PMID- 26523832 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160620 LR - 20181202 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 11 DP - 2015 TI - Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-2 Contributes to the Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor-Induced Neuronal Differentiation in Canine Bone Marrow Stromal Cells via Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt Signaling Pathway. PG - e0141581 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0141581 [doi] LID - e0141581 AB - Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are considered as candidates for regenerative therapy and a useful model for studying neuronal differentiation. The role of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) in neuronal differentiation has been previously studied; however, the signaling pathway involved in this process remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the signaling pathway in the bFGF-induced neuronal differentiation of canine BMSCs. bFGF induced the mRNA expression of the neuron marker, microtubule associated protein-2 (MAP2) and the neuron-like morphological change in canine BMSCs. In the presence of inhibitors of fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFR), phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt, i.e., SU5402, LY294002, and MK2206, respectively, bFGF failed to induce the MAP2 mRNA expression and the neuron-like morphological change. bFGF induced Akt phosphorylation, but it was attenuated by the FGFR inhibitor SU5402 and the PI3K inhibitor LY294002. In canine BMSCs, expression of FGFR-1 and FGFR-2 was confirmed, but only FGFR-2 activation was detected by cross-linking and immunoprecipitation analysis. Small interfering RNA-mediated knockdown of FGFR-2 in canine BMSCs resulted in the attenuation of bFGF-induced Akt phosphorylation. These results suggest that the FGFR-2/PI3K/Akt signaling pathway is involved in the bFGF-induced neuronal differentiation of canine BMSCs. FAU - Nakano, Rei AU - Nakano R AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan; Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Edamura, Kazuya AU - Edamura K AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Surgery, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Nakayama, Tomohiro AU - Nakayama T AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Radiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Narita, Takanori AU - Narita T AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Okabayashi, Ken AU - Okabayashi K AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Sugiya, Hiroshi AU - Sugiya H AD - Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20151102 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Microtubule-Associated Proteins) RN - 103107-01-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Oncogene Protein v-akt) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Dogs MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects MH - Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics MH - Neurons/*cytology/drug effects MH - Oncogene Protein v-akt/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation/drug effects MH - Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/*drug effects PMC - PMC4629880 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/11/03 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/21 06:00 PMCR- 2015/11/02 CRDT- 2015/11/03 06:00 PHST- 2015/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/10/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/11/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/11/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/11/02 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-15-15548 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0141581 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Nov 2;10(11):e0141581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141581. eCollection 2015.