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Chowdhury S, Erickson SW, MacLeod SL, Cleves MA, Hu P, Karim MA, Hobbs CA. Maternal genome-wide DNA methylation patterns and congenital heart defects. PLoS One 2011; 6:e16506. [PMID: 21297937 PMCID: PMC3031146 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Accepted: 01/03/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The majority of congenital heart defects (CHDs) are thought to result from the interaction between multiple genetic, epigenetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors. Epigenetic mechanisms are attractive targets in the study of complex diseases because they may be altered by environmental factors and dietary interventions. We conducted a population based, case-control study of genome-wide maternal DNA methylation to determine if alterations in gene-specific methylation were associated with CHDs. Using the Illumina Infinium Human Methylation27 BeadChip, we assessed maternal gene-specific methylation in over 27,000 CpG sites from DNA isolated from peripheral blood lymphocytes. Our study sample included 180 mothers with non-syndromic CHD-affected pregnancies (cases) and 187 mothers with unaffected pregnancies (controls). Using a multi-factorial statistical model, we observed differential methylation between cases and controls at multiple CpG sites, although no CpG site reached the most stringent level of genome-wide statistical significance. The majority of differentially methylated CpG sites were hypermethylated in cases and located within CpG islands. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) revealed that the genes of interest were enriched in multiple biological processes involved in fetal development. Associations with canonical pathways previously shown to be involved in fetal organogenesis were also observed. We present preliminary evidence that alterations in maternal DNA methylation may be associated with CHDs. Our results suggest that further studies involving maternal epigenetic patterns and CHDs are warranted. Multiple candidate processes and pathways for future study have been identified.
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- Shimul Chowdhury
- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America.
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Jugessur A, Shi M, Gjessing HK, Lie RT, Wilcox AJ, Weinberg CR, Christensen K, Boyles AL, Daack-Hirsch S, Nguyen TT, Christiansen L, Lidral AC, Murray JC. Maternal genes and facial clefts in offspring: a comprehensive search for genetic associations in two population-based cleft studies from Scandinavia. PLoS One 2010; 5:e11493. [PMID: 20634891 PMCID: PMC2901336 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Fetal conditions can in principle be affected by the mother's genotype working through the prenatal environment. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Genotypes for 1536 SNPs in 357 cleft candidate genes were available from a previous analysis in which we focused on fetal gene effects. After data-cleaning, genotypes for 1315 SNPs in 334 autosomal genes were available for the current analysis of maternal gene effects. Two complementary statistical methods, TRIMM and HAPLIN, were used to detect multi-marker effects in population-based samples from Norway (562 case-parent and 592 control-parent triads) and Denmark (235 case-parent triads). We analyzed isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate (iCL/P) and isolated cleft palate only (iCP) separately and assessed replication by looking for genes detected in both populations by both methods. In iCL/P, neither TRIMM nor HAPLIN detected more genes than expected by chance alone; furthermore, the selected genes were not replicated across the two methods. In iCP, however, FLNB was identified by both methods in both populations. Although HIC1 and ZNF189 did not fully satisfy our stringency criterion for replication, they were strongly associated with iCP in TRIMM analyses of the Norwegian triads. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE Except for FLNB, HIC1 and ZNF189, maternal genes did not appear to influence the risk of clefting in our data. This is consistent with recent epidemiological findings showing no apparent difference between mother-to-offspring and father-to-offspring recurrence of clefts in these two populations. It is likely that fetal genes make the major genetic contribution to clefting risk in these populations, but we cannot rule out the possibility that maternal genes can affect risk through interactions with specific teratogens or fetal genes.
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- Astanand Jugessur
- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Craniofacial Research, Musculoskeletal Disorders, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia
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- Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America
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- College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Departments of Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biological Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
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Klonisch T, Glogowska A, Gratao AA, Grzech M, Nistor A, Torchia M, Weber E, de Angelis MH, Rathkolb B, Cuong HV, Wolf E, Schneider MR. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of human proEGF is a negative modulator of body and organ weights in transgenic mice. FEBS Lett 2009; 583:1349-57. [PMID: 19328792 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.03.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2009] [Revised: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 03/21/2009] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We generated transgenic mice to study the in vivo role of the cytoplasmic domain of human proEGF (proEGFcyt). Post-pubertal proEGFcyt transgenic (tg) mice displayed an up to 15% reduction in body weight, including smaller kidney and brain weights as compared to control littermates. Renal histology, gene expression profiles, and functional parameters were normal. In both sexes, serum levels of IGFBP-3 were reduced. Circulating IGF-I/IGF-II levels were unchanged. Histomorphological analysis revealed isolated foci of liver necrosis specific to proEGFcyt tg mice. In conclusion, we identified proEGF cytoplasmic domain as a novel modulator of whole body and organ-specific growth in mice.
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- Thomas Klonisch
- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Science, University of Manitoba, 130-745 Bannatyne Avenue, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Gauthier SF, Pouliot Y, Maubois JL. Growth factors from bovine milk and colostrum: composition, extraction and biological activities. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006. [DOI: 10.1051/lait:2005048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Cullen-McEwen LA, Caruana G, Bertram JF. The Where, What and Why of the Developing Renal Stroma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 99:e1-8. [PMID: 15637462 DOI: 10.1159/000081792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2004] [Accepted: 06/06/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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In recent years, a great deal has been learnt about the molecular regulation of kidney development. While most research has focused on the molecular regulation of ureteric branching morphogenesis and nephron formation, significant insights into the definition and functions of the renal stroma have emerged. Many molecules expressed in the developing renal stroma are now known to play significant regulatory roles in kidney development. However, the term 'renal stroma' continues to have different meanings to different researchers. This review clarifies this situation and defines the derivation, location and functions of the stroma in the developing metanephros.
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- Luise A Cullen-McEwen
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Vic., Australia
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Jung JY, Song JH, Li C, Yang CW, Kang TC, Won MH, Jeong YG, Han KH, Choi KB, Lee SH, Kim J. Expression of epidermal growth factor in the developing rat kidney. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2004; 288:F227-35. [PMID: 15353402 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00058.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is important in mammalian renal development. In our study, we investigated the detailed distribution and the time of the first appearance of EGF in developing rat kidney. Kidneys from embryonic 18 (E18)- and 20-day-old (E20) fetuses, postnatal 1 (P1)-, 3 (P3)-, 7 (P7)-, 14 (P14)-, and 21-day-old (P21) pups, and adults were processed for immunohistochemistry and electronmicroscopy. In adult rat kidney, EGF immunoreactivity was found in distal tubule including the thick ascending limb (TAL) and portion 1 of distal convoluted tubule (DCT1), whereas no EGF immunoreactivity was seen in portion 2 of distal convoluted tubule (DCT2) and connecting tubule. In developing kidney, EGF-positive cells first appeared at P3 and were localized in the middle portion of the differentiating TAL of the corticomedullary junction. By P7, the abundance of EGF expression had dramatically increased in the medullary TAL. Between P14 and P21, EGF immunoreactivity was found in the TAL and the DCT for the first time. However, EGF-positive and EGF-negative cells were in the TAL in developing rat kidney. EGF-positive cells did not differ from negative cells in the expression of sodium transport proteins or in the proliferation rate at P3 and P7. In the TAL, smooth-surfaced cells had strong EGF immunoreactivity, but no EGF immunoreactivity was seen in the rough-surfaced cells with well-developed microvilli. Our results suggest that the expression of EGF in developing kidney plays an important role in the regulation of growth and differentiation of the loop of Henle during kidney development and that this may act in the paracrine mode.
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- Ju-Young Jung
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea
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Khan AS, Fiorotto ML, Hill LA, Malone PB, Cummings KK, Parghi D, Schwartz RJ, Smith RG, Draghia-Akli R. Nonhereditary enhancement of progeny growth. Endocrinology 2002; 143:3561-7. [PMID: 12193571 DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The im electroporated injection of a protease-resistant GH-releasing hormone cDNA into rat dams at 16 d gestation resulted in enhanced long-term growth of the F(1) offspring. The offspring were significantly heavier by 2 wk of age, and the difference was sustained to 10 wk of age. Consistent with their augmented growth, the plasma IGF-I concentration of the F(1) progeny was increased significantly. The pituitary gland of the offspring was significantly heavier and contained an increased number of somatotrophs and PRL-secreting cells, which is indicative of modification of cell lineage differentiation. These unique findings demonstrate that enhanced GH-releasing hormone expression in pregnant dams can result in intergenerational growth promotion by altering development of the pituitary gland in the offspring.
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- Amir S Khan
- Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Calhoun DA, Gersting JA, Lunøe M, Du Y, Christensen RD. Transfer of recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) from the maternal to the fetal circulation is not dependent upon a functional G-CSF-receptor. Placenta 2001; 22:609-12. [PMID: 11440552 DOI: 10.1053/plac.2001.0682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Administration of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF), a haematopoietic growth factor, to pregnant rats increases neutrophil production in the pups. The mechanism for the placental transfer is unknown, but it has been speculated to involve the placental G-CSF receptor (G-CSFR). The purpose of this study was to test that hypothesis. Pregnant mice were treated with a single subcutaneous dose of 50 microg/kg recombinant human G-CSF (rhG-CSF). Mice with an intact G-CSFR ("wild type", WT) and those with a homozygous deletion in the G-CSFR gene (G-CSFR deficient, "knock-out", KO) were studied. At intervals after injection, fetuses were delivered and maternal blood, amniotic fluid (AF) and fetal blood collected. G-CSF concentrations were measured using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay specific for human G-CSF. Thirty minutes after injection, G-CSF was measurable in the AF (167+/-50 versus 445+/-217 pg/ml, mean+/-sem, WT versus KO) and fetal plasma (774+/-673 versus 427+/-121 pg/ml, WT versus KO). Peak concentrations occurred 2 h after injection in WT dams (572 542+/-41 262 pg/ml) and 4 h in KO dams (616 100+/-96 300 pg/ml). Therefore, in mice, a functional G-CSFR is not essential for the transfer of rhG-CSF from pregnant dams to their fetuses.
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- D A Calhoun
- Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32620-0296, USA.
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Duh G, Mouri N, Warburton D, Thomas DW. EGF regulates early embryonic mouse gut development in chemically defined organ culture. Pediatr Res 2000; 48:794-802. [PMID: 11102549 DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200012000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The profound intestinal epithelial defects in the newborn epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) knockout mouse suggests that EGFR signaling plays important roles in embryonic gut development. Herein, we further elucidated the function of EGFR signaling on early embryonic gut development by comparing the effects of 1-10 ng/mL of exogenous epidermal growth factor (EGF) or 10-25 microM of the tyrphostin 3,4,5 trihydroxybenzene malononitrile, a specific inhibitor of EGFR tyrosine kinase, on intact E12 Swiss-Webster mouse midgut grown in chemically defined organ culture using Fitton-Jackson BGJb medium for 4 or 6 d. Intestinal development during culture was assayed by morphometry, histology, reverse transcription/competitive PCR for villin and intestinal fatty acid binding protein mRNA, and immunohistochemistry for epithelial proliferative markers. During organ culture, control specimens grew in length, developed smooth muscle, simple columnar epithelial and goblet cell phenotypes, showed early villus formation in the proximal intestine, and increased expression of villin and intestinal fatty acid binding protein mRNA. EGF failed to significantly alter small intestinal lengthening, whereas EGF 10 ng/mL inhibited colonic length growth. Tyrphostin 25 microM resulted in regional losses of stromal and smooth muscle cells in the small intestine and absent colonic goblet cells. In controls, cellular proliferation initially occurred throughout the small intestinal epithelium but became increasingly localized to the intervillus crypt regions. This sequestration of epithelial proliferation into crypts was much more apparent in EGF-treated versus tyrphostin-treated specimens. EGFR activation, therefore, appears to accelerate the maturation rate of goblet cells and the differential crypt/villus proliferation pattern in early embryonic mouse gut.
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- G Duh
- Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 90027, USA
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Kamei Y, Tsutsumi O, Yamakawa A, Oka Y, Taketani Y, Imaki J. Maternal epidermal growth factor deficiency causes fetal hypoglycemia and intrauterine growth retardation in mice: possible involvement of placental glucose transporter GLUT3 expression. Endocrinology 1999; 140:4236-43. [PMID: 10465297 DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.9.6993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We investigated the physiological role of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in fetal growth in mice in which midgestational sialoadenectomy induced maternal EGF deficiency. Sialoadenectomy decreased the fetal weight significantly, indicating that maternal EGF deficiency caused intrauterine growth retardation. The weight of the fetal liver in the sialoadenectomized mice was reduced in proportion to the decrease in body weight (82.7+/-10.2 vs. 70.9+/-10.9 mg), whereas the brain weight was not reduced. Sialoadenectomy significantly decreased the glucose concentration in fetal plasma (86.0+/-13.0 vs. 63.0+/-11.8 mg/dl) without affecting the maternal plasma level of glucose. Transplacental transfer of 3H-2-deoxyglucose was significantly decreased by sialoadenectomy (5.17+/-1.25 vs. 2.94+/-1.02%), but transfer of 14C-aminoisobutyric acid was not affected. Northern blot analysis and in situ hybridization of glucose transporter isoform GLUT1 and GLUT3 messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in placenta revealed that sialoadenectomy significantly reduced the expression of GLUT3 mRNA without affecting GLUT1 mRNA levels. Administration of anti-EGF antiserum enhanced the effects of EGF deficiency, which were almost completely corrected by EGF supplementation. These results indicate that EGF plays an important role in fetal growth by regulating the transplacental supply of glucose via GLUT3 expression in the placenta.
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- Y Kamei
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Siow Y, Fallat M. RE: TESTICULAR DESCENT. J Urol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62572-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dvorák B, Kolínská J, McWilliam DL, Williams CS, Higdon T, Zákostelecká M, Koldovský O. The expression of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha mRNA in the small intestine of suckling rats: organ culture study. FEBS Lett 1998; 435:119-24. [PMID: 9755871 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01050-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) are associated with regulation of various gastrointestinal functions. In order to better understand their role in developing small intestine EGF, TGF-alpha and EGF-R steady-state mRNA levels and transcript stability were determined. Reverse transcription (RT) competitive-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) revealed that intestinal TGF-alpha mRNA levels were 10-fold higher in comparison with EGF mRNA. The primary intestinal culture technique was used to evaluate mRNA stability. The stability of TGF-alpha mRNA was remarkably lower than the stability of EGF mRNA. High levels of TGF-alpha mRNA accompanied by high degradation rate of this mRNA suggested a rapid turnover of intestinal TGF-alpha mRNA.
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- B Dvorák
- Department of Pediatrics and Steele Memorial Children's Research Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724-5073, USA.
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Senut MC, Suhr ST, Gage FH. Gene transfer to the rodent placenta in situ. A new strategy for delivering gene products to the fetus. J Clin Invest 1998; 101:1565-71. [PMID: 9541485 PMCID: PMC508736 DOI: 10.1172/jci1959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The delivery of biologically active factors to the developing mammalian embryo by in utero gene transfer has generated considerable interest but limited success. The chorioallantoic placenta is a potential alternative target for providing therapeutic transgenes to the fetus during gestation. We demonstrate that somatic gene transfer to the midgestation rat placenta may be efficiently accomplished in situ through the implantation of a variety of genetically modified cells with different antigenic and growth properties. Ex vivo-modified cells survived and retained transgene expression until term. Proteins secreted from the transplanted cells were detectable within the fetal trunk blood. These studies suggest that gene transfer to the placenta may be a useful tool for answering questions of both embryonic and placental development and providing therapeutic proteins during gestation for amelioration of diseases with onset during embryonic life.
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- M C Senut
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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During organogenesis, the cells of the embryo may require growth factors that promote a cascade of intracellular events. An absolute requirement for exogenous insulin by presomite 9.5-d rat embryos grown in culture has been demonstrated. The uptake and processing of insulin and insulin-like growth factor-I showed different uptake and localization patterns. When epidermal growth factor (EGF) or "long EGF" is added to media depleted of low molecular weight material, a dose-dependent improvement in growth is observed. Furthermore, the specific EGF receptor signal transduction inhibitor Tyrphostin 47 can inhibit embryonic growth when it is administered in culture. When Tyrphostin 47 was microinjected into embryos on Day 11 and their growth and differentiation evaluated on Day 12 of gestation, a dose-dependent decrease in developmental score was observed. Thus, exogenous growth factors may be essential to normal rat development and these may be synthesized locally in the decidua or placental tissues. Perturbations to ligand-receptor interactions may be a mechanism for dysmorphogenesis.
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- M K Pratten
- Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology, The Medical School, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
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Mammalian nephrogenesis constitutes a series of complex developmental processes in which there is a differentiation and rapid proliferation of pluripotent cells leading to the formation of a defined sculpted tissue mass, and this is followed by a continuum of cell replication and terminal differentiation. Metanephrogenesis ensues with the intercalation of epithelial ureteric bud into loosely organized metanephric mesenchyme. Such an interaction is reciprocal, such that the intercalating ureteric bud induces the conversion of metanephric mesenchyme into an epithelial phenotype, while the mesenchyme stimulates the iterations of the ureteric bud. The induced mesenchyme then undergoes a series of developmental stages to form a mature glomerulus and tubular segments of the kidney. Coincidental with the formation of these nephric elements, the developing kidney is vascularized by the process of vasculogenesis and angiogenesis. Thus, the process of metanephric development is quite complex, and it involves a diverse group of molecules who's biological activities are inter-linked with one another and they regulate, in a concerted manner, the differentiation and maturation of the mammalian kidney. This diverse group of molecules include extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and their receptors, ECM-degrading enzymes and their inhibitors, growth factors and their receptors, proto-oncogenes and transcription factors. A large body of literature data are available, which suggest a critical role of these molecules in metanephric development, and this review summarizes the recent developments that relate to metanephrogenesis.
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- E I Wallner
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA
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DiSandro MJ, Baskin LS, Li YW, Werb Z, Cunha GR. Development and Regenerative Ability of Bladder in the Transgenic Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Gene Knockout Mouse. J Urol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(01)64389-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Michael J. DiSandro
- From the Departments of Urology and Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Urology and Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Urology and Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Urology and Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- From the Departments of Urology and Anatomy, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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DiSandro MJ, Baskin LS, Li YW, Werb Z, Cunha GR. Development and regenerative ability of bladder in the transgenic epidermal growth factor receptor gene knockout mouse. J Urol 1997; 158:1058-65. [PMID: 9258142 DOI: 10.1097/00005392-199709000-00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE During embryogenesis we have previously shown that urothelium is essential for normal bladder growth and development. Urothelial growth may be mediated by peptides of the epidermal growth factor family, since the epidermal growth factor receptor is expressed in bladder urothelium and epidermal growth factor has been shown to induce deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis and migration of urothelial cells in vitro. Bladders from transgenic mice in which the epidermal growth factor receptor gene has been knocked out were used to examine the possible role of epidermal growth factor in bladder growth and development, detrusor neoformation and bladder regeneration. MATERIALS AND METHODS Whole bladders from transgenic knockout mice 0 to 10 days old were surgically implanted into the "subdetrusor" space of adult athymic nude rat hosts. After 10 days the dome of the host rat bladder was resected with the distal half of the transplanted knockout mouse bladder. Augmentation cystoplasty was then performed on the host rat bladder using acellular tissue matrix with a portion of the acellular matrix sutured directly to the transplanted knockout mouse bladder. The animals were sacrificed 2 or 3 weeks postoperatively. To test the ability of knockout bladder tissue to regenerate into the transplanted matrix species specific Hoechst dye was used to determine whether the cells within the acellular matrix were of host (rat) or transplant (knockout mouse) origin. Immunocytochemical analysis was used to assess muscle neoformation. Controls consisted of wild-type mouse bladders from the same litter. Since epidermal growth factor receptor knockout mice usually die in the neonatal period, the role of the epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway in long-term muscle development was evaluated by transplanting knockout and wild-type control bladders under the renal capsule of athymic nude mouse hosts. These mice were sacrificed 30 days later and muscle development was assessed using immunocytochemical analysis. RESULTS Histologically the transplanted acellular tissue matrix in the experimental and control animals appeared the same, containing well differentiated urothelial and smooth muscle cells that had migrated into the transplanted matrix. Staining with species specific Hoechst dye revealed that urothelial and smooth muscle cells transplanted from the knockout and wild-type mouse bladders invaded and regenerated in the transplanted matrix. There was no apparent difference in the amount of knockout or control mouse tissue in the transplanted matrix. Also, the long-term renal capsule transplants revealed no difference in the amount of smooth muscle in the epidermal growth factor receptor knockout and wild-type bladders. CONCLUSIONS Signaling through the epidermal growth factor receptor pathway is not necessary for normal bladder development or bladder regeneration after injury.
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- M J DiSandro
- Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, USA
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Koldovský O. The potential physiological significance of milk-borne hormonally active substances for the neonate. J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia 1996; 1:317-23. [PMID: 10887505 DOI: 10.1007/bf02018084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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This article reviews the presence and potential physiological significance of hormones and hormonally active substances (including growth factors) in human milk. Human milk has been found to contain several nonpeptide hormones and many peptide hormones and growth factors. In contrast to human breast milk, infant formulae lack some hormonally active peptides. There is little data concerning the effects of these agents on human neonates. Studies in immature experimental animals showing effects of orogastically administered hormones are summarized. The problems of supplementation of infant formula are discussed. Since hormones are present in the milk as a "cocktail" of potentially agonistic and antagonistic substances, one question is whether supplementation with a single agent would disturb this balance.
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- O Koldovský
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson 85724, USA.
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At present, we believe that descent of the testes within the human is a complex event mediated by both hormonal and mechanical factors. We hypothesize that descent of the testes occurs as a result of the secretion of an androgen-independent factor from a normal testis (descendin). This paracrine factor is responsible for the rapid proliferation (outgrowth) of the ipsilateral gubernaculum. The development of the gubernaculum results in creating a dilated inguinal canal, the width of which matches the testicular width. Descent of the testes through the inguinal canal is an interplay between abdominal pressure, a patent processus vaginalis, and androgen-induced gubernacular regression. We hypothesize that androgens (under control of an intact hypothalamic pituitary axis) alter the viscoelastic properties of the gubernaculum, reducing the turgidity of the gubernaculum and allowing intra-abdominal pressure to push the testis into the scrotum. Cryptorchidism can therefore result when any one or more of the involved factors malfunction.
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- D A Husmann
- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Wynn PC, Brown G, Moore GP. Characterization and distribution of epidermal growth factor receptors in the skin and wool follicles of the sheep fetus during development. Domest Anim Endocrinol 1995; 12:269-81. [PMID: 7587170 DOI: 10.1016/0739-7240(95)00024-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have determined the binding affinity and capacity and relative distribution of epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptors in the skin of the Merino sheep fetus before and during the development of the wool follicle population. Autoradiography of tissue sections incubated with [125I]EGF revealed that label was confined predominantly to the epidermis and dermoepidermal junction before follicle formation, at 30 and 55 d of gestation. During follicle initiation (Days 60 to 65), receptor activity was distributed over the epidermis, including the epidermal aggregations of primordia at the dermoepidermal junction. However, receptor concentrations, as revealed by grain counts of autoradiographs, were reduced in these regions when compared with 55-d skin. The receptor distribution over the epidermis and its derivatives did not alter during subsequent follicle development, although the intensity of labeling increased as the follicles matured. Specific receptor binding was not observed above background levels in the dermis and dermal papillae during all stages of follicle development. At follicle maturation, EGF receptors were widely distributed over the cells of the epidermis and the epidermal derivatives of the cutaneous appendages but were particularly localized in the sebaceous glands and outer root sheath (see also Wynn et al. 1989). EGF immunoreactive material has also been found at these sites (du Cros et al. 1992), suggesting an autocrine role for EGF in the regulation of cell function. It is likely that the differentiation-promoting activities of EGF may predominate over those of growth, because the receptor-bearing cells were not members of rapidly proliferating populations.
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- P C Wynn
- Department of Animal Science, University of Sydney, Camden NSW, Australia
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Ferri RT, Levitt P. Regulation of regional differences in the differentiation of cerebral cortical neurons by EGF family-matrix interactions. Development 1995; 121:1151-60. [PMID: 7743927 DOI: 10.1242/dev.121.4.1151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Both lineage-based and epigenetic regulation have been postulated as mechanisms to control the formation of discrete areas in the cerebral cortex, but specific genes or signaling pathways that may be involved have yet to be defined. In this paper, we examine whether progenitors, isolated from the cerebral wall prior to neurogenesis, can respond to exogenous cues by adopting a region-specific phenotype. The expression of the limbic system-associated membrane protein (LAMP), a neuron-specific marker of limbic cortical areas, was monitored in cultured neurons arising from precursors harvested from presumptive perirhinal (limbic) and sensorimotor (nonlimbic) zones at embryonic day 12 in the rat. Neuronal phenotype in all cultures was identified by expression of microtubule-associated protein-2 (MAP2). On a substrate of poly-lysine, over 80% of the precursors from the limbic area that differentiate into neurons express a LAMP+ phenotype. Approximately 20% of the neurons generated from precursors of the sensorimotor region become LAMP+. However, modification of the microenvironment had a significant effect on the differentiation of the sensorimotor precursors. When the nonlimbic precursors are grown on Matrigel, there is a 2-fold increase in the number of MAP2+/LAMP+ double-labeled neurons. Dissection of the Matrigel components reveals that in combination with growth factor-deficient Matrigel or collagen type IV, epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha increase LAMP expression in the sensorimotor population. Delaying the addition of growth factor until after most cell division had ceased failed to increase the number of LAMP+ neurons. Another growth factor in Matrigel, platelet-derived growth factor, does not produce the same effect. Our results indicate that local signals can regulate the differentiation of cortical progenitors, providing a potential mechanism for establishing an early commitment to specific regional phenotypes in the developing cerebral wall that relate to future functional domains in the cortex.
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- R T Ferri
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19129, USA
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Barnard JA, Beauchamp RD, Russell WE, Dubois RN, Coffey RJ. Epidermal growth factor-related peptides and their relevance to gastrointestinal pathophysiology. Gastroenterology 1995; 108:564-80. [PMID: 7835600 DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90087-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- J A Barnard
- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Hormi K, Onolfo JP, Gres L, Lebraud V, Lehy T. Developmental expression of transforming growth factor-alpha in the upper digestive tract and pancreas of the rat. REGULATORY PEPTIDES 1995; 55:67-77. [PMID: 7724829 DOI: 10.1016/0167-0115(94)00093-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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This study was designed to examine the developmental expression and the localization of the transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha) in the upper gastrointestinal tract and pancreas of the rat. Immunohistochemical techniques using an antibody against rat TGF-alpha were performed on the stomach, duodenum and pancreas of fetuses (19 to 21 days of gestation), of pups during the suckling period (days 0 to 13 postpartum) and after weaning (day 25 postpartum) and of adults. The temporal appearance of TGF alpha varied depending on the tissues. In the antral mucosa it likely appeared before 19 days of gestation. In this tissue, the immunostaining was intense from 20 days of gestation and did not decline after birth. In the duodenum, the TGF alpha immunoreactivity was definitely present with a high intensity at 20 days of gestation in villi, crypts and Brünner's glands and there after became irregular. In the fundic mucosa, TGF alpha expression was weak but clearly-established at 21 days of gestation, at least in parietal cells, and regularly increased after birth. In the pancreas, it appeared only after birth and solely in the exocrine gland. The TGF alpha immunoreactivity displayed as age progressed, first a granular pattern apparently confined in the supranuclear, i.e., Golgi area, then a diffuse cytoplasmic pattern. These findings suggest that TGF alpha may have a functional role during the developmental process of the digestive system.
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- K Hormi
- Unité de Gastroentérologie INSERM U10, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France
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- O Koldovský
- Department of Pediatrics, Steele Memorial Children's Research Center, Furrow Research Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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Dvorák B, Holubec H, LeBouton AV, Wilson JM, Koldovský O. Epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha mRNA in rat small intestine: in situ hybridization study. FEBS Lett 1994; 352:291-5. [PMID: 7925989 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00942-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The expression of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) mRNA in the small intestine of suckling and adult rats was examined by in situ hybridization. EGF mRNA was found mainly in the intestinal crypts in adult rats. Adult rats also exhibited a considerably stronger signal for EGF mRNA in comparison to suckling rats, where the signal was very low or absent. In contrast to EGF, very strong expression of TGF-alpha mRNA was observed in the small intestine of both adult and suckling rats. These data suggest the differences between the expression of EGF and TGF-alpha in the developing small intestine.
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- B Dvorák
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson 85724
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Koldovský O. Hormonally active peptides in human milk. ACTA PAEDIATRICA (OSLO, NORWAY : 1992). SUPPLEMENT 1994; 402:89-93. [PMID: 7841629 DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb13368.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Human milk contains many hormone and hormone-like peptides. The gastrointestinal tract of newborn infants exhibits lower proteolytic activity than in adults and higher "permeability" for macromolecules. Studies in experimental animals demonstrate that several peptides (epidermal growth factors, insulin-like growth factor I and bombesin) after orogastric administration exhibit effects on the small intestine and other organs (liver or pancreas). Few studies performed in human neonates suggest a "survival" of epidermal growth factor in their gastric content. Further studies are needed to evaluate the role of milk-borne hormonally active peptides. This need is stressed by the fact that several of those known to be present in human milk were found to be low or not detectable in infant formulae (epidermal growth factor, insulin-like growth factor I, insulin, parathyroid hormone-related peptide.
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- O Koldovský
- Department of Pediatrics & Physiology, University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Tucson
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Cain MP, Kramer SA, Tindall DJ, Husmann DA. Epidermal growth factor reverses antiandrogen induced cryptorchidism and epididymal development. J Urol 1994; 152:770-3; discussion 774-5. [PMID: 7912743 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)32704-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Epidermal growth factor, an androgen responsive paracrine factor, administered to pregnant mice has been reported to result in persistent wolffian ducts in female offspring. This fact led us to investigate whether epidermal growth factor can reverse the undescended testes and epididymal abnormalities associated with time specific flutamide administration. Timed pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats were treated with flutamide (undescended testes 74% and epididymal anomalies 53%) or flutamide plus epidermal growth factor (undescended testes 24% and epididymal anomalies 9%). The decrease in undescended testes and epididymal abnormalities following epidermal growth factor treatment was significant at p < 0.01. We performed immunohistological studies to evaluate whether flutamide alters epidermal growth factor expression in the paratesticular tissues during the time of maximal androgenic activity. These investigations revealed that antiandrogens did not alter epidermal growth factor expression in the fetal testes or epididymides. This finding suggests that epidermal growth factor does not reverse epididymal abnormalities or undescended testes by direct stimulation of the wolffian ducts or fetal testis.
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- M P Cain
- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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Letterio JJ, Geiser AG, Kulkarni AB, Roche NS, Sporn MB, Roberts AB. Maternal rescue of transforming growth factor-beta 1 null mice. Science 1994; 264:1936-8. [PMID: 8009224 DOI: 10.1126/science.8009224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 404] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Maternal sources of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) are shown here to contribute to the normal appearance and perinatal survival of TGF-beta 1 null newborn mice. Labeled TGF-beta 1 crossed the placenta and was recovered intact from various tissues after oral administration to mouse pups. TGF beta-1 protein was also detected in cells recovered from breast milk. In immunohistochemical analyses, TGF-beta 1 null embryos and null newborn pups born to TGF-beta 1 heterozygotes stained positive for TGF-beta 1, whereas those born to a null female were negative and had severe cardiac abnormalities. These results suggest an important role for maternal sources of TGF-beta 1 during development and, more generally, provide evidence for maternal rescue of targeted gene disruption in the fetus.
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- J J Letterio
- Laboratory of Chemoprevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Cain MP, Kramer SA, Tindall DJ, Husmann DA. Alterations in maternal epidermal growth factor (EGF) effect testicular descent and epididymal development. Urology 1994; 43:375-8. [PMID: 7907827 DOI: 10.1016/0090-4295(94)90083-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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OBJECTIVE (1) To determine the ability of epidermal growth factor (EGF) to reverse antiandrogen-induced cryptorchidism and epididymal abnormalities; (2) to evaluate whether alterations in maternal EGF would result in abnormal testicular descent or mal development of the epididymis. METHODS Experiment 1: Timed pregnant ICR mice were treated with either flutamide, flutamide plus EGF, or vehicle alone on gestational days 11 through birth. Experiment 2: Maternal EGF was abolished by removing the submandibular glands. Following timed mating, dams were treated with either flutamide, anti-EGF, DHT, or vehicle alone on gestational days 11 through birth. RESULTS Experiment 1: Treatment with flutamide resulted in a 36 percent (26/72) incidence of undescended testes (UDT), and a 43 percent (31/72) incidence of abnormal epididymides. Rats treated simultaneously with flutamide plus EGF had a reduced incidence of UDT (14%, 6/42) and epididymal anomalies (19%, 8/42); p < 0.01. Experiment 2: The absence of maternal EGF resulted in a significant incidence of cryptorchidism in 11/50 (22%) testes, and epididymal anomalies in 19/50 (38%); p < 0.01. CONCLUSIONS Our findings suggest that EGF stabilizes the wolffian duct system and partially mediates testicular descent.
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- M P Cain
- Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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DiAugustine RP. The epidermal growth factor family in the mammary gland and other target organs for ovarian steroids. Cancer Treat Res 1994; 71:131-60. [PMID: 7946946 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2592-9_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- R P DiAugustine
- Laboratory of Biochemical Risk Assessment, NIH, NIEHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Formation of the human kidney begins at the 6th week of fetal life when the first generations of nephrons are generated from foci of metanephric mesenchyme through contact with the branches of the ureteric bud. This process requires a proliferative burst which must be tightly regulated by local signals. In this report, we review the evidence that the epidermal growth factor receptor molecule is an important arbiter of these events.
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- P R Goodyer
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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Defrances MC, Wolf HK, Michalopoulos GK, Zarnegar R. The presence of hepatocyte growth factor in the developing rat. Development 1992; 116:387-95. [PMID: 1286614 DOI: 10.1242/dev.116.2.387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), a heparin-binding polypeptide mitogen, stimulates DNA synthesis in adult rat and human hepatocytes and in several other cells of epithelial origin. Recently, it was determined that scatter factor (SF), a protein that has been shown to cause the dispersion and migration of epithelial cells in culture, is identical to HGF. Moreover, the receptor for HGF was identified as the product of the proto-oncogene, c-MET, a tyrosine kinase-containing transmembrane protein. c-MET expression has been reported in a variety of adult and embryonic mouse tissues. Similarly, we and others have demonstrated that HGF is expressed in various adult rat and human tissues. In the present study, the tissue distribution of HGF during rat development was determined by immunohistochemistry using an HGF-specific polyclonal antiserum. Between day 12 and day 19, immunoreactivity for HGF was present in various locations such as hematopoietic cells, somites, squamous epithelium of the esophagus and skin, periventricular germinal matrix of the brain, bronchial epithelium, renal collecting tubules and chondrocytes. After day 19, HGF immunoreactivity was also present in the pancreas, submaxillary glands and neural tissues. In addition to immunolocalizing HGF in tissue sections, bioreactive and immunoreactive HGF was extracted and purified from rat fetuses. Other studies demonstrated the presence of HGF and c-MET mRNA in total fetal rat, and in fetal and neonatal rat liver. Addition of purified HGF to fetal and neonatal rat liver cultures enriched for hepatocytes stimulated DNA synthesis up to six-fold over controls. These findings strongly suggest a pivotal role for this potent regulator of growth and development.
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- M C Defrances
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15261
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Gabriel A, Robinson PM, Whitehead RH. Transplantation of fetal mouse colon under the kidney capsule of an adult mouse: a model for the study of colonic development. Anat Rec (Hoboken) 1992; 234:281-90. [PMID: 1416112 DOI: 10.1002/ar.1092340214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fourteen-day fetal mouse colon was transplanted under the kidney capsule of an adult mouse to determine whether this system could be used as a model of embryonic colonic development. The 14-day fetal colon was transplanted and left for a period of 7 days. Comparisons of the normal one day postnatal colon and the transplanted colon were made morphologically and morphometrically. It was found that the transplanted fetal colon resembled its postnatal counterpart with respect to morphology; the cell types seen in the transplanted colon were similar to those observed in the in situ colon of the same age. However, morphometric analysis showed that the transplanted colon was significantly smaller than its postnatal counterpart, suggesting that conditions in the host were not optimal to support the full growth of the colon. In spite of this, it appears that the fetal colon can differentiate normally under the kidney capsule and this model can be used to study both epithelial-mesenchymal interactions and the role of hormones in fetal colonic development.
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- A Gabriel
- Melbourne Tumour Biology Branch, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Parkville, Australia
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Bernier SM, Goltzman D. Effect of protein and steroidal osteotropic agents on differentiation and epidermal growth factor-mediated growth of the CFK1 osseous cell line. J Cell Physiol 1992; 152:317-27. [PMID: 1639866 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041520213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The effects of factors known to influence bone metabolism were examined using the osseous cell line CFK1. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and dexamethasone (DEX) appeared to enhance the formation of cell foci of CFK1 cells in culture whereas retinoic acid (RA) caused a marked alteration in individual cell morphology. Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP-2) and PTH increased alkaline phosphatase activity, however, this index of differentiation was suppressed by epidermal growth factor (EGF), DEX, and RA. BMP-2 and EGF each stimulated DNA synthesis in a dose-dependent manner and enhanced cell numbers, but, no synergistic response of EGF and BMP-2 was observed. PTH and DEX failed to significantly alter cell number or EGF-stimulated DNA synthesis or cell proliferation. Although RA treatment of CFK1 cells resulted in a reduction in cell number compared to control, pretreatment with RA enhanced EGF-stimulated DNA synthesis and proliferative effects. At least part of this effect was by increasing the EGF receptor binding capacity of the cells. Furthermore, using cell cycle analysis, addition of EGF stimulated the progression of RA-treated cells into the DNA synthesis (S) phase with a reduced lag time. EGF and BMP-2, therefore, appear to exert a role in the expansion dynamics of the CFK1 population although BMP-2 may also enhance differentiation. PTH and DEX may act primarily to modulate the differentiated function of the CFK1 cells. RA inhibited cell proliferation and may mediate differentiation towards a less established cell population with upregulation of EGF receptors. The CFK1 cell model may, therefore, provide insight into microenvironmental control of growth and differentiation of precursor osseous cells.
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- S M Bernier
- Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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du Cros DL, Isaacs K, Moore GP. Localization of Epidermal Growth Factor Immunoreactivity in Sheep Skin During Wool Follicle Development. J Invest Dermatol 1992; 98:109-15. [PMID: 1370228 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12496010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Interactions among the cells and matrices of the epidermis and mesenchyme of skin are essential for hair follicle initiation and development. The identification of receptors for epidermal growth factor (EGF) on epithelial components of the follicle during growth has suggested that the ligand participates in some of these events. We have used affinity-purified antibodies together with an alkaline phosphatase detection procedure to investigate the distribution of EGF in the skin of the sheep during wool follicle formation. Immunoreactivity was restricted to the periderm and intermediate layers of fetal epidermis at 55 d of gestation, when the first wave of wool follicles are initiated. This particular distribution persisted during subsequent development but never became associated with the basal cells of the epidermis. The activity was lost around 118 d, coinciding with sloughing of the periderm. No immunoreactivity was found in the plugs or the dermal condensations of the developing follicles. At approximately 105 d of gestation, however, reactions were detected in the outer root sheath as the follicles matured and in the differentiating cells of the sebaceous glands. A similar distribution pattern was also noted at 140 d, just prior to birth, and in adult animals, indicating that EGF was sequestered and perhaps synthesized within the follicle. The presence of immunoreactive material was also associated with the pilary canals and the skin surface, suggesting that this may have had its origin in the sebaceous glands. We examined this using a radioreceptor assay for EGF. Material washed from the skin surface and sebaceous gland extracts were found to displace 125I-EGF from rat liver membranes, in parallel with mouse EGF.
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- D L du Cros
- CSIRO, Division of Animal Production, Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
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Mazzoni IE, Kenigsberg RL. Effects of epidermal growth factor in the mammalian central nervous system: Its possible implications in brain pathologies and therapeutic applications. Drug Dev Res 1992. [DOI: 10.1002/ddr.430260202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Bissonnette F, Cook C, Geoghegan T, Steffen M, Henry J, Yussman MA, Schultz G. Transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid and protein levels in human placentas from early, mid, and late gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1992; 166:192-9. [PMID: 1733194 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(92)91858-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Human placenta expresses receptors for transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor throughout pregnancy. Experiments were performed to determine whether epidermal growth factor or transforming growth factor-alpha might be synthesized by placental cells and act through an autocrine mechanism to influence functioning of placental cells in vivo. STUDY DESIGN Human placentas from early, mid, and late gestations were analyzed for transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor messenger ribonucleic acid and proteins. Polyadenylic acid-positive ribonucleic acid was isolated from placentas from 10, 11, 13, 21, 32, 38, 39, and 40 weeks of gestation and analyzed by Northern analysis for hybridization with complementary deoxyribonucleic acid probes specific for epidermal growth factor or transforming growth factor-alpha. Levels of immunoreactive epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha were measured by specific radioimmunoassays in pools of placentas from early, mid, and late gestations, and levels of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha receptor-active protein were measured by radioreceptor assay. RESULTS All placentas had a strong transforming growth factor-alpha hybridization band at 4.5 kb and a weak epidermal growth factor hybridization band at 5.2 kb. High levels of transforming growth factor-alpha immunoreactive protein (90 to 180 ng/mg protein) and low levels of immunoreactive epidermal growth factor (3 to 9 pg/mg protein) were detected in pools of placentas from early, mid, and late gestations. High levels of epidermal growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha receptor-active protein (250 ng/mg protein) were also detected. CONCLUSION Human placentas contain relatively high levels of immunoreactive and receptor-active transforming growth factor-alpha, as well as transforming growth factor-alpha messenger ribonucleic acid, throughout gestation. This finding suggests that transforming growth factor-alpha may act by an autocrine system to influence human placental cell function in vivo.
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- F Bissonnette
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Louisville, Kentucky
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Martin P, Hopkinson-Woolley J, McCluskey J. Growth factors and cutaneous wound repair. PROGRESS IN GROWTH FACTOR RESEARCH 1992; 4:25-44. [PMID: 1325207 DOI: 10.1016/0955-2235(92)90003-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The healing of an adult skin lesion is a well studied but complex affair of some considerable clinical interest. Endogenous growth factors, including the EGF, FGF, PDGF and TGF beta families, are released at the wound site and presumed to be a necessary part of the natural wound healing machinery. Moreover, members of each of these families have been shown to enhance healing if added exogenously to a wound site. In this review we shall briefly discuss what is known about the mechanics and cell biology of adult wound healing, describe the normal cellular source of growth factors during the healing process and, with reference to their known capacities in tissue culture, speculate as to how particular growth factors might be able to enhance healing.
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- P Martin
- Department of Human Anatomy, Oxford University, U.K
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Jing NH, Shiurba R, Kitani H, Kawakatsu H, Tomooka Y, Sakakura T. Secretion of polypeptides related to epidermal growth factor and insulinlike growth factor I by a human teratocarcinoma cell line. IN VITRO CELLULAR & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY : JOURNAL OF THE TISSUE CULTURE ASSOCIATION 1991; 27A:864-72. [PMID: 1660868 DOI: 10.1007/bf02630989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To identify polypeptide growth factors for human teratocarcinoma cells, we studied the malignant ovarian teratoma-derived cell line, PA-1, that grew autonomously in serum-free medium. Medium conditioned by undifferentiated PA-1 cells strongly stimulated proliferation of the mouse mammary tumor cell line, GR 2H6, which is responsive to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and insulinlike growth factor-I (IGF-I). After ammonium sulfate precipitation, PA-1 conditioned medium was analyzed by anion exchange chromatography and bioassay of elution fractions on GR 2H6 cells that were grown in medium deficient in either EGF or insulin. The results demonstrated that PA-1 CM contained factors that can substitute for EGF and IGF-I in stimulating growth of GR 2H6 cells. Western blots of peak mitogenic fractions revealed low molecular weight polypeptides that were immunoreactive with either anti-EGF or anti-IGF-I antibodies. Indirect immunofluorescence staining of PA-1 cells with monoclonal antibodies localized receptors for each growth factor, and binding of human EGF and IGF-I to these cells was quantified by radioreceptor assays. Secretion of factors closely related to EGF and IGF-I by PA-1 cells under serum-free conditions may provide a novel model system to study molecular mechanisms of autocrine growth stimulation in teratocarcinomas.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies/immunology
- Blotting, Western
- Child
- Chromatography, Ion Exchange
- Culture Media/pharmacology
- Epidermal Growth Factor/immunology
- Epidermal Growth Factor/metabolism
- ErbB Receptors/metabolism
- ErbB Receptors/physiology
- Female
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Humans
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/immunology
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/metabolism
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/pathology
- Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental/ultrastructure
- Mice
- Ovarian Neoplasms/metabolism
- Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology
- Ovarian Neoplasms/ultrastructure
- Peptides/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism
- Receptors, Cell Surface/physiology
- Receptors, Somatomedin
- Teratoma/metabolism
- Teratoma/pathology
- Teratoma/ultrastructure
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/metabolism
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/pathology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/ultrastructure
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- N H Jing
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Tsukuba Life Science Center, Ibaraki, Japan
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Nielsen LL, Werb Z, Pedersen RA. Induction of c-fos transcripts in early postimplantation mouse embryos by TGF-alpha, EGF, PDGF, and FGF. Mol Reprod Dev 1991; 29:227-37. [PMID: 1657054 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.1080290304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The activity of growth factor receptors in the early postimplantation mouse embryo was studied by analyzing changes in expression of mRNA transcripts of an early response gene, c-fos, after binding of specific ligands. Reverse transcription of mRNA coupled with the polymerase chain reaction was used to detect gene transcription in single embryos after exposure to growth factors. Postimplantation embryos (at 7.5 days of gestation) had physiologically active receptors for transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha), epidermal growth factor (EGF), human platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), recombinant PDGF-AA homodimer, and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF), as indicated by induced expression of c-fos mRNA, c-fos expression was not induced in untreated embryos or in embryos incubated with active recombinant PDGF-BB homodimer. These results show that growth factor receptors are functional during early mammalian embryogenesis.
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- L L Nielsen
- Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health, University of California, San Francisco
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Goodyer PR, Fata J, Mulligan L, Fischer D, Fagan R, Guyda HJ, Goodyer CG. Expression of transforming growth factor-alpha and epidermal growth factor receptor in human fetal kidneys. Mol Cell Endocrinol 1991; 77:199-206. [PMID: 1726155 DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(91)90075-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Beginning at the fifth week of fetal life, successive generations of individual nephrons are induced by contact between metanephric mesenchyme and ureteric bud. Following phenotypic transformation, cells of each primitive renal vesicle undergo a phase of rapid cell division. In order to identify genes which might regulate nephron development in man, we screened adult and fetal kidney RNA for expression of a panel of growth-related genes. Among the genes which were expressed at higher levels in fetal kidney was the epidermal growth factor (EGF) receptor. There is controversy as to the most likely physiologic EGF receptor ligand in fetal kidney; we were able to identify a transcript for transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) but not EGF on Northern blots of fetal kidney RNA. Since the abundance of TGF-alpha mRNA is low, we confirmed its presence by polymerase chain reaction amplification. Using specific radioimmunoassays, we also provide direct evidence for TGF-alpha but not EGF peptide in extracts of fetal kidney and mid-gestational amniotic fluid. We suggest that TGF-alpha/EGF receptor interactions may serve an important function in development of human fetal kidney.
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- P R Goodyer
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University-Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, Quebec, Canada
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Weller A, Sorokin L, Illgen EM, Ekblom P. Development and growth of mouse embryonic kidney in organ culture and modulation of development by soluble growth factor. Dev Biol 1991; 144:248-61. [PMID: 2010031 DOI: 10.1016/0012-1606(91)90419-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Differentiation of the metanephrogenic mesenchyme is triggered by an inductive tissue interaction between an inducer tissue and the mesenchyme. It is generally believed that the epithelial ureter bud acts as an inducer during in vivo development. In response to the inductive stimulus most of the mesenchymal cells convert into epithelial cells, while a small fraction differentiates into stromal cells. In vitro, differentiation of isolated mesenchyme to epithelium can be induced by a variety of embryonic tissues, but nothing is known about the molecular nature of the inducing stimulus. In recent years, large numbers of polypeptide growth factors have been described, which in addition to proliferative effects were shown to exert effects on a variety of biological phenomena such as chemotaxis, inflammation, tissue repair, or induction of embryonic development. We therefore analyzed whether growth factors in the absence of inducer tissue can induce isolated kidney mesenchyme to differentiate into epithelium or interstitium. As expected, both growth and differentiation into epithelium were stimulated by an inducer tissue, the spinal cord. We found that none of the various growth factors tested (including epidermal growth factor, transforming growth factors alpha and beta, insulin-like growth factors I and II, fibroblast growth factor, platelet-derived growth factor, and retinoic acid) could mimick the effect of an inducer tissue, although we tested the factors over a wide concentration range. One of the tested factors, epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulated the mesenchymal cells to become stromal cells, although it could not stimulate development into epithelium. EGF could stimulate stromal development both when the mesenchyme was cultured in isolation and when the mesenchyme was stimulated by an inducer tissue to become epithelium. The expansion of the stromal compartment in response to EGF treatment occurred at the expense of the epithelial cells, but EGF could not completely suppress the formation of epithelium. These data suggest the presence of EGF receptors in the developing kidney, but since application of soluble EGF leads to abnormal development, soluble EGF cannot be the natural ligand. We suggest that locally produced mitogens with an EGF-like structure may regulate the relative amounts of stroma (interstitium) and epithelium in the developing kidney.
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- A Weller
- Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratorium, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Tübingen, Germany
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Gow CB, Singleton DJ, Silvapulle MJ, Moore GP. Lack of effect of epidermal growth factor treatment in late-pregnant ewes on subsequent lactation. J DAIRY RES 1991; 58:1-11. [PMID: 2026830 DOI: 10.1017/s0022029900033458] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Twin-bearing ewes were treated with epidermal growth factor (EGF) to determine its effect on mammogenesis and resultant milk production and composition. The EGF was infused intravenously at a dose rate of 0.5 mg/d in 300 ml saline between days 117 and 139 of gestation; control animals received placebo infusions of saline. All animals then received continuous infusions of 300 ml/d saline on days 139-144. Following parturition 1-5 d later, ewes were milked by hand for 10 d and thereafter were machine-milked until day 16 of lactation. At this level of treatment, EGF was not detected in the circulation during infusion and feed intake was not affected. All ewes gave birth to healthy twin lambs. There were no effects of EGF on birth weights of lambs, live weights of ewes or lengths of gestation. An EGF-immunoreactive material was detected in the mammary secretions of control ewes at a mean concentration of 2 micrograms/l on day 1 of lactation. Two ewes had detectable levels on day 2, but none was found in the milk thereafter. In the EGF-infused group, concentrations of EGF in colostrum were approximately 10 times higher than in the control ewes on day 1 of lactation and EGF was detected in mammary secretions on day 2 but not in subsequent milk samples. A range of 0.3-0.5% of the EGF infused appeared in mammary secretions over the first 2 d of lactation. No other differences were observed for colostrum composition, subsequent milk yield or composition between the two groups of ewes indicating that mammary gland development and function were unaffected. The levels of EGF observed in the mammary secretions of treated and control ewes indicate that the mammary glands accumulate and store EGF in the pre partum period.
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- C B Gow
- School of Agriculture, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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Koldovský O, Bedrick A, Rao R. Role of milk-borne prostaglandins and epidermal growth factor for the suckling mammal. J Am Coll Nutr 1991; 10:17-23. [PMID: 2010575 DOI: 10.1080/07315724.1991.10718121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- O Koldovský
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724
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Function and regulation of expression of pulmonary surfactant-associated proteins. Biochem J 1991; 273(Pt 2):249-64. [PMID: 1991023 PMCID: PMC1149839 DOI: 10.1042/bj2730249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 321] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Koldovský O, Britton J, Davis D, Davis T, Grimes J, Kong W, Rao R, Schaudies P. The developing gastrointestinal tract and milk-borne epidermal growth factor. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1991; 310:99-105. [PMID: 1809032 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3838-7_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- O Koldovský
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson
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Kronmiller JE, Upholt WB, Kollar EJ. Expression of epidermal growth factor mRNA in the developing mouse mandibular process. Arch Oral Biol 1991; 36:405-10. [PMID: 1898268 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9969(91)90129-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Reverse transcription and cDNA amplification (polymerase chain reaction) of total RNA preparations were used to characterize the expression of EGF mRNA in the mandibular arch of day 9-17 mouse embryos. EGF mRNA was present in mandibles at day 9 and 10 but not at days 11-17. Separate RNA preparations from epithelium and mesenchyme at day 10 revealed EGF mRNA in both components.
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- J E Kronmiller
- Department of Biostructure and Function, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington 06032
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The release of a variety of biologically active peptides into the gastrointestinal lumen via gastric, duodenal and intestinal secretions, as well as in the saliva, pancreatic juice and bile, has been explored. The key features of luminal secretion of peptides such as secretion at high concentrations, neurohormonal regulation, luminal orientation of stimulated secretion, stability of peptides in the gastrointestinal lumen, altered secretion under pathophysiological conditions, and biological activity of luminally administered peptides are discussed. This review develops a detailed picture of the current understanding of luminal secretion of peptides and their possible biological functions under normal and pathophysiological conditions.
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- R K Rao
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85724
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Fausto N. Growth factors in liver development, regeneration and carcinogenesis. PROGRESS IN GROWTH FACTOR RESEARCH 1991; 3:219-34. [PMID: 1667366 DOI: 10.1016/0955-2235(91)90008-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Liver growth during regeneration is controlled by several growth factors which may be involved in the triggering, progression and termination of hepatocyte replication. It is likely that liver regeneration involves both circulating factors and those produced in hepatic tissue during the growth response. TGF alpha is an autocrine stimulator of hepatocyte proliferation which increases transiently in replicating hepatocytes both in vivo and in vitro. Constitutive TGF alpha overexpression in young transgenic mice causes liver hypertrophy and enhanced proliferation that progress to hepatic tumor development in the great majority of animals after 12 months of age. In contrast, HGF is present in normal blood in humans and animals and plasma concentrations increase after partial hepatectomy, liver injury and fulminant hepatic failure. In liver tissue, levels of HGF and its mRNA correlate better with the extent of injury than with the degree of proliferative activity. The factor is produced by nonparenchymal cells and presumably acts on hepatocytes through paracrine or endocrine mechanisms. A transient increase of TGF beta 1 in regenerating liver may promote the formation of extracellular matrix components and signal the end of hepatocyte proliferation. Prolonged overexpression of the factor in nonparenchymal cells causes liver fibrosis both in humans and experimental animals. The liver contains TGF beta 1,2 and 3, all of which inhibit hepatocyte DNA synthesis. Their mRNAs increase in the regenerating liver but with very different kinetics. Despite the enormous progress achieved in understanding the mechanisms that regulate liver regeneration, it is not known whether HGF, TGF alpha and TGF beta interact with each other or with other factors or hormones during the growth process. Further, it remains to be established how the effect of these factors may relate to the sequential changes in proto-oncogene expression that occur after partial hepatectomy.
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- N Fausto
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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