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Acceleration Of Amphibian Forelimb Regeneration By Polypeptide Growth Factors, Gehan H. Fahmy, Raymond E. Sicard
Acceleration Of Amphibian Forelimb Regeneration By Polypeptide Growth Factors, Gehan H. Fahmy, Raymond E. Sicard
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Growth factors are potentially important modulators of epimorphic regeneration. This study examined effects of intraperitoneal administration of selected growth factors on limb regeneration of adult newts, Notophthalmus viridescens. These agents stimulated regeneration, producing overlapping but nonidentical effects. Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) stimulated bud emergence (8.3 ± 0.6 and 8.3 ± 0.7 days, respectively, vs 11.4 ± 1.1 days for controls). Progression to the cone stage was enhanced by both FGF-2 and transforming growth factor beta 5 ( TGF-~ 5) ; 14.6 ± 0.5 and 15.4 ± 0.4 days with FGF-2 and TGF-~5 , respectively, …