1. Transglutaminase differentially regulates growth signalling in rat perivenous and periportal hepatocytes.
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Maruko, A., Ohtake, Y., Konno, K., Abe, S., and Ohkubo, Y.
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TRANSGLUTAMINASES ,EPIDERMAL growth factor ,LIVER cells ,THYMIDINE ,TRETINOIN - Abstract
The influence of transglutaminase 2 (TG2) activity on the proliferative effect of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and on EGF receptor affinity in periportal hepatocytes (PPH) and perivenous hepatocytes (PVH) has been investigated using a primary culture system. PPH and PVH subpopulations have been isolated using the digitonin/collagenase perfusion technique. DNA synthesis was assessed by [
3 H] thymidine incorporation into hepatocytes. The assay for binding of [125 I] EGF to cultured hepatocytes was analysed by Scatchard plot analysis. Pretreatment with the TG2 inhibitor monodansylcadaverine (MDC) greatly increased EGF-induced DNA synthesis in both PPH and PVH. Furthermore, [125 I] EGF binding studies in PVH treated with MDC indicated that high-affinity EGF receptor expression was markedly up-regulated, whereas in PPH, there was no significant effect. Treatment with retinoic acid (RA), an inducer of TG2 expression, significantly decreased EGF-induced DNA synthesis in both PPH and PVH. Binding studies in the presence of RA revealed that the high-affinity EGF receptor was down-regulated and completely absent in both PPH and PVH. These results suggest that TG2 was involved in the differential growth capacities of PPH and PVH through down-regulation of high-affinity EGF receptors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2006
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