Shiota G, Kunisada T, Oyama K, Udagawa A, Nomi T, Tanaka K, Tsutsumi A, Isono M, Nakamura T, Hamada H, Sakatani T, Sell S, Sato K, Ito H, Kawasaki H
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
FEBS Lett. 2000 Mar 31;470(3):325-30. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01337-5.
To clarify the effect of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on proliferation of hepatic oval cells, we transferred HGF gene into liver of the Solt-Farber rat model. Male Fisher 344 rats were infected with a recombinant adenovirus carrying the cDNA for HGF (pAxCAHGF) from tail vein. HGF mRNA showed its peak at 4 days, and diminished thereafter. The total and proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive hepatic oval cells were significantly elevated in HGF-transferred rats, in which stem cell factor and c-kit mRNA increased at each time point. Our results suggest that in vivo transfer of the HGF gene into liver accelerates proliferation of hepatic oval cells in the Solt-Farber model in rats.
为阐明肝细胞生长因子(HGF)对肝卵圆细胞增殖的影响,我们将HGF基因导入Solt-Farber大鼠模型的肝脏。雄性Fisher 344大鼠经尾静脉感染携带HGF cDNA的重组腺病毒(pAxCAHGF)。HGF mRNA在4天时达到峰值,此后逐渐减少。在转染HGF的大鼠中,总肝卵圆细胞和增殖细胞核抗原阳性的肝卵圆细胞显著增加,其中干细胞因子和c-kit mRNA在每个时间点均增加。我们的结果表明,将HGF基因体内导入大鼠肝脏可加速Solt-Farber模型中肝卵圆细胞的增殖。