Protein Information

Name aFGF
Synonyms AFGF; Acidic fibroblast growth factor; Beta endothelial cell growth factor; ECGF; ECGF beta; ECGFA; ECGFB; ECGFbeta…

Compound Information

Name sodium chlorate
CAS sodium chlorate

Reference List

PubMed Abstract RScore(About this table)
14966081 Newman DR, Li CM, Simmons R, Khosla J, Sannes PL: Heparin affects signaling pathways stimulated by fibroblast growth factor-1 and -2 in type II cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2004 Jul;287(1):L191-200. Epub 2004 Feb 13.

In addition, experiments were done on cells grown in the presence of 20 mM sodium chlorate (sulfation inhibitor).
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7672514 Chen JK, Chao HH, Yang VC: Inhibition of the growth of a human nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line by bFGF is mediated via FGFR-1. FASEB J. 1995 Sep;9(12):1211-9.

In contrast, aFGF, which has a 55% homology in amino acid sequence with bFGF, stimulates cell growth.
The biological effect of bFGF is conveyed through its binding to the high-affinity receptor sites and the binding is dependent on the presence of cell surface heparin-like molecules, as treatment of cells with heparitinase or sodium chlorate abolishes high-affinity binding and growth inhibition.
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7528211 Reich-Slotky R, Bonneh-Barkay D, Shaoul E, Bluma B, Svahn CM, Ron D: Differential effect of cell-associated heparan sulfates on the binding of keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and acidic fibroblast growth factor to the KGF receptor. J Biol Chem. 1994 Dec 23;269(51):32279-85.

Treatment of cells with sodium chlorate, which blocks sulfation of proteoglycans, reduced the binding of aFGF to its low and high affinity binding sites by 95 and 80%, respectively.
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