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Neoexpression of the c-met/Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Scatter Factor Receptor Gene in Activated Monocytes
Mario Beilmann,
Margarete Odenthal,
Waltraud Jung,
George F. Vande Woude,
Hans-Peter Dienes, and
Peter Schirmacher
From the Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, Mainz, Germany; and the ABL Basic Research Program, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, MD.
Hepatocyte growth factor-scatter factor (HGF-SF ) mediates mito-, moto-, and morphogenic effects through the MET receptor, a membrane bound tyrosine kinase. HGF-SF/MET signaling is mitogenic for a large number of epithelial and endothelial cells and activates organ regeneration. HGF-SF transcripts have been detected in various myeloid cell lines. Therefore, the potential role of HGF-SF/MET signaling for circulating cells of the immune system, especially under conditions of inflammation, was evaluated. Several B-lymphoid and myeloid cell lines were found to express HGF-SF or c-met transcripts, while activity of both genes was mutually exclusive with the exception of low level coexpression in two B-cell lines. HGF-SF transcripts were present in low quantities in freshly isolated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs). In contrast, c-met expression was not detected in freshly isolated cells from peripheral blood, but was induced in monocytes by activation of monocytic or T-cell function. HGF-SF incubation led to an increased c-fos steady state transcript level in myeloblastic K562 cells and moderately promoted cell viability of freshly isolated preactivated monocytes. c-met expression is thus established in activated monocytes, in particular under conditions resembling inflammation, making these cells accessible to functional effects of HGF-SF.
Blood, Vol. 90 No. 11 (December 1), 1997:
pp. 4450-4458
© 1997 by The American Society of Hematology.
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