Mesangial cells express platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) A- and B-chain mRNA and release PDGF. Several polypeptide growth factors, including PDGF itself, induce PDGF A- and B- chain mRNA abundance. To understand the molecular mechanisms associated with the changes in mRNA abundance, we measured the effects of PDGF BB homodimer on PDGF A- and B-chain gene transcription in cultured mesangial cells. The data demonstrate 2- and 4-fold increases in PDGF A-chain gene transcription in response to PDGF BB homodimer at 5 and 24 h time points respectively. PDGF B-chain gene transcription was also induced approximately 3-fold at 2, 5 and 24 h time points in response to treatment with PDGF BB homodimer. The effect of PDGF BB on the half-life of PDGF A- as well as PDGF B-chain mRNA was measured directly by the pulse-chase method. There was no effect on PDGF A-chain mRNA half-life whereas PDGF B-chain mRNA half-life was increased 1.5-fold. These studies indicate that, in human mesangial cells, the increase in the levels of PDGF A- and B-chain mRNA in response to PDGF- receptor(s) activation is mediated at the level of gene transcription. In addition, the regulation of PDGF B- but not PDGF A-chain gene involves increased mRNA stability. Mesangial cells are a useful model for studying molecular mechanisms of PDGF- gene regulation in non-transformed human cells.
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January 15 1994
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) BB homodimer regulates PDGF A- and PDGF B-chain gene transcription in human mesangial cells
B Bhandari
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B Bhandari
1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, TX 78284-7882, U.S.A.
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G Grandaliano
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G Grandaliano
1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, TX 78284-7882, U.S.A.
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H E Abboud
H E Abboud
1Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Audie L. Murphy Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Antonio, TX 78284-7882, U.S.A.
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Biochem J (1994) 297 (2): 385–388.
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B Bhandari, G Grandaliano, H E Abboud; Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) BB homodimer regulates PDGF A- and PDGF B-chain gene transcription in human mesangial cells. Biochem J 15 January 1994; 297 (2): 385–388. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj2970385
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