Two peptides related to platelet-derived growth factor are present in human wound fluid.
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 86 (12), 4416-4420
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.12.4416
Abstract
Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) has been suggested to play an important role in wound healing. In this study wound fluid collected from patients after radical mastectomy was analyzed for PDGF-related factors. Analysis revealed the presence of two PDGF-related peptides of 16-17 kDa and 34-36 kDa. These PDGF-related peptides were purified by using anti-PDGF immunoaffinity techniques and found to possess both chemotactic and mitogenic activities for NIH 3T3 cells in vitro. Surprisingly, we could not detect authentic native PDGF (30 kDa) or PDGF A or B chain in any of the wound-fluid samples examined. These results indicate that PDGF-related peptides are present in normal human wound fluid, whereas PDGF A- and B-chain peptides are absent or only present in trace amounts relative to the total PDGF-related biological activity.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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