PMID- 7999678 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19950124 LR - 20240109 IS - 0923-1811 (Print) IS - 0923-1811 (Linking) VI - 7 Suppl DP - 1994 Jul TI - Dermal papilla cells express hepatocyte growth factor. PG - S79-83 AB - In the induction, development and maintenance of hair follicles, it is thought that an epithelial-mesenchymal interaction is important and that the dermal papilla plays some important roles. Hepatocyte growth factor is a multifunctional polypeptide which acts as mitogen, motogen or morphogen depending on the biological context. Recently, we found that HGF stimulates hair follicle growth in a mouse organ culture system, and therefore proceeded to investigate the expression of HGF on cultured human dermal papilla cells (DPC) and the effect of HGF on cultured human keratinocytes derived from hair bulb. Using an enzyme immuno assay, HGF immunoreactivities were not detected in conditioned media of DPC that were either non-treated or treated with TGF-beta, but were detected in conditioned media of DPC treated with IL1-alpha, TNF-alpha and TPA. Using the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method, HGF mRNA was also detected in DPC. This expression was enhanced by IL1-alpha, TNF-alpha and TPA, but suppressed by TGF-beta. Furthermore, HGF stimulated the DNA synthesis in keratinocytes derived from human hair bulb in a dose-dependent manner. These results indicate that DPC express HGF in vitro and that HGF stimulates the growth of human keratinocytes derived from hair bulb in vitro. FAU - Shimaoka, S AU - Shimaoka S AD - Department of Dermatology, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Imai, R AU - Imai R FAU - Ogawa, H AU - Ogawa H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Netherlands TA - J Dermatol Sci JT - Journal of dermatological science JID - 9011485 RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 130349-12-1 (glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase (304-313)) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) RN - EC 1.2.1.- (Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases) RN - NI40JAQ945 (Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate) SB - IM GS - GAPDH GS - HGF MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenases/genetics MH - Hair/*cytology/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/genetics/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Interleukin-1/pharmacology MH - Keratinocytes/drug effects/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peptide Fragments/genetics MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate/pharmacology MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology EDAT- 1994/07/01 00:00 MHDA- 1994/07/01 00:01 CRDT- 1994/07/01 00:00 PHST- 1994/07/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1994/07/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1994/07/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0923-1811(94)90038-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0923-1811(94)90038-8 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Dermatol Sci. 1994 Jul;7 Suppl:S79-83. doi: 10.1016/0923-1811(94)90038-8.