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Luigi Marchetti1, Maria G Sabbieti, Dimitrios Agas
1Department of Comparative Morphology and Biochemistry, University of Camerino, Camerino (MC)/Italy. luigi.marchetti@unicam.it
Abstract:
Previous studies showed that prostaglandin F2alpha (PGF2alpha) stimulated fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) cytosolic and nuclear accumulation, however, the endocytic pathway has not been elucidated. This study demonstrates that although PGF2alpha increased the formation of clathrin-coated structures in Py1a rat osteoblasts, they were not involved in FGF-2 and FGFR2 trafficking. PGF2alpha increased binding of FGF-2 and FGFR2 and co-localization of reactive sites in addition to nuclear translocation at the nuclear pore complex level. FGF-2 and FGFR2 were in close spatial correlation with importin beta, further supporting nuclear import of the FGF-2/FGFR2 complex. Immunogold and immunofluorescence techniques as well as Western blotting demonstrated increased importin beta protein labeling in response to PGF2alpha. Similar to PGF2alpha, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) also increased importin beta protein. These data strongly suggest that prostaglandins may regulate osteoblast metabolism via FGF-2/FGFR2/importin beta nuclear trafficking.
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