Expression of transforming growth factor alpha in normal human adult kidney and enhanced expression of transforming growth factors alpha and beta 1 in renal cell carcinoma.

Publication/Presentation Date

12-15-1989

Abstract

Normal kidney and renal cell carcinoma tissues from ten patients were studied for mRNA and DNA for both transforming growth factors alpha and beta 1. Northern and Southern hybridizations were conducted on samples extracted from the solid tumor and surrounding normal tissues and two tumor-derived cell lines. Low levels of constitutive expression of TGF-alpha mRNA were detected in all normal kidney tissues; six of the ten patients, however, demonstrated an increased (2- to 8-fold) expression of TGF-alpha in the tumor versus normal kidney as determined by densitometry of RNA blots. All ten patients had elevated mRNA levels for TGF-beta 1 in the tumor (2.5-to 22-fold increase) relative to normal kidney. Two tumor-derived cell lines also expressed TGF-alpha and TGF-beta 1 mRNA. Southern blot hybridization of the DNA extracted from the normal tumor pairs revealed no gene amplification or gross rearrangement for either the TGF-alpha or TGF-beta 1 genes. These results demonstrate the expected constitutive expression of TGF-beta 1 by normal kidney; however, the constitutive expression of TGF-alpha by Northern blot analysis in normal adult human kidney is previously unreported. Enhanced expression of TGF-alpha and TGF-beta 1 mRNA in solid tumor may be related to the development of renal cell carcinoma.

Volume

49

Issue

24 Pt 1

First Page

6972

Last Page

6975

ISSN

0008-5472

Disciplines

Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods

PubMedID

2582439

Department(s)

Administration and Leadership

Document Type

Article

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