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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
To investigate the role of heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) in skeletal muscle, we studied its function in skeletal myotubes in vitro using mouse C2C12 cells. Expression levels of membrane-anchored HB-EGF (proHB-EGF) protein were increased specifically during their differentiation among epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) ligands. Production levels of EGFR on the cell surface were constant. Tyrosine phosphorylation of EGFR, however, was constitutively increased during differentiation. Quenching of endogenous HB-EGF significantly rendered myotubes sensitive to apoptotic cell death induced by hypoxic stress, suggesting that proHB-EGF in the skeletal muscle is specifically upregulated to function as a survival factor.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
459
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
100-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Upregulation of endogenous heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor and its role as a survival factor in skeletal myotubes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article