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  • Title: Activation of stress-activated protein kinases by hepatocyte isolation induces gene 33 expression.
    Author: Varley CL, Armitage S, Dickson AJ.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1999 Jan 27; 254(3):728-33. PubMed ID: 9920809.
    Abstract:
    Gene 33 is a putative immediate early gene and we have shown that mRNA encoding for gene 33 exhibits a transient increase as a result of the procedures used for hepatocyte isolation. The stress-activated protein kinases p46 JNK, p54 JNK, and p38 SAPK are activated by hepatocyte isolation and precede changes in gene 33 mRNA content. Although each SAPK isoform shows a distinctive profile of activity during isolation and subsequent hepatocyte culture, in each case the activation is transient and is largely reversed within 3 h of hepatocyte isolation. SB 203580, a p38 SAPK inhibitor, prevents the change to gene 33 expression in response to hepatocyte isolation. Given the possible role of gene 33 as an immediate early gene, the data presented here have general implications for control of hepatocyte proliferation and differentiation.
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