Apotransferrin stimulation of thyroid hormone dependent rat pituitary tumor cell growth in serum-free chemically defined medium: role of FE(III) chelation.
Apotransferrin stimulation of thyroid hormone dependent rat pituitary tumor cell growth in serum-free chemically defined medium: role of FE(III) chelation.
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脱铁转铁蛋白刺激甲状腺激素依赖性大鼠垂体肿瘤细胞在无血清化学成分确定的培养基中生长:FE(III) 螯合的作用。
DOI:
10.1002/jcp.1041560319
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
5.6
通讯作者:
Sirbasku,DA
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作者:
Eby,JE;Sato,H;Sirbasku,DA
Triiodothyronine (T 3) dependent growth of GH 1 rat pituitary tumor cells in serum-free defined culture requires apotransferrin (apo Tf)(Sirbasku et al.: Mol. Cell. Endocrinol., 77: C47–C55, 1991). Diferric transferrin (2Fe· Tf) also is necessary as an iron source (Eby et al.: Anal. Biochem., 203: 317–325, 1992). Further, T 3 dependence is prevented by soluble Fe (III) addition to the medium (Sato et al.: In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol., 27A: 599–602, 1991). While our data suggested that apo Tf caused growth by chelation of Fe (III), direct evidence was required. We used urea polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis along with autoradiography and Western immunoblotting to measure the Fe (III) content of growing GH 1 cell cultures and identify the apo Tf, mono-metal transferrins and 2Fe· Tf present. We found that apo Tf per se did not cause growth but instead chelated inhibitory levels of Fe (III). In fact, apo Tf need not be present at all provided that Fe (III) is reduced to≤ 0.6 μM. In addition, other protein and non-protein Fe (III) chelators were shown to be as effective as apo Tf. Here, we report that pituitary cells are completely inhibited by≥ 1.2 μM Fe (III), which are concentrations which might be expected in many culture media and usually are not thought to influence growth. The high sensitivity of pituitary cells to Fe (III) suggests further study to determine what cellular functions are affected and how they interfere with thyroid hormone dependence.© 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.