Characterization and partial purification of keratinocyte growth factor from the hypothalamus
- 31 August 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cellular Physiology
- Vol. 120 (3), 377-383
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1041200316
Abstract
An extract of bovine hypothalamus is known to be mitogenic for human keratinocytes in vitro. In order to identify the'responsible substance(s), biochemical characterization and subsequent bioassay of the extract in a serum-free culture system were performed. The keratinocyte growth-promoting activity of the hypothalamic extract was unaffected by heating (100 C, 10 min); acidification to pH 3.3; or by exposure to lipase, RNAase, or proteolytic enzymes; but was abolished by alkalinization to pH 11. An approximate molecular weight of 1,700 daltons was determined by elution on a calibrated Sephadex G-25 column, and an approximate pI of 3.5 was determined by isoelectric focusing. Optimal concentrations of the crude extract (150-300 μg/ ml) increased keratinocyte growth approximately 50-fold compared to control cultures lacking the extract. Partial purification resulted in a preparation biologically active at 30 ng/ml protein equivalent and was consistent with the presence of a single mitogen which we have termed keratinocyte growth factor (KGF). Mitogenic activity for human melanocytes, dermal fibroblasts, and endothelial cells, present in the crude hypothalamic extract, was lacking in heat-treated preparations that contained KGF. Optimal concentrations of purified epidermal growth factor and ethanolamine, the only remotely similar substances previously reported to augment keratinocyte growth in vitro, could not substitute for KGF in the serum-free culture system. Keratinocyte growth-promoting activity comparable to that observed in bovine hypothalamic extracts was present in human hypothalamic extracts prepared in the same manner.This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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