PMID: 8586627May 1, 1995Paper

Hepatocyte growth factor stimulates liver regeneration and elevates blood protein level in normal and partially hepatectomized rats

Journal of Biochemistry
T IshiiS Yuasa

Abstract

The effects of recombinant human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on liver growth and function of normal and partially hepatectomized rats have been examined. HGF was continuously administered into the jugular vein because it was rapidly eliminated from the plasma (t1/2 alpha; approximately 4.5 min) and degraded. In normal rats, the labeling index of hepatocytes was increased about 6 times by the administration of HGF. HGF also decreased the prothrombin time and increased the hepaplastin and serum albumin content. In 70%-hepatectomized rats, HGF stimulated liver regeneration and increased the level of blood proteins such as hepaplastin in a dose-dependent manner. The stimulation of serum protein level seemed to result from not only the increase of hepatic cell number but also the direct effect of HGF on the protein production in hepatocytes, because HGF rapidly enhanced the protein synthesis prior to the increase of cell number and increased the mRNA content of albumin in the liver in vivo. In addition, a combination of heparin with HGF further accelerated the effects of HGF described above, possibly due to the decrease of HGF clearance. These findings suggest that HGF accelerates both the hepatic regeneration and function in viv...Continue Reading

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