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Full-Text Articles in Rheumatology
Epidermal Growth Factor Coordinately Regulates The Expression Of Prostaglandin G/H Synthase And Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Genes In Embryonic Mouse Cells., Kenneth P. Chepenik, Arturo Diaz, Sergio A. Jimenez
Epidermal Growth Factor Coordinately Regulates The Expression Of Prostaglandin G/H Synthase And Cytosolic Phospholipase A2 Genes In Embryonic Mouse Cells., Kenneth P. Chepenik, Arturo Diaz, Sergio A. Jimenez
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
Confluent, primary cultures of mouse embryo palate mesenchyme (MEPM) cells are refractory to activation of phospholipase A2 (PLA2) by the calcium ionophore A23187. However, treatment of these cultures with epidermal growth factor (EGF) permits the cells to activate PLA2 in response to A23187. We have developed this finding by exploring molecular mechanisms by which growth factors modulate mobilization and metabolism of arachidonic acid. We found chronic treatment (> 6 h) of confluent MEPM cells with EGF (a) increases their ability to metabolize exogenous arachidonic acid to prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) and (b) stimulated constitutive expression of activities of PLA2 and cyclooxygenase …
Functional Analysis Of Human Alpha 1(I) Procollagen Gene Promoter. Differential Activity In Collagen-Producing And -Nonproducing Cells And Response To Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1., Sergio A. Jimenez, John A. Varga, Anne Olsen, Liye Li, Arturo Diaz, Janet Herhal, Julie Koch
Functional Analysis Of Human Alpha 1(I) Procollagen Gene Promoter. Differential Activity In Collagen-Producing And -Nonproducing Cells And Response To Transforming Growth Factor Beta 1., Sergio A. Jimenez, John A. Varga, Anne Olsen, Liye Li, Arturo Diaz, Janet Herhal, Julie Koch
Department of Medicine Faculty Papers
To gain a further understanding of the regulation of human type I collagen gene expression under physiologic and pathologic conditions, we characterized 5.3 kilobase pairs (kb) of the human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene promoter. A series of deletion constructs containing portions of the alpha 1(I) procollagen 5'-flanking region (with end points from -5.3 kb to -84 base pairs (bp)) ligated to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene were transiently transfected into NIH/3T3 cells. Maximal CAT activity was observed with constructs having 5' end points from -804 to -174 bp. A further 5' deletion to -84 bp caused a marked reduction …