Affiliation:
1. Departments of Research and Medicine, Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford 06105; and
2. The University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut 06030
Abstract
Hepatocyte growth factor/scatter factor (HGF/SF) is expressed by osteoblasts and has important effects on repair and bone remodeling. Because glucocorticoids regulate these two functions, we tested the effects of cortisol on the expression of HGF/SF and c-met, the protooncogene encoding the HGF/SF receptor, in cultures of osteoblast-enriched cells from 22-day fetal rat calvariae (Ob cells). Cortisol decreased HGF/SF mRNA levels and diminished the induction of HGF/SF transcripts by fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) and platelet-derived growth factor BB (PDGF BB). Cortisol also decreased FGF-2 and PDGF BB-induced HGF/SF mRNA and polypeptide levels in MC3T3 cells. In contrast, cortisol enhanced the expression of c-met transcripts in Ob cells. Cortisol did not modify the half-life of HGF/SF or of c-met mRNA in transcriptionally arrested cells, and it increased the rate of transcription of c-met. In conclusion, cortisol decreases HGF/SF transcripts in Ob cells and enhances c-met expression transcriptionally. The effects of cortisol on HGF/SF could be relevant to its inhibitory actions on bone formation and repair.
Publisher
American Physiological Society
Subject
Physiology (medical),Physiology,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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