Keratinocyte Growth Factor Receptor is Up-regulated in Cyclosporin A-induced Gingival Hyperplasia

Abstract

Keratinocyte growth factor stimulates the growth and activity of epithelial cells via the keratinocyte growth factor receptor. We have recently shown that the growth factor is markedly elevated in cyclosporin A-induced gingival hyperplasia tissue in vivo, but the effects of cyclosporin A on the receptor are not yet known. The present study was therefore carried out to determine whether expression of the keratinocyte growth factor receptor is up-regulated in gingival hyperplasia compared with normal gingiva. Using immunohistochemistry and the reverse-transcribed polymerase chain-reaction, we obtained results which showed that receptor antigen and gene transcript levels were both elevated in gingival hyperplasia tissue. In addition, flow cytometry and the reverse-transcribed polymerase chain-reaction showed that the receptor and mRNA were also higher in gingival epithelial cells following incubation with cyclosporin A in vitro. These findings suggest that the keratinocyte growth factor-receptor pathway of mesenchymal-epithelial interaction could play an important part in the molecular pathogenesis of gingival hyperplasia.

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