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PDGFD, a new protease-activated growth factor

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NATURE CELL BIOLOGY
卷 3, 期 5, 页码 517-521

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MACMILLAN PUBLISHERS LTD
DOI: 10.1038/35074593

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Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has been directly implicated in developmental and physiological processes(1-5), as well as in human cancer, fibrotic diseases and arteriosclerosis(6). The PDGF family currently consists of at least three gene products, PDGF-A, PDGF-B and PDGF-C, which selectively signal through two PDGF receptors (PDGFRs) to regulate diverse cellular functions. After two decades of searching, PDGF-A and B were the only ligands identified for PDGFRs. Recently, however, database mining has resulted in the discovery of a third member of the PDGF family PDGF-C-7,C-8, a functional analogue of PDGF-A that requires proteolytic activation. PDGF-A and PDGF-C selectively activate PDGFR-alpha (7,9,10) whereas PDGF-B activates both PDGFR-alpha and PDGFR-beta (9,11). Here we identify and characterize a new member of the PDGF family, PDGF D, which also requires proteolytic activation. Recombinant, purified PDGF-D induces DNA synthesis and growth in cells expressing PDGFRs. In cells expressing individual PDGFRs, PDGF-D binds to and activates PDGFR-beta but not PDGFR-alpha. However, in cells expressing both PDGFRs, PDGF-D activates both receptors. This indicates that PDGFR-alpha activation may result from PDGFR-alpha/beta heterodimerization.

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