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Several factors are released in the liver microenvironment immediately after injury. Among these factors TNF alpha is implicated as a regulator of hepatocyte proliferation. Hepatocytes in the intact liver are mostly in the G0 phase of the cell cycle and after injury (including collagenase perfusion) display a constitutive expression of the growth-regulated c-myc oncogene. TNF alpha co-added with dHGF in hepatocyte cultures, superinduced the DNA synthetic response observed at all time points. In parallel, TNF alpha/dHGF-treated hepatocytes have shown increased expression of the c-myc oncogene at times corresponding to the in vitro G1 phase of the cell cycle. TNF alpha activated PLA2 in hepatocytes and it is believed that the subsequent production of PGE2 plays a role in the "priming" process in these cells and at the same time amplifies the proliferating signals induced by hepatocyte-specific growth factors.

Original publication

DOI

10.1006/bbrc.1995.2904

Type

Journal article

Journal

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

Publication Date

26/12/1995

Volume

217

Pages

1263 - 1270

Keywords

Animals, Cell Division, Cells, Cultured, Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors, Dinoprostone, Enzyme Activation, Epidermal Growth Factor, Gene Expression, Genes, myc, Hepatocyte Growth Factor, Indomethacin, Liver, Phospholipases A, Phospholipases A2, RNA, Messenger, Rats, Structure-Activity Relationship, Transforming Growth Factor beta, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha