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[Basic fibroblast growth factor inhibits promoter activities of human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene induced by
Wei-dong Wan1, Song-lin Yang, Chun-fang Gao
1Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing Jiangsu, P. R. China 210009.
Objective:
To investigate the effects of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the promoter activities of human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene and the interaction between bFGF and transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1).
Methods:
Fibroblasts of the hypertrophic scar and normal skin from a 3-year-old patient were primarily cultured and subcultured in vitro. Both of the fibroblasts were transient transfected with phCOL 2.5, containing -2.5 kb of 5'f lank sequence of human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene and CAT reporter gene by FuGENE transfection reagent; and treated thereafter by 16 ng/ml bFGF, 2 ng/ml TGF-beta 1 and 16 ng/ml bFGF + 2 ng/ml TGF beta 1 for 24 hours. The relative CAT expression values were determined by CAT-ELISA.
Results:
TGF-beta 1 strongly induced the CAT expression level, however, bFGF not only inhibited the basal CAT expression but also reduced the CAT expression up-regulated by TGF-beta 1 in normal skin and hypertrophic scar fibroblasts (P < 0.05).
Conclusion:
bFGF can reduce the promoter activities of human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene and antagonize the role of TGF-beta 1 in up-regulating the promoter activities of human alpha 1(I) procollagen gene in normal skin and hyertrophic scar fibroblasts.
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