PMID: 7544783Sep 1, 1995Paper

Epidermal growth factor stimulates integrin-mediated cell migration of cultured human corneal epithelial cells on fibronectin and arginine-glycine-aspartic acid peptide

Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science
B A Maldonado, L T Furcht

Abstract

The aim of this work was to show epidermal growth factor (EGF)-dependent migration of human corneal epithelial cells to fibronectin and GRGDSP peptide. The authors assessed the role of cell surface integrin heterodimer alpha 5 beta 1 in mediating haptotactic cell migration to fibronectin by the use of specific function-blocking integrin antibodies. A haptotactic cell migration assay in a Boyden chamber was used to compare the relative migration of the cultured human corneal epithelial cells in the presence of fibronectin and GRGDSP peptide-coated filters. Epithelial cells were incubated in the presence of function-blocking integrin antibodies or anti-EGF-receptor antibodies to determine their role in haptotactic cell migration. Human corneal epithelial cells grown as primary cultures migrated in the presence of fibronectin or GRGDSP peptide, but only on stimulation with EGF. Antibodies to the EGF receptor blocked the EGF-mediated stimulation of haptotactic cell migration. Anti-beta 1 and anti-alpha 5 antibodies each inhibited haptotactic cell migration to fibronectin and GRGDSP peptide. Epidermal growth factor provides an important stimulus of haptotactic cell migration of human corneal epithelial cells. Stimulation of cell mig...Continue Reading

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