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Prospec/HGF Human/Hepatocyte Growth Factor Human Recombinant/10µg/CYT-244-10µg-10µg

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CYT-244
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HepatocytegrowthfactorisdescribedasaHPR-bindinggrowthfactor,duetohavingangiogenicabilities.HGFissecretedbyfibroblasts,andwhileitisknownforbeingmitogenicforepithelialcells,ithasnoimpactonthefibroblasts.ItisalsoknownasScatterfactor.
InteractionsResearchhasshownthathepatocytegrowthfactordoesinteractwithc-Metoncogene.Thisproteinproduct,alsoknownastheHGFreceptorHFGR.Autocrineactivationandoverexpressionofthereceptorproteinhavebothbeenconnectedtooncogenesis.FurThermoremorethegrowthfactoralsohasbeenshowntointeractwithdermatansulfateandglycosaminoglycansheparansulfate.Theinteractionbetweenheparansulfateisparticularlyimportantasitenablesthehepatocytegrowthfactortoformac-Metthatiscomplexinform.Thisleadstokeyprocessesincludingcellmigrationandcelldivision,duetobeingabletotransduceintracellularsignals.CertainmodulatorsofHepatocyteGrowthFactorarealsoapparentsuchasDihexa.ThisisacentrallypenetrantsmallmoleculecompoundanditbondsdirectlytoHGF.Indoingso,theorallyactivecompoundisableincreasethepowerofc-Met.
MechanismsHGFisaparacrinecellulargrowth,morphogenic,andmotilityfactor.Ittargetsandactsuponepithelialandendothelialcellsafterithasbeensecretedbymesenchymalcells.However,itcanalsoactonhaematopoieticprogenitorcells,andT-cells.Ithasbeenshownthroughresearchthatithassomeoutstandingimpactsonwoundhealing,adultorganregeneration,andinembryonicorgandevelopment.PlasmalevelsinpatientswithadvancedheartfailurehavealsobeenshowntohavehighlevelsofHGF.
StructureTheproteinisasingleinactivepolypeptide.Itissplitbyserineproteasestoformtodifferentchains,the34-kDabeta-chainandthe69-kDaalpha-chain.Thisthencausesadisulfidebondbetweenthetwochainsandultimateproducestheheterodimericmoleculewhichisactive.Thisproteinispartoftheplasminogensubfamily.However,ithasnoproteaseactivitydetectable.
FunctionHGFplaysanimportantroleinliverandkidneyrepair.Aswellasthis,italsohassomeparttoplayintheprocessofbonemetastasizing.Furtherthanthis,itmayplayaroleinboneremodellingandrepairduetoitsnatureasamitogenicforcellsofcertainareassuchasosteoblasts,andosteoclasts.HGFhasalsobeenlinkedtorenalrepairandrecoveryandneuro-oncology.Itisthoughtthatitcanpreventtubuledamagebyactivatingtheantiapoptoticpathways,atthesametimesaspromotingadhesionofcertaintubularcellstothebasementmembrane.ThisisbelievedtobethecaseasHGFhasimportantimpactsontheproliferationofcells.StudieshavealsoimplicatedHGFinarangeofdifferentformsofcancer.Thisincludesthelungs,thyroid,colon,pancreasandbreast.Interestingly,localexpressionofHGFfoundinthebreastisalsoconnectedtomacromastia.Aswellasthis,itisacrucialpartoftypicalmammaryglanddevelopment.
Researchiscurrentlyongoing,exploringthepotentialforusingthehepatocytegrowthfactoranditsreceptorc-mettodiscoveratreatmentfordiseasessuchasParkinson’sandAlzheimer’s.