Production of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor by normal and transformed human cells in culture.
AUTOR(ES)
Usuki, K
RESUMO
Platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor (PD-ECGF) is a 45-kDa endothelial cell mitogen which has angiogenic properties in vivo. We report here that human foreskin fibroblasts, a human squamous cell carcinoma cell line, and 2 out of the 3 human thyroid carcinoma cell lines investigated produce PD-ECGF, whereas 21 other cell lines examined do not. The positive cell lines contained a 1.8-kilobase PD-ECGF mRNA, and a 45-kDa protein could be demonstrated in lysates of the cell lines by immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation using a specific antiserum against PD-ECGF. Furthermore, the cell lysates contained mitogenic activity for endothelial cells that was neutralized by the PD-ECGF antiserum. PD-ECGF was found to be secreted only slowly from the producer cells, consistent with the previous finding that the primary translation product lacks a signal sequence. The restricted expression and intracellular sequestration of PD-ECGF imply a strictly controlled function in endothelial cell proliferation and angiogenesis. Aberrant production of PD-ECGF may play a role in tumor angiogenesis.
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