Abstract
Recently we demonstrated in a transgenic mouse model that hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibits c-myc dependent hepatocarcinogenesis. The inhibitory effects of HGF in carcinogenesis were further characterized using a series of rat liver epithelial (RLE) cell lines which were transformedin vitrowith either aflatoxin or oncogenes, or spontaneously. HGF caused a cytostatic effect and enhanced cell motility in spontaneously and aflatoxin-transformed cells. In normal RLE cells HGF was slightly stimulatory and did not induce scattering. The HGF receptor was tyrosine phosphorylated in all cell lines, indicating that it is functionally active and capable of signaling events. In the aflatoxin transformed cells HGF also induced apoptosis, associated with constitutive c-myc expression and 1 Kb bax-α transcripts. These findings indicate that transformed RLE cell lines may provide a useful model to further examine the mechanism(s) by which HGF and its receptor modulate neoplastic development.
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