Menadione (vitamin K3) enhances the mitogenic signal of epidermal growth factor via extracellular signal-regulated kinases.
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- Published online on: December 1, 1998 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijo.13.6.1163
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Abstract
The effects of vitamin K3 (VK3) on DNA synthesis, cell proliferation and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway were investigated in G0-arrested NIH 3T3 fibroblasts. VK3 (5 microM) alone stimulates DNA synthesis by 40% and moderately increases the mitogenic effects of EGF, which is preceded by a rapid phosphorylation of the extracellular signal-regulated kinases (ERKs). At 20 microM, VK3 had an antiproliferative effect. VK3 alone (5 and 50 microM) or in concert with EGF increases the activity of ERK2 (by 2.5 and 5 fold, respectively). Our studies demonstrate that the activation of ERKs by VK3 alone, or VK3 plus EGF can promote either stimulatory or inhibitory effects on the mitogenic signal.
