10.6084/m9.figshare.4960580.v1 Masahiro Sano Masahiro Sano Yi Shang Yi Shang Akio Nakane Akio Nakane Tomoaki Saito Tomoaki Saito Salmon nasal cartilage proteoglycan enhances growth of normal human dermal fibroblast through Erk1/2 phosphorylation Taylor & Francis Group 2017 proteoglycan cell growth Erk phosphorylation normal human dermal fibroblast 2017-05-02 16:16:30 Dataset https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Salmon_nasal_cartilage_proteoglycan_enhances_growth_of_normal_human_dermal_fibroblast_through_Erk1_2_phosphorylation/4960580 <p>Proteoglycan (PG) is a heavily glycosylated protein, localized to cell surface and extracellular matrix, and has various functions. Recently, it has been gradually revealed that PG interacts with various growth factors and morphogens and regulates cellular functions. Although salmon nasal cartilage PG (Salmon-PG) increases proliferation of immortalized cells, its mechanism remains unclear. In this study, we confirmed the effect of Salmon-PG on normal human dermal fibroblast (NHDF) and investigated the mechanism of PG action on NHDF. Salmon-PG dose- and time-dependently increased NHDF proliferation. Receptor tyrosine kinase array revealed that Salmon-PG increased only Erk1/2 signaling. Erk1/2 phosphorylation was significantly increased by Salmon-PG in a time-(10 min) and dose-(400 or 800 μg/mL) dependent manner. MEK inhibitor suppressed the enhancement of NHDF proliferation by Salmon-PG. The overall findings indicate that Salmon-PG plays a role as a growth factor in NHDF via Erk1/2 activation, suggesting that Salmon-PG contributes to the maintenance of skin homeostasis.</p> <p>Salmon-PG contributes to the maintenance of skin homeostasis through the enhancement of NHDF proliferation by up-regulating Erk1/2 signaling.</p>