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Decorin, versican, and biglycan gene expression by keloid and normal dermal fibroblasts: differential regulation by basic fibroblast growth factor. 1993

E M Tan, and J Hoffren, and S Rouda, and S Greenbaum, and J W Fox, and J H Moore, and G R Dodge
Department of Pathology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.

Basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) is a multipotential heparin-binding factor that belongs to the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. The FGFs demonstrate a wide spectrum of biologic activities in vivo and in vitro. In this study, we investigated the potential of bFGF to regulate the expression of various dermal extracellular matrix proteoglycans and type I collagen mRNAs in cultured human fibroblasts from keloid, which is a prototype of dermal fibrosis, and normal skin tissue. We report that bFGF upregulates the expression of the decorin gene in normal and keloid fibroblasts. In contrast, the expression of biglycan is downregulated by bFGF. The mRNA steady-state level of versican, a large proteoglycan, is not altered by bFGF. Type I collagen gene expression is downregulated substantially in keloid and normal fibroblasts by bFGF. The results suggest that the expression of the proteoglycan genes are uncoordinately regulated and that the gene expression of type I collagen and biglycan is coordinately downregulated. The results also demonstrate that keloid fibroblasts respond similarly as do normal fibroblasts to bFGF in the regulation of proteoglycan and collagen expression.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007627 Keloid A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair. It is differentiated from a hypertrophic scar (CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC) in that the former does not spread to surrounding tissues. Keloids
D011508 Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans Proteoglycans consisting of proteins linked to one or more CHONDROITIN SULFATE-containing oligosaccharide chains. Proteochondroitin Sulfates,Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycan,Proteochondroitin Sulfate,Proteoglycan, Chondroitin Sulfate,Proteoglycans, Chondroitin Sulfate,Sulfate Proteoglycan, Chondroitin,Sulfate Proteoglycans, Chondroitin
D011509 Proteoglycans Glycoproteins which have a very high polysaccharide content. Proteoglycan,Proteoglycan Type H
D002478 Cells, Cultured Cells propagated in vitro in special media conducive to their growth. Cultured cells are used to study developmental, morphologic, metabolic, physiologic, and genetic processes, among others. Cultured Cells,Cell, Cultured,Cultured Cell
D003094 Collagen A polypeptide substance comprising about one third of the total protein in mammalian organisms. It is the main constituent of SKIN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; and the organic substance of bones (BONE AND BONES) and teeth (TOOTH). Avicon,Avitene,Collagen Felt,Collagen Fleece,Collagenfleece,Collastat,Dermodress,Microfibril Collagen Hemostat,Pangen,Zyderm,alpha-Collagen,Collagen Hemostat, Microfibril,alpha Collagen
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012333 RNA, Messenger RNA sequences that serve as templates for protein synthesis. Bacterial mRNAs are generally primary transcripts in that they do not require post-transcriptional processing. Eukaryotic mRNA is synthesized in the nucleus and must be exported to the cytoplasm for translation. Most eukaryotic mRNAs have a sequence of polyadenylic acid at the 3' end, referred to as the poly(A) tail. The function of this tail is not known for certain, but it may play a role in the export of mature mRNA from the nucleus as well as in helping stabilize some mRNA molecules by retarding their degradation in the cytoplasm. Messenger RNA,Messenger RNA, Polyadenylated,Poly(A) Tail,Poly(A)+ RNA,Poly(A)+ mRNA,RNA, Messenger, Polyadenylated,RNA, Polyadenylated,mRNA,mRNA, Non-Polyadenylated,mRNA, Polyadenylated,Non-Polyadenylated mRNA,Poly(A) RNA,Polyadenylated mRNA,Non Polyadenylated mRNA,Polyadenylated Messenger RNA,Polyadenylated RNA,RNA, Polyadenylated Messenger,mRNA, Non Polyadenylated
D015870 Gene Expression The phenotypic manifestation of a gene or genes by the processes of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and GENETIC TRANSLATION. Expression, Gene,Expressions, Gene,Gene Expressions
D016222 Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 A single-chain polypeptide growth factor that plays a significant role in the process of WOUND HEALING and is a potent inducer of PHYSIOLOGIC ANGIOGENESIS. Several different forms of the human protein exist ranging from 18-24 kDa in size due to the use of alternative start sites within the fgf-2 gene. It has a 55 percent amino acid residue identity to FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1 and has potent heparin-binding activity. The growth factor is an extremely potent inducer of DNA synthesis in a variety of cell types from mesoderm and neuroectoderm lineages. It was originally named basic fibroblast growth factor based upon its chemical properties and to distinguish it from acidic fibroblast growth factor (FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1). Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor,Fibroblast Growth Factor, Basic,HBGF-2,Cartilage-Derived Growth Factor,Class II Heparin-Binding Growth Factor,FGF-2,FGF2,Fibroblast Growth Factor-2,Heparin-Binding Growth Factor Class II,Prostate Epithelial Cell Growth Factor,Prostatropin,Cartilage Derived Growth Factor,FGF 2

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