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Age related induction of platelet-derived growth factor A-chain mRNA in normal human fibroblasts

✍ Scribed by Christina Karlsson; Ylva Paulsson

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
755 KB
Volume
158
Category
Article
ISSN
0021-9541

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Abstract

We have previously found that stimulation of normal neonatal fibroblasts with PDGF or EGF leads to a transient induction of PDGF A‐chain mRNA and the synthesis of PDGF‐AA proteins. This finding may imply the existence of an autocrine feedback mechanism to amplify the mitogenic signal under certain conditions. We have now studied the PDGF‐BB mediated PDGF A‐chain induction in a set of fibroblasts from young and old donors to clarify if the levels of induction are correlated to the donor age and the replicative capacity of the cells. The PDGF A‐chain induction was found to be reduced in cells from old donors compared with cells from embryonic and neonatal donors. The different cell strains were also characterized further with respect to PDGF receptor expression and PDGF binding properties. PDGF β‐receptors were found to be enhanced in old donor cells strains, whereas the PDGF α‐receptors showed more variability in expression between the strains. The PDGF A‐chain mRNA induction was also decreased or absent in late passage human fibroblasts (senescent cells) when compared with early passage cells. These data suggest that the PDGF A‐chain mRNA induction is regulated by an age related mechanism in human fibroblasts. © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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