EGFR is involved in control of gastric cell proliferation through activation of MAPK and Src signalling pathways in early-weaned rats
| Autor: | Priscila Figueiredo, Eliana Parisi Alvares, Luciana H. Osaki, Patrícia Gama |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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MAPK/ERK pathway
TGF alpha medicine.medical_specialty Cyclin E biology Cell growth Cell Biology General Medicine Endocrinology Cyclin D1 medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine medicine biology.protein Gastric mucosa Epidermal growth factor receptor Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src |
| Zdroj: | Cell Proliferation. 44:174-182 |
| ISSN: | 0960-7722 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2011.00733.x |
| Popis: | Objectives: Early weaning (EW) increases proliferation of the gastric epithelium in parallel with higher expression of transforming growth factor alpha and its receptor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). The primary objective of the present study was to examine involvement of EGFR signalling in regulating mucosal cell proliferation during the early weaning period. Materials and methods: Fifteen-day-old rats were split into two groups: suckling (control) and EW, in which pups were separated from the dam. Animals were killed daily until the 18th day, 3 days after onset of treatment. To investigate the role of EGFR in proliferation control, EW pups were injected with AG1478, an EGFR inhibitor; signalling molecules, proliferative indices and cell cycle-related proteins were evaluated. Results: EW increased ERK1/2 and Src phosphorylation at 17 days, but p-Akt levels were unchanged. Moreover, at 17 days, AG1478 administration impaired ERK phosphorylation, whereas p-Src and p-Akt were not altered. AG1478 treatment reduced mitotic and DNA synthesis indices, which were determined on HE-stained and BrdU-labelled sections. Finally, AG1478 injection decreased p21 levels in the gastric mucosa at 17 days, while no changes were detected in p27, cyclin E, CDK2, cyclin D1 and CDK4 concentrations. Conclusions: EGFR is part of the mechanism that regulates cell proliferation in rat gastric mucosa during early weaning. We suggest that such responses might depend on activation of MAPK and/or Src signalling pathways and regulation of p21 levels. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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