Development of a chemically defined medium and discovery of new mitogenic growth factors for mouse hepatocytes: mitogenic effects of FGF1/2 and PDGF.
Τίτλος | Development of a chemically defined medium and discovery of new mitogenic growth factors for mouse hepatocytes: mitogenic effects of FGF1/2 and PDGF. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2014 |
Authors | Bowen, W. C., Michalopoulos A. W., Orr A., Ding M. Q., Stolz D. B., & Michalopoulos G. K. |
Journal | PLoS One |
Volume | 9 |
Issue | 4 |
Pagination | e95487 |
Date Published | 2014 |
ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Λέξεις κλειδιά | Animals, Cell Cycle, Cell Proliferation, Cells, Cultured, Culture Media, Serum-Free, Fibroblast Growth Factor 1, Fibroblast Growth Factor 2, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, Hepatocytes, Male, Mice, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor, Rats, Rats, Inbred F344 |
Abstract | Chemically defined serum-free media for rat hepatocytes have been useful in identifying EGFR ligands and HGF/MET signaling as direct mitogenic factors for rat hepatocytes. The absence of such media for mouse hepatocytes has prevented screening for discovery of such mitogens for mouse hepatocytes. We present results obtained by designing such a chemically defined medium for mouse hepatocytes and demonstrate that in addition to EGFR ligands and HGF, the growth factors FGF1 and FGF2 are also important mitogenic factors for mouse hepatocytes. Smaller mitogenic response was also noticed for PDGF AB. Mouse hepatocytes are more likely to enter into spontaneous proliferation in primary culture due to activation of cell cycle pathways resulting from collagenase perfusion. These results demonstrate unanticipated fundamental differences in growth biology of hepatocytes between the two rodent species. |
DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0095487 |
Alternate Journal | PLoS ONE |
PubMed ID | 24743506 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC3990636 |
Grant List | CA103958 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States DK35373 / DK / NIDDK NIH HHS / United States UL1 TR000005 / TR / NCATS NIH HHS / United States |