Human augmenter of liver regeneration: molecular cloning, biological activity and roles in liver regeneration

• Published in: Science China. Life sciences Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 642 - 647
• Main Author: 杨晓明 谢玲 邱兆华 吴祖泽 贺福初
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Springer Nature B.V 01-12-1997
• Subjects: Amino acid sequence; Biological activity; Cloning; Complementary DNA; DNA biosynthesis; Fetuses; growth; hepatitis; Hepatoma; Kidneys; Liver; mRNA; Nucleotide sequence; Proteins; regeneration; substance
• ISSN: 1674-7305; 1006-9305; 1869-1889; 1862-2798
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02882695

The complete amino acid sequence of human augmenter of liver regeneration (hALR) was reported by deduction from nucleotide sequence of its complementary DNA . The cDNA for hALR was isolated by screening a human fetal liver cDNA library and the sequencing of this insert revealed an open reading frame encoding a protein with 125aa and highly homologous (87% ) with rat ALR encoding sequence. The recombinant hALR expressed from its cDNA in transient expression experiments in cos-7 cells could stimulate DNA synthesis of HTC hepatoma cell in the dose-dependent and heat-resistant way. Northern blot analysis with rat ALR cDNA as probe confirmed that ALR mRNA was expressed in the normal rat liver at low level and that dramatically increased in the regenerating liver after partial hepatectomied rat. This size of hALR mRNA is 1.4 kb long and expressed in human fetal liver, kidney and testis. These findings indicated that liver itself may be the resource of ALR and suggested that ALR seems to be an im-portant parac