TGF-β1 resulted in virtual abolition of the development of the SCW-induced hepatic granuloma formation and matrix expansion. TGF-β1 DNA not only reduced key proinflammatory cytokines including TNF-α, IL-1β, IFN-γ, and IL-18, but also inhibited both CXC and CC chemokine production, thereby blocking inflammatory cell recruitment and accumulation in the liver. Moreover, TGF-β1 gene delivery inhibited its own expression in the liver tissue, which is otherwise up-regulated in SCW-injected animals. Our study suggests that TGF-β1 gene transfer suppresses hepatic granuloma formation by blocking the recruitment of inflammatory cells to the liver, and thus may provide a new approach to the control of hepatic granulomatous and fibrotic diseases.
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- Xiao-yu Song
- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Mendenhall CL, Theus SA, Roselle GA, Grossman CJ, Rouster SD. Biphasic in vivo immune function after low- versus high-dose alcohol consumption. Alcohol 1997; 14:255-60. [PMID: 9160803 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-8329(96)00150-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A series of experiments was performed to assess the alterations in immune status in vivo that are associated with differences in the amount and duration of ethanol intake. Using a nonspecific delayed cutaneous hypersensitivity-like response to the intradermal injection of phytohemagglutinin, the area of induration (skin test response) was significantly enhanced (p = 0.008) after low-dose ethanol (0.5 g/kg) administered daily by gastric gavage for 5 days. High-dose ethanol (6.0 g/kg) significantly diminished this response (p = 0.03). Using an experimental model of Mycobacterium bovis hepatitis, the host immune response was also altered in a biphasic manner after chronic, 28-day ethanol consumption. With this model 0.43 +/- 0.03 g/kg/day (mean +/- SEM) of ethanol (low dose) was associated with a 40% improvement in the removal of the organisms from liver tissue (p = 0.002). High dose (12.1 +/- 0.5 g/kg/day) impaired removal, resulting in a 55% increase in the number of viable organisms (p = 0.001). The levels of three cytokines, MIF, TNF-alpha, and IL-2, known to be involved in the modulation of the host response to mycobacterial infections, were measured in sera after the infection. The serum levels of these cytokines in response to infection did not correlate with this biphasic response to different alcohol dose levels.
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- C L Mendenhall
- Department of Veteran Affairs and University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Department of Medicine, OH 45220, USA
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Wahl SM, Frazier-Jessen M, Jin WW, Kopp JB, Sher A, Cheever AW. Cytokine regulation of schistosome-induced granuloma and fibrosis. Kidney Int 1997; 51:1370-5. [PMID: 9150446 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1997.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Schistosomiasis mansoni, a major cause of hepatic fibrosis in many developing countries, triggers a granulomatous inflammatory reaction in response to its eggs that lodge in the liver. The egg antigens are eliminated slowly, and the persistent granulomatous response leads to prolonged matrix synthesis and hepatic fibrosis. In mice, soluble egg antigens (SEA) induce interleukin 4 synthesis, promoting a dominant T helper type 2 lymphocyte accumulation with the release of additional cytokines (IL-5, IL-10), which not only suppress Th1 lymphocyte subset cytokines, but mediate the characteristic pathophysiology. Manipulation of the cytokine profile with antagonists or exogenous cytokine delivery alters the course of the hepatic inflammation and fibrosis. In the evolution of the granulomatous response to the S. mansoni eggs, transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) is also produced that may modulate inflammation and regulate fibrogenesis. In TGF-beta 1-gene targeted mutant mice that over-express TGF-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1 transgenics) or in which TGF-beta 1 has been inactivated (TGF-beta 1-/-; null mutation) or partially inactivated (TGF-beta 1+/-; null mutation heterozygotes), the altered production of TGF-beta 1 impacts on S. mansoni granuloma and hepatic fibrosis. In addition to the Th1/Th2 cytokine balance, modulation of TGF-beta 1 may change the outcome of chronic inflammatory fibrotic disease.
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- S M Wahl
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Herfarth HH, Mohanty SP, Rath HC, Tonkonogy S, Sartor RB. Interleukin 10 suppresses experimental chronic, granulomatous inflammation induced by bacterial cell wall polymers. Gut 1996; 39:836-45. [PMID: 9038666 PMCID: PMC1383456 DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.6.836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Interleukin 10 (IL10) inhibits monocyte/macrophage and T lymphocyte effector functions. This study examined the effect of systemically administered IL10 on acute and chronic granulomatous enterocolitis, hepatitis, and arthritis in a rat model. METHODS Lewis rats were injected intramurally with streptococcal peptidoglycan-polysaccharide (PG-APS) polymers. Beginning 12 hours before PG-APS injection, rats were treated daily with subcutaneous murine recombinant IL10 or vehicle for three or 17 days. RESULTS IL10 attenuated acute enterocolitis in a dose dependent fashion (p < 0.01). Protective effects were more profound in the chronic granulomatous phase with decreased enterocolitis and markedly inhibited leucocytosis, hepatic granulomas, and chronic erosive arthritis (p < 0.001). IL10 downregulated tissue IL1, IL6, tumour necrosis factor alpha, and interferon gamma gene expression, consistent with the in vitro effects of IL10 on PG-APS-stimulated splenocytes. Caecal IL1 protein concentrations and IL2 and interferon gamma secretion by in vitro stimulated mesenteric lymph nodes were downregulated in IL10 treated animals. CONCLUSIONS These results indicate that exogenous IL10 can inhibit experimental granulomatous inflammatory responses and suggest that IL10 treatment could be an effective new therapeutic approach in human disorders such as Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and sarcoidosis.
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- H H Herfarth
- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7080, USA
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Kim D, Kim SJ. Transforming Growth Factor-beta Receptors: Role in Physiology and Disease. J Biomed Sci 1996; 3:143-158. [PMID: 11725095 DOI: 10.1007/bf02253095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) plays a pivotal role in numerous vital cellular activities, most significantly the regulation of cellular proliferation and differentiation and synthesis of extracellular matrix components. Its ubiquitous presence in different tissues and strict conservation of nucleotide sequence down through the most primitive vertebrate organism underscore the essential nature of this family of molecules. The effects of TGF-beta are mediated by a family of dedicated receptors, the TGF-beta types I, II, and III receptors. It is now known that a wide variety of human pathology can be caused by aberrant expression and function of these receptors or their cognate ligands. The coding sequence of the human type II receptor appears to render it uniquely susceptible to DNA replication errors in the course of normal cell division. There are now substantial data suggesting that TGF-beta type II receptor should be considered a tumor suppressor gene. High levels of mutation in the TGF-beta type II receptor gene have been observed in a wide variety of primarily epithelial malignancies, including colon, gastric, and hepatic cancer. It appears likely that mutation of the TGF-beta type II receptor gene represents a very critical step in the pathway of carcinogenesis. Copyright 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel
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- D.H. Kim
- Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Md., USA
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Panagakos FS. Insulin-like growth factors-I and -II stimulate chemotaxis of osteoblasts isolated from fetal rat calvaria. Biochimie 1993; 75:991-4. [PMID: 8123707 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(93)90150-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Repair and regeneration of damaged bone is believed to be regulated in part by growth factors stored in the bone matrix. These growth factors are synthesized and secreted by osteoblasts and are incorporated into the developing bone. This pool of stored growth factors is then released into the immediate area following resorption of the matrix. One of the initial steps in bone repair is the recruitment of osteoblasts to the repair site. Growth factors, such as TGF-beta and PDGF, which are present in bone matrix, have been shown to be chemotactic for osteoblasts. In this study, primary cultures of osteoblasts isolated from fetal rat calvaria were examined for chemotaxis in response to IGF-I and IGF-II. IGF-I stimulated a dose-dependent increase in osteoblast chemotaxis, while IGF-II stimulated chemotaxis maximally at the lowest concentration studied (0.1 ng/ml), and had no effect at the highest concentration studied (100 ng/ml). IGF-I and -II had no effect on osteoblast proliferation at any of the concentrations examined. These results indicate that IGFs may be playing an important role in the early stages of bone repair by stimulating osteoblast chemotaxis to the repair site.
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- F S Panagakos
- Department of Prosthodontics and Biomaterials, New Jersey Dental School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103
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