FGF8在脊椎动物早期胚胎发育中的调控作用

成纤维细胞生长因子8 (fibroblast growth factor 8,FGF8)是成纤维细胞生长因子家族的成员之一,是一种组织发育过程中的重要分泌性调控信号分子,参与脊椎动物的多种组织器官的发生与发育.早期胚胎细胞通过表达FGF8在组织和器官发育、血管发生、血细胞生成、附肢发生和伤口愈合等方面发挥着重要作用.FGF8不但可以在细胞外通过胞内信号通路,而且也可以进入细胞内部发挥生物学功能.本文就FGF8在脊椎动物神经系统、内脏器官、肢体发育及不对称发育等组织、器官发育中的调控作用予以阐述.     

FGF信号通路在内耳发育调控和毛细胞再生中的作用

内耳是感受听觉和平衡觉的复杂器官。在内耳发育过程中,成纤维生长因子(fibroblast growth factor, FGF)信号通路参与了听基板的诱导、螺旋神经节(statoacoustic ganglion, SAG)的发育以及Corti器感觉上皮的分化。FGF信号开启了内耳早期发育的基因调控网络,诱导前基板区域以及听基板的形成。正常表达的FGF信号分子可促进听囊腹侧成神经细胞的特化,但成熟SAG神经元释放的过量FGF5可抑制此过程,形成负反馈环路使SAG在稳定状态下发育。FGF20在Notch信号通路的调控下参与了前感觉上皮区域向毛细胞和支持细胞的分化过程,而内毛细胞分泌的FGF8可调控局部支持细胞分化为柱细胞。人类FGF信号通路异常可导致多种耳聋相关遗传病。此外,FGF信号通路在低等脊椎动物毛细胞自发再生以及干细胞向内耳毛细胞诱导过程中都起到了关键作用。本文综述了FGF信号通路在内耳发育调控以及毛细胞再生中的作用及其相关研究进展,以期为毛细胞再生中FGF信号通路调控机制的阐明奠定理论基础。     

棉铃虫核多角体病毒成纤维细胞生长因子受体的获得及初步分析

成纤维细胞生长因子(fibroblast growthfactor,FGF)是一类非常重要的调节因子,它主要通过激活其受体再激活信号转导途径来调节细胞的生长、发育和迁移。昆虫杆状病毒如棉铃虫单核衣壳多角体病毒(Helicoverpa armigera nucleopolyhedrovirus,HearNPV)编码FGF并具有趋化宿主细胞的功能。为了深入研究其作用的分子机制,本文根据家蚕的FGF受体Bmbtl和草地贪夜蛾的FGF受体Sfbtl基因序列设计引物,通过RT-PCR从HearNPV的敏感细胞中获得了FGF受体Habtl的部分序列并对其进行了初步研究。序列分析结果显示获得的Habtl序列与Bmbtl和Sfbtl有很高的同源性;通过siRNA抑制试验,发现Habtl在HearNPV FGF趋化和病毒感染过程中发挥着重要作用。     

成纤维细胞生长因子22(FGF22)的研究进展

成纤维细胞生长因子22(fibroblast growth factor 22)是成纤维细胞生长因子家族(FGFs)的成员之一。研究发现,FGF22主要在大脑和皮肤中表达并且能够影响大脑发育和神经突触的形成。由于FGF22在难治性癫痫发生机制中所发挥的特殊作用,有可能作为研究癫痫疾病的新的切入点。此外FGF22与脊髓损伤修复、神经系统疾病、皮肤癌、抑郁等疾病有着重要的联系。特别是在神经突出的形成过程中FGF22起着调节因子的作用。尽管作为重组蛋白药物的开发其功能和机制仍有待进一步研究,但相信FGF22所具备的生物学特性具有非常广阔的研究领域和应用价值。     

乳腺发育激素对小鼠乳腺中FGF7，FGF10及其受体表达的影响

为阐明雌激素、孕酮以及催乳素3种乳腺发育激素对乳腺发育的调节机制,本研究以昆明鼠为实验材料,通过体外实验,系统地研究了乳腺发育激素对不同时期乳腺中FGF7,FGF10及KGFR表达的影响．结果表明,17β-雌二醇能引起小鼠乳腺中FGF7表达上调;孕酮对小鼠乳腺中的FGF7表达没有影响;在小鼠乳腺发育的妊娠期与泌乳期,催乳素能弓I起FGF7表达显著上调．17β-雌二醇能引起小鼠乳腺中的FGF10表达上调;在青春期小鼠乳腺发育,孕酮和催乳素能显著降低FGF10的表达;在妊娠期小鼠乳腺发育,催乳素能显著增加FGF10的表达．当17β-雌二醇在体内所占比例较高时,会降低KGFR的表达;而17β-雌二醇在体内所占比例较低时,反而会增加KGFR的表达．低浓度孕酮使KGFR的表达增加,高浓度孕酮对于KGFR的表达没有影响．在妊娠期以及泌乳期,对于小鼠乳腺发育,催乳素能显著升高KGFR的表达．     

成纤维细胞生长因子21的研究进展*

成纤维细胞生长因子21（fibroblast growth factor 21,FGF21）是一种主要的脂肪代谢调节因子,主要在肝脏中表达;FGF21有助于肝脏的脂肪代谢以及生酮反应,可以促进脂肪细胞摄取葡萄糖,促进胰岛素分泌,延缓肿瘤的发展等功能。近年来研究过程中发现,FGF21可以用于糖尿病和降血脂等其他代谢疾病治疗。主要对FGF21的特点,作用机理及其分子机制进行了概括,并对FGF21在糖尿病治疗和降血脂方面的研究进行了综述。     

FGF9与FGFR3受体在骨发育与疾病中的作用

成纤维细胞生长因子9(fibroblast growth factor,FGF9)最初发现于人类神经胶质瘤细胞,是成纤维细胞生长因子家族的成员之一.研究发现FGF9在多种组织的发育及疾病的发生中起重要作用.FGF9与肝素结合活化FGFR3受体,可作用于软骨细胞,在骨骼发育及损伤过程中抑制软骨细胞增生和软骨内骨化.FGF9基因缺失或突变可分别导致骨骼发育不良或肿瘤.本文简要综述FGF9与FGFR3受体在骨发育中的作用及其致病机制的研究进展.     

血管内皮细胞通过诱导ERG表达促进前列腺癌耐药

目的:探讨血管内皮细胞对前列腺癌细胞耐药能力的影响,并进一步研究血管内皮细胞作用于前列腺癌细胞的可能的分子机制。方法:1.利用Transwell小室构建共培养体系,通过CCK-8和Annexin V-FITC/PI检测细胞耐药的能力并通过蛋白印迹法(WB)检测凋亡相关分子的表达;2.利用聚合酶链式反应(PCR)及WB检测共培养后前列腺癌细胞中成红细胞病毒E26致癌物(ERG)的表达情况;利用酶联免疫吸附实验(ELISA)筛选出共培养组与非共培养组细胞上清之间有差异的细胞因子,并通过WB检测各个细胞因子与ERG的关系,确定影响ERG表达最明显的细胞因子。结果:1.前列腺癌细胞与血管内皮细胞共培养后,前列腺癌细胞对多西他赛的耐药性增加,细胞凋亡减少;2.共培养后前列腺癌细胞ERG的表达增高;血管内皮细胞分泌的成纤维细胞生长因子2(FGF2)在共培养后有明显增加,FGF2可以促进前列腺癌ERG的表达,并且这种病效应会被FGF2的抑制剂所逆转。结论:血管内皮细胞分泌的FGF2可促进前列腺癌细胞ERG的表达,促进前列腺癌细胞对多西他赛的耐药性。     

CTGF与FGF在促成纤维细胞增殖过程中的基因反应差异

结缔组织生长因子(CTGF)是某些内皮细胞即刻早期基因反应产物,其与FGF具有类似的促进成纤维细胞(KMB-17)增殖的功能;在此促增殖过程中CTGF和FGF所诱导的基因反应有所差异,CTGF诱导细胞表达c-myc,而FGF促进c-fos表达增加;此外两种因子均诱导与酪氨酸磷酸化过程密切相关的src基因表达,免疫沉淀证实CTGF结合细胞表面受体后可诱导细胞内相应蛋白的酪氨酸磷酸化.     

FGF14在神经退行疾病中的研究进展 *

成纤维细胞生长因子14(FGF14)是成纤维细胞生长因子家族中一员,主要在发育中及成熟的神经系统中表达。研究发现,FGF14在退行性神经系统中的脊髓小脑共济失调27型中发挥着重要的作用,FGF14的功能与各种离子通道关系密切,以钠离子通道为主,活性被神经元的兴奋性调节。根据FGF14的特点,归纳总结了FGF14目前的研究进展,为FGF14的基础和工程化研究提供理论依据。     

Retina- and eye-derived endothelial cell growth factors: partial molecular characterization and identity with acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors

Two retina-derived growth factors have been isolated on the basis of their ability to stimulate the proliferation of capillary endothelial cells in vitro. Gas-phase sequence analysis identified the amino-terminal sequence of the major form of the mitogen as being identical with residues 1-35 of bovine basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Amino-terminal sequence analysis of the second form identified 28 residues that are indistinguishable from those of brain acidic FGF (residues 1-28). The possibility that these retina-derived endothelial cell growth factors are related to, if not identical with, basic and acidic FGF is supported by observations that they have similar molecular weights (15000-16000), similar retention behavior on all steps of chromatography (ion-exchange, heparin-Sepharose), and similar amino acid compositions and that they cross-react with antibodies to basic and acidic FGF. The eye-derived growth factors, like FGF, are potent stimulators of capillary endothelial cell growth in vitro. The results identify the major retina-derived endothelial cell growth factor as indistinguishable from basic FGF and demonstrate the presence of an acidic FGF in the eye. They suggest that at least some of the mitogenic, angiogenic, and neovascularizing activities described as being present in the retina are due to the existence of FGF in this tissue. The implications of this finding on the etiology and pathophysiology of vasoproliferative diseases of the eye are discussed.     

Cultured human foreskin fibroblasts produce a factor that stimulates their growth with properties similar to basic fibroblast growth factor

Summary To determine if fibroblasts could be a source of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in tissue, cells were initiated in culture from newborn human foreskin. Cells were studied in Passages 2 to 8. Fibroblast cell lysates promoted radiolabeled thymidine uptake by cultured quiescent fibroblasts. Seventy-nine percent of the growth-promoting activity of lysates was recovered from heparin-Sepharose. The heparin-binding growth factor reacted on immunoblots with antiserum to human placenta-derived basic FGF and competed with iodinated basic FGF for binding to antiserum to (1-24)bFGF synthetic peptide. To confirm that fibroblasts were the source of the growth factor, cell lysates were prepared from cells incubated with radiolabeled methionine. Heparin affinity purified material was immunoprecipitated with basic FGF antiserum and electrophoresed. Radiolabeled material was detected on gel autoradiographs in the same molecular weight region as authentic iodinated basic FGF. The findings are consistant with the notion that cultured fibroblasts express basic FGF. As these cells also respond to the mitogen, it is possible that the regulation of their growth is under autocrine control. Fibroblasts may be an important source of the growth factor in tissue. Supported in part by grant DK 31063 from the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.     

Fibroblast growth factor 16 and 18 are expressed in human cardiovascular tissues and induce on endothelial cells migration but not proliferation

Endothelial cells line the blood vessel and precursor endothelial cells appear to have a pivotal effect on the organ formation of the heart, the embryonic development of the kidney, and the liver. Several growth factors including the fibroblast growth factors (FGF) seem to be involved in these processes. Ligands such as basic FGF produced and secreted by endothelial cells may also coordinate cellular migration, differentiation, and proliferation under pathological conditions including wound healing, tumorgenesis, and fibrogenesis in the adult. Recently we demonstrated the expression of two secreted FGFs, FGF16, and FGF18, in HUVEC and in rat aortic tissue. In the present report, we confirmed by RT-PCR analysis that FGF18 is wildly expressed in the cardiovascular tissue, while FGF16 showed a more restricted expression pattern. HUVEC clearly demonstrated chemotaxis towards FGF16 and FGF18. Both FGFs also enhanced cell migration in response to mechanical damage. However, recombinant FGF16 and FGF18 failed to induce endothelial cell proliferation or sprouting in a three-dimensional in vitro angiogenesis assay. Fgf18 expression was earlier reported in the liver, and we detected FGF18 expression in liver vascular and liver sinusoidal endothelial cells (LSECs), but not in hepatic parenchymal cells. Recombinant FGF18 stimulated DNA synthesis in primary hepatocytes, suggesting, that endothelial FGF18 might have a paracrine function in promoting growth of the parenchymal tissue. Interestingly, FGF2, which is mitogenic on endothelial cells and hepatocytes stimulates a sustained MAPK activation in both cell types, while FGF18 causes a short transient activation of the MAPK pathway in endothelial cells but a sustained activation in hepatocytes. Therefore, the difference in the time course of MAPK activation by the different FGFs appears to be the cause for the different cellular responses.     

Fibroblast growth factor as an intraovarian hormone: differential regulation of steroidogenesis by an angiogenic factor

The potential role of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) in the regulation of granulosa cell differentiation was investigated because of its recent identification as the corpus luteum angiogenic factor. Treatment of rat ovarian granulosa cells with FGF inhibits the capacity of follicle stimulating hormone to stimulate estrogen production and to induce luteinizing hormone receptors. In contrast, although incubations with FGF can inhibit the estrogen-sensitive component of progesterone synthesis, the presence of FGF with suboptimal concentrations of follicle stimulating hormone significantly enhances the synthesis of progesterone. This capacity to differentially regulate steroidogenesis in the granulosa cell is comparable to the potency of FGF (ED50 = 30 pg/ml, 10(-12) M) in other in vitro assays. The observation that an angiogenic factor, like FGF, can specifically increase the sensitivity of progesterone synthesis and simultaneously inhibit estrogen formation supports the hypothesis that this growth factor plays an important role in the development and maintenance of a functional corpus luteum. As such, FGF may be involved in the local regulation of follicular selection, growth and atresia by simple virtue of its capacity to induce a neovascular response on one hand and by its ability to modulate the differentiated response to gonadotropins on the other.     

组织特异性启动子介导的反义FGF8b RNA对前列腺癌细胞生长增殖能力的影响

利用启动子的组织特异性和治疗基因组织特异表达的特点 ,设计出前列腺癌靶向基因治疗的新方案 .利用DNA重组技术将前列腺组织特异性启动子 (probasin基因启动子 )和在前列腺癌细胞中高表达成纤维细胞生长因子 (FGF) 8b反义cDNA克隆到逆转录病毒载体pSIR中构建成重组体PB 反义FGF8b pSIR .经转染包装细胞PT 6 7后将产生的复制缺陷型逆转录病毒体外感染前列腺癌细胞系PC 3M ,体外检测其生长增殖和侵袭转移能力的变化 .结果表明 ,与对照组相比 ,前列腺癌细胞感染产生反义FGF8bRNA的逆转录病毒后生长速度减慢 ,集落形成能力下降 ,体外侵袭转移能力降低 (P <0 0 1) .体外试验表明 ,前列腺组织特异性启动子介导的反义FGF8bRNA可有效降低前列腺癌细胞的体外生长增殖和转移能力 ,这为体内靶向前列腺癌基因治疗奠定了可靠的基础 .     

FGF8-mediated signaling regulates tooth developmental pace during odontogenesis

The developing human and mouse teeth constitute an ideal model system to study the regulatory mechanism underlying organ growth control since their teeth share highly conserved and well-characterized developmental processes, and their developmental tempo varies notably. In the current study, we manipulated heterogenous recombination between human and mouse dental tissues and demonstrated that the dental mesenchyme dominates the tooth developmental tempo and FGF8 could be a critical player during this developmental process. Forced activation of FGF8 signaling in the dental mesenchyme of mice promoted cell proliferation, prevented cell apoptosis via p38 and perhaps PI3K-Akt intracellular signaling, and impelled the transition of the cell cycle from G1- to S-phase in the tooth germ, resulting in the slowdown of the tooth developmental pace. Our results provide compelling evidence that extrinsic signals can profoundly affect tooth developmental tempo, and the dental mesenchymal FGF8 could be a pivotal factor in controlling the developmental pace in a non-cell-autonomous manner during mammalian odontogenesis.     

Fibroblast growth factor 2-functionalized collagen matrices for skeletal muscle tissue engineering

Fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) protein plays important roles in wound healing and tissue regeneration. Collagen is clinically used for wound care applications. We investigated the potential value of FGF2-functionalized collagen matrices for skeletal muscle tissue engineering. When C2C12 cells were treated with FGF2, cell adhesion increased after 3 and 5 days compared to the control (P < 0.05). Wound healing activity of FGF2 was slightly higher than the control through cell migration. Cell proliferation activity of FGF2-functionalized collagen matrices on C2C12 cells also increased. Taken together, FGF2 stimulated C2C12 myoblast growth by promoting cell adhesion, proliferation and wound healing activity after injury. The potential effect of FGF2-functionalized collagen matrices was also observed. Thus FGF2 stimulates skeletal muscle development and regeneration, thereby leading to potential utility for skeletal muscle tissue engineering.     

Gene expression patterns of the fibroblast growth factors and their receptors during myogenesis of rat satellite cells.

Satellite cells are the myogenic precursors in postnatal muscle and are situated beneath the myofiber basement membrane. We previously showed that fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2, basic FGF) stimulates a greater number of satellite cells to enter the cell cycle but does not modify the overall schedule of a short proliferative phase and a rapid transition to the differentiated state as the satellite cells undergo myogenesis in isolated myofibers. In this study we investigated whether other members of the FGF family can maintain the proliferative state of the satellite cells in rat myofiber cultures. We show that FGF1, FGF4, and FGF6 (as well as hepatocyte growth factor, HGF) enhance satellite cell proliferation to a similar degree as that seen with FGF2, whereas FGF5 and FGF7 are ineffective. None of the growth factors prolongs the proliferative phase or delays the transition of the satellite cells to the differentiating, myogenin(+) state. However, FGF6 retards the rapid exit of the cells from the myogenin(+) state that routinely occurs in myofiber cultures. To determine which of the above growth factors might be involved in regulating satellite cells in vivo, we examined their mRNA expression patterns in cultured rat myofibers using RT-PCR. The expression of all growth factors, excluding FGF4, was confirmed. Only FGF6 was expressed at a higher level in the isolated myofibers and not in the connective tissue cells surrounding the myofibers or in satellite cells dissociated away from the muscle. By Western blot analysis, we also demonstrated the presence of FGF6 protein in the skeletal musle tissue. Our studies therefore suggest that the myofibers serve as the main source for the muscle FGF6 in vivo. We also used RT-PCR to analyze the expression patterns of the four tyrosine kinase FGF receptors (FGFR1-FGFR4) and of the HGF receptor (c-met) in the myofiber cultures. Depending on the time in culture, expression of all receptors was detected, with FGFR2 and FGFR3 expressed only at a low level. Only FGFR4 was expressed at a higher level in the myofibers but not the connective tissue cell cultures. FGFR4 was also expressed at a higher level in satellite cells compared to the nonmyogenic cells when the two cell populations were released from the muscle tissue and fractionated by Percoll density centrifugation. The unique localization patterns of FGF6 and FGFR4 may reflect specific roles for these members of the FGF signaling complex during myogenesis in adult skeletal muscle.     

Sprouty genes control diastema tooth development via bidirectional antagonism of epithelial-mesenchymal FGF signaling

Unlike humans, who have a continuous row of teeth, mice have only molars and incisors separated by a toothless region called a diastema. Although tooth buds form in the embryonic diastema, they regress and do not develop into teeth. Here, we identify members of the Sprouty (Spry) family, which encode negative feedback regulators of fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and other receptor tyrosine kinase signaling, as genes that repress diastema tooth development. We show that different Sprouty genes are deployed in different tissue compartments--Spry2 in epithelium and Spry4 in mesenchyme--to prevent diastema tooth formation. We provide genetic evidence that they function to ensure that diastema tooth buds are refractory to signaling via FGF ligands that are present in the region and thus prevent these buds from engaging in the FGF-mediated bidirectional signaling between epithelium and mesenchyme that normally sustains tooth development.