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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3-4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Epidermal growth factor receptor signaling plays an important role in lung maturation. The authors hypothesized that specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms are expressed and activated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGFalpha) (EGF receptor [EGFR] ligands) in fetal lung fibroblasts. The authors found 4 PKC isoforms expressed in gestational day 19 (d19) fetal rat lung fibroblasts, and focused on PKCalpha because of its developmental expression pattern. PKCalpha immunolocalization in d17, d19, and d21 fetal lung fibroblasts was similar to EGFR. PKCalpha expression decreased with lung maturation. EGF, but not TGFalpha, stimulated PKCalpha activation and membrane translocation. Further studies of PKCalpha functions in fetal lung development are clearly needed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0190-2148
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-6-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Gestational Age, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Protein Kinase C, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Protein Kinase C-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Protein Kinase C-epsilon, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17558679-Transforming Growth Factor alpha
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms and ligand-specific activation of PKCalpha in late gestation fetal lung.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Neonatology, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article